Deidre Lynn Photography

05/14/2024

THE best night

09/10/2021

Meredith Washburn Photo with all the sparkler wisdom!

Sparkler exits:
1. Couples, walk SLOW. Night photography is a bit more challenging for our cameras, usually we’re using low shutter speed in order to get more light. Although our eyeballs have wonderful dynamic range, our cameras are limited with what they can capture with limited lighting. Walking slowly helps us to get you both IN FOCUS. If you’re running, you’re probably gonna be blurry 🙂. Also, if you have a videographer, this gives us both time to shoot without running into people or catch ourselves on fire 🔥😊!
2. Carry sparklers with you - these help to light up your faces and make for more dreamy images!
3. Have your guests stand close together and form a tighter tunnel. The brighter and closer people are, the better your images will be.
4. If your sparklers are still going when you get to the end, just wait it out and continue getting images until the lights fade. More images = better chance of getting something epic. Sometimes we use multiple cameras and different lenses which give us very different images.
5. Having a five hour reception and don’t want to pay your photographer for hours of unnecessary work? Have a sparkler photo during your first dance, or right after dinner, or even as an entrance into your reception if it’s dark already :). The possibilities are endless. We get it, you don’t need us there for five hours to capture dancing….and more dancing…..and more dancing. Switch it up and do your sparklers after dark, and then enter back inside to dance the night away.
6. Drinking a lot at your reception? Don’t do a sparkler exit 😂. No photographer wants to walk backwards down a tight line of drunk wedding guests holding fire potentially burning themselves or catching their hair on fire 🔥😂. Been there done that, scary, don’t want to do it again. Hahaha
7. Have fun, but remember to walk slowwwwww, take it in, and even stop in the middle for a bit to smooch and love on each other 😘

07/14/2021

One of the best bridesmaid flower ideas I’ve ever seen! Each girl wore her flowers in a different way and it was so unique! ❤️🧡 Blooms by at

06/03/2021

The beauty of this wedding day and the time that clearly went into crafting it...wow is all I can say!

05/15/2021

Have you ever seen such a bouquet?? 🥰🥰🥰

05/10/2021

Big news....And I’m not even going to make anyone wait to hear what it is!😜 We now are photographing weddings full time in both Peoria and Florida! My beloved business partner of 7 years is moving to Sarasota and will continue to photograph for the business in the Sunshine state! Aside from my sadness at losing her locally, I’m a bit jealous of her new locale! At least in the winter...she can keep those Florida summers 🥵😎 So you’ll see our tags from here on listing both areas we serve and hopefully we’ll be posting some beautiful warm winter weddings this season!

03/25/2021

Throw back to this image that reminds me of so much of springtime 🌼🍃🌥

03/18/2021

making reception magic last October at

01/24/2021

Oh to live in a land with boulders and fast moving mountain streams and pines of all shapes and sizes...ah the dream 🧡