Our Values & Approach | Drake & Eliza Photography | Louisville Wedding Photographers

We value
the good stuff.

The passionate love between a husband and his wife.
The protective love a father feels for his daughter.
The loyal love we feel for those who have supported us at our lowest points.

Love is the good stuff.

Photographs have power when they're meaningful, when they make you feel something, when they remind you of the love you feel for your mate, your family, your life long friends. We want to capture all that good, meaningful, love you have in your life so that you can go back to it over and over throughout the years. A meaningful photograph can stir up gratefulness if we let it.

Photos

should be

honest.

Honest photographs

are about what's real. How you really felt the first time you watched a sunset as husband and wife, when your dad choked up during his speech, or as you danced the night away with your best friends.

WE BELIEVE IN BEING

intentional

Being intentional with your decisions is all about values and being true to yourself.

It’s about wanting your personality and the things you stand for to be honestly represented in all the little things.

It’s about saying no to traditions, trends, or well meaning family expectations if they’re influencing you to do something that really doesn’t feel like you.

It’s about questioning the why before saying yes to the what and genuinely feeling good about the reasons behind our choices.

We hope you will intentionally choose to be present at your wedding. Focusing on the love you're both feeling for each other and from all those celebrating with you.

Laugh, cry, hug, hold, dance, tell old stories, reminisce, and know that you will remember all of it. Because we're pouring everything we've got into capturing all that good stuff you'll cherish forever. Let's focus on what really matters, the memories you're creating

Our Approach

As you already know, we value honest moments over manufactured poses so we keep our presence to a minimum as much as possible throughout most of the day. We also know you guys are probably worried about portraits and group photos because you don’t model for a living and you need these photos to come out awesome while not making you feel super self-conscious. We get it, there’s a time and place for everything, and portraits are not when you want a “fly on the wall” photographer. The portraits are truly a collaboration between us and our couples and it takes some trust and a 'have fun with it' attitude but we promise to provide lots of direction and guidance and never make you do anything that makes you feel uncomfortable. In the end, our couples tell us worrying about being “super awkward in front the camera” was really nothing to worry about all along, they had some fun, and their photos look pretty awesome too!

We treat our couples like we would our close friends. When they can feel that we truly care for them, their family, and their experience, they can trust us, allow us into their space, and can even be a bit vulnerable with us. Trust and vulnerability make all the difference when trying to capture our couples true personalities so they can look back and feel like their photos are really “them”. Building that relationship starts right now, as you’re reading this and getting to know what we’re about and the kind of photographs we create, you’re either feeling a connection and a sense of trust or you're not. If you are, reach out to us through our contact form, we can’t wait to get to know you!

Our Inspiration

While our wedding was incredibly meaningful to us, we’ve already forgotten so much about that day. As time passes and our memories get foggier, our photos have become more valuable than we could have imagined.

Our wedding photos remind us of how new and exciting it felt to finally be husband and wife, how much our family and friends mean to us, and in turn how much we mean to them. Our appreciation grew even more when we got to flip through them with our son, telling him about each photo he points to. When we slow down and take time to look at our photos we truly feel grateful for our family, our marriage, and the little boy it all led to.

Knowing how much our couples will cherish their photos as we do ours, and how those images will preserve their meaningful memories for generations to come, drives us to pour everything we have into preserving the feeling of their wedding day. We’re committed to capturing all the connections, emotions, and moments we can. So you can hold on to the way it all felt, forever.

So how do we do this thing?

Eliza and I working as a team is a such a huge part of how we document the day. Read some highlights of how we work together and why husband & wife teams are the bee's knees..