Photography by Howard's End

A Step ‘Outside The Box’ – Bloomington, IL – Weddding Photo Booth

angi — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:59:23 +0000

So, we decided take the plunge this Fall and step ‘Outside The Box’ with our wedding reception photography by offering a photo booth, of sorts. We’d done a few weddings where our brides/grooms hired a specialty company with an actual booth that took four shots while you were inside said booth.…

Leslie & Chuck – Bloomington-Normal, IL – Wedding

angi — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:40:21 +0000

One of our favorite parts about booking weddings is getting to know our couples – being their photographer feels more like being part of their families, and that’s important to us. Leslie and Chuck were pretty comfortable in front of our lenses on their wedding day, but we’d already spent a couple hours together on a hot, sticky, humid day surrounded by cicadas during their engagement session.…

Courtney – Springfield, IL – Senior Portrait

angi — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:04:44 +0000

There are times we wish we had more weekends in the year because we’d like to do more Senior Sessions, especially with seniors like Courtney – she was a senior with a PLAN, and we were more than happy to oblige.…

Ken & Gary – Normal, IL – Civil Union

angi — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:05:40 +0000

You know how in life there are those moments when you meet a couple, and you get to talking about what they do, where they live, how they met, etc. And then you ask, “Well, where are you from?” Yeah, that last one got us with Ken and Gary because Gary replied, “I’m from a really little village in Logan County that no one has ever even heard of.” To which Bill responded, “Try me.” And when Gary said, “Middletown,” Bill and I laughed.…

Sadie & Gary – Carlock/Bloomington, IL – Wedding

angi — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:36:37 +0000

We’ve often said that our clients feel like our friends, and this is particularly true about Sadie and Gary. From the moment that they walked into our booth at a couple of local wedding shows, we were hooked! Their engagement sessions–yes, two!–were laid back, relaxed and enjoyable, so we were pretty sure their wedding day would be the same; we were right.…

Jody & Steve – Bloomington, IL – Wedding

angi — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:21:04 +0000

Some of the most artistic shots occur for us when we’re given three components: A) environmental cooperation i.e., location/weather, B) time and C) trust. With Jody and Steve we pretty much had the latter two from the get-go, but on their wedding day over Labor Day Weekend, that environmental cooperation thing (and yeah, I totally made that up…lol) was hit or miss.…

Lindsay & Nate – Engagement Session – Wyoming, IL

angi — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:13:36 +0000

Sometimes, I wish we could do destination weddings. But we’d miss our children. Too much. That said, we’d love to head to Mexico later this month to shoot the tropical nuptials of Lindsay and Nate. Why? Because they’re fun! And it’ll be gorgeous!!…

Ashton & Aaron – Bloomington, IL – Wedding

angi — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:33:50 +0000

From the moment we met Ashton and Aaron, we knew. Pretty sure they did, too. We were a perfect fit! They not only gave us the opportunity to shoot our very first Chicago engagement session, but our first ceremony at Evelyn Chapel on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, IL, as well.…

A Decade…

angi — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:13:16 +0000

Where were you? We bet you can remember. Vividly. Bill was at work in Peoria; Angi was at home–the 11th day in their brand-new home–sitting on the floor of the living room watching CNN with two guys from Stanley Steemer, who had arrived to clean our furniture just moments after the first tower was hit; they watched in horror as the second tower was struck and as both towers fell.…

Hayley & Korey – Engagement Session – Paris, IL

angi — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:55:31 +0000

A couple years ago, we met Kacey & Zack, who were planning their Summer 2010 nuptials in Paris, Illinois, and we ended up shooting both their engagement session and their BIG day. Both were awesome shoots! On their wedding day, we met both families and a ton of their friends, including Kacey’s brother Korey, who was a ball of fun!…