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My team busted their behinds tonight to make this wedding go off without any hiccups ! A complete room flip, setting the...
10/11/2024

My team busted their behinds tonight to make this wedding go off without any hiccups !
A complete room flip, setting the tables up with China, bussing the China, we created a charcuterie board, and a pretzel bar for the reception

We stayed busy so I didn't get nearly enough photos but here's the charcuterie table I created with help from one of my team !

Hey hey !!! Check out this little incentive for having your shoot in 2024!I made a big goal for my 10th year in business...
23/10/2024

Hey hey !!!
Check out this little incentive for having your shoot in 2024!

I made a big goal for my 10th year in business- help me cross the finish line!

2024 is coming to a close, and I want to go out with a bang! I set 3 goals for myself for this year and I hit 2 , now fo...
23/10/2024

2024 is coming to a close, and I want to go out with a bang!

I set 3 goals for myself for this year and I hit 2 , now for the final push to the finish!

I need to complete 12 more shoots before the end
of the year !.

If you want fall or holiday photos,now is your chance !

I'm throwing in 5 extra digitals and no extra charge if you pay and shoot in 2024!.

That means for only $100, you'll get 17 digital edited images with print release instead of 12!

Remaining availability for these shoots in 2024:

📷October 28,29,30 5:45 pm Taylorsville, Frankfort or Shelbyville - fall foliage peak week!

📷 Sunday, November 3 5pm Shelbyville

📷November 4,5,6 9- 5pm - Taylorsville, Frankfort or Shelbyville

🌲November 10 Christmas Tree Farm Mini Sessions - cost is $135

📷November 11,12,13,14,15 -5pm Taylorsville, Frankfort, Shelbyville or Jtown

Also selling 5 gift certificates for use in 2025 with the same deal!

Message me for your spot !

And thanks for making my 10th year in business the best one yet 💜

What can I offer you that sets me apart from other coordinators ? Bullying your future spouse into giving a great reacti...
20/10/2024

What can I offer you that sets me apart from other coordinators ? Bullying your future spouse into giving a great reaction when you come down the aisle, or else making you do it again until they give us what we need. .
I got your back, friends. 😊

18/10/2024
A few of my favorite clients came to see me tonight! They always bring it. Love them !!
17/10/2024

A few of my favorite clients came to see me tonight!
They always bring it. Love them !!

Celebrated the Christmas' tonight at Farmington!It was a beautiful wedding filled with love and family! Guests ate Fist ...
30/09/2024

Celebrated the Christmas' tonight at Farmington!
It was a beautiful wedding filled with love and family!

Guests ate Fist Full of Tacos then had Krispycreme a d Crumbl Cookies for dessert.

417 events kept the bar going but for those who didn't drink, the coffee truck was serving refreshers and coffees!

Congratulations to the new Mr and Mrs!

Me: look at me until I tell you to turn around so I can get your reaction. Groom: I'm not a big emotion guy .Also Groom....
29/09/2024

Me: look at me until I tell you to turn around so I can get your reaction.
Groom: I'm not a big emotion guy .
Also Groom.

Happy wedding, Andrew and Page 💜

Today is a VERY special day.10 years ago, I had left my career in sales to move back to KY to be closer to my family.I h...
23/09/2024

Today is a VERY special day.

10 years ago, I had left my career in sales to move back to KY to be closer to my family.

I had very little savings.

I had no backup plan.

I got rid of everything I owned except what would fit in the back of my Mitsubishi montero, and drove 14 hours from Connecticut where I'd lived a comfortable fun life, for the first time in my life back "home".

I moved in with my grandma, and was scared to death . What was I going to do next?

I had about 3 months of a stipend from my old job . That's it.

I had a digital camera,not even a dslr , and lots of free time so I started doing photos of friends and family- something I enjoyed for many years but hadn't done in awhile. Just for fun.

"Why don't you try to do this for a living?"
A suggestion from my cousin who was pregnant with her first child at the time, after I photographed her.

So, 10 years ago today I made a post on a Facebook yardsale page

Photo sessions- $25
And I got a booking.
Not a friend or a family member.

A random family.

And I was scared to death.

I couldn't afford a computer. Had no idea about camera settings.

So, I went to cvs and sat at a kisok for 2 hours editing as best I could .

They loved their photos. 10 years later I am still their photographer, and they send me people often and I will never forget they were my first .

I worked hard at a job third shift so that I could spend evenings and weekends doing shoots, lots of free and cheap ones. Lots of hours at the cvs kiosk. I did that every week until I could afford a laptop.

My mom purchased a used dslr camera off ebay for me for my birthday. You would have thought I won the lottery. I shot with that same camera up until 1 year ago. I had lots of learning experices. Lots of room for improvement . But I felt like I was home. That camera became an extension of me and as someone who has struggled alot with mental health, it's the most comfortable place for me to be, behind a camera.

I started doing budget weddings, due to my lack of experience, confidence and a yearning to give people memories of their day that exceeded camera phone shots . Through that I learned one and outs of weddings and added LOTS of services to my catalog!! I got SO much unwanted advice and backlash. Ironically those same people have taken parts of my business model they criticized. Imitation is the highest form of flattery I hear, but to sustain this industry it takes alot and not everyone has the chops .

After about 6 years, in 2017 I trusted my business to use it as my full time income.

Covid hit in 2020, and rhe event industry shut down. 2021 everyone rescheduled but we still had lots of restrictions and the pace of things gave me such burn out. I had covid 5 times that I know of and only missed one wedding.

I even sat in the car at a venue for one wedding instructing staff what to do from the car for 6 hours.

I have passed out,been sick, went through a nearly fatal health scare in 2019, went through heartbreaks and failures and seen high highs and low lows.

I met some of the most incredible people through this industry . Both vendors and clients and I cherish those relationships so much .

I've had a handful of people that I would NOT be here without. That have gone above and beyond to make ME look good

I still have to pinch myself sometimes to believe that this is MINE. At times I've felt like it's all I had. Since I was a small child i have always had an enterprenural spirit but struggled to follow through. This was different. .

Over 700 photo sessions and part of over 500 events and it all started 10 years today .

I did it tired.
I did it scared.
I learned as I went.
I did it broke.
I built this.
No one can take that from me.
But without all of you I'm just some chick with a camera who loves to organize parties.

Sure there's better. Sure I'm not for everyone. Sure I'm not perfect and I screw up at times. But I can promise you from the bottom of my heart,being part of big moments of your lives is something I do not take lightly and I give 1000% every time.

Thank you does not seem like enough.

Let's go for another 20.

With SO much love and gratitude,.
Casie

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