The VRP Blog

If you’re lucky, you have a few friends who are like family. Zach (my husband) and Chris have been friends since they were in school. Their friendship lasted through college; Chris was the best man in our wedding; and now—six years later—we all live in Lafayette, Indiana. Chris is the closest thing Zach has ever […]

Want to know the best way to celebrate your birthday? By doing something you love! I’ll forever remember my 25th birthday because I got to spend it photographing Matt & Mandi Gall’s wedding day! On Saturday, June 9, 2018, Mr. & Mrs. Matt Gull tied the knot at the East Goshen Mennonite Church in Goshen, […]

I love how the officiant, Nick’s aunt Paula, put it. “Nick and Andrea mutually decided to go to prom together and have been mutually making decisions ever since.” From high school to college, from first jobs to a master’s degree, from long distance to living together, Nick Peterson and Andrea VanMeter have been choosing each […]

Let’s be real for a minute. It would be AMAZING if you could quit your 9-5 job tomorrow, go out on your own, and make money doing what you’re passionate about. But, for most of us, this isn’t a possibility. If you want to start your own business, chances are you’ll need to build your […]

From the amazing DIY details to the groom’s “fake” laugh, I couldn’t have asked for a better couple to kick off my 2018 wedding season! Stephen & Jessica tied the knot at the Lafayette Christian School on Sunday, May 5, 2018 (Cinco de Mayo) surrounded by their families, friends, and City of God Church family. […]

If I had a trophy for most rescheduled engagement session, it would have to go to Stephen and Jessica. Between bad weather and the flu, I’m not sure how many times we had to push their session back, but we finally took their engagement photos in West Lafayette, Indiana, and—if you ask me—it was 100% […]