What?! Another wedding blog?

After spending the last ten years working in social work, I decided I wanted to try again in journalism. I wanted to surround myself with beautiful things and celebrations. What better way to do this than to choose weddings as a topic for my independent study in photography this semester. I am a Graduate Student in Journalism at Ball State University. I received my BS degree from the University of Southern Indiana in 2000, and many things have changed technologically in journalism since then. The Internet has revolutionized the industry!

Weddings are my avenue to do something beautiful with my camera, and show you the wedding world through my eyes. I would hope to some day be able to do this professionally in my journalism career or teach others how to do it once I have my Master's Degree.

I am inspired by The Knot, Martha Stewart Weddings, The Wedding Channel, and Bride's Magazine. I love TV shows like Ace of Cakes, Cake Boss, Cupcake Wars, Say Yes to the Dress and Martha Stewart Living.

I have almost completed my first year of grad school, and have loved my studio lighting class. I especially love the fact that I can borrow equipment from our media lab so that I can practice my craft. Using different lenses, camera and video equipment has been like putting on new glasses for the first time and truly being able to see.

I love weddings, and I hope this is interesting and useful for you! In Wedding Wonderland is a take off of Alice in Wonderland, as that was my favorite book as a child. I'm curious to venture through East Central Indiana looking for weddings to feature for this blog. The weddings will be real, not staged. I am looking for more vendors to feature during the actual wedding season.