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That moment when you realize you made it into the Knot’s special “50 Weddings, 50 States” feature but it’s NOT for your own state!!! ha! We were so honored to realize that one of our all time FAVORITE weddings was featured in this special post by The Knot! They highlighted weddings all over the country and we were selected to represent OHIO with Ben and Carlyn’s rustic, bohemian barn wedding! Do you remember this wedding? It was the one that I had to stand on the roof of our rental car in order to get my favorite field shot!! ha!

Not only did they include it in the “50 Weddings, 50 States”, they also featured Ben and Carlyn’s wedding on their BLOG! We’re so excited because Michael and I left this wedding just so excited that we got to be a part of it and I’m thrilled that others are in love with it just as much as we are!!! Speaking of others who love this wedding… ALIGN ALBUM DESIGN just featured their album design HERE! I don’t know about you but this wedding makes me SO excited to shoot some fall weddings!! Fall also means that ALL of our spring and summer albums need to be done… YIKES! Luckily, ours are all designed and have been sent to our clients for proofing. Some have even been ordered and we just shot them a little over a month ago!! It’s amazing. Photographers who are overwhelmed, let someone help you with your albums!Take 50% off your first design with Align by clicking HERE and using promo code 1STORDER!!

Enjoy some of my favorites from this gorgeous fall wedding!!! Congrats Ben and Carlyn! Your gorgeous wedding day continues to live on in the interwebs!!!! :)

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To view Ben & Carlyn’s FULL WEDDING POST click HERE! 

To view Ben & Carlyn’s mountain engagement click HERE!

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