Kevin Lush Photography Wedding Photography Blog

Four Tips For Finding The Perfect Wedding Photographer A goal of mine is to make my wedding packages fit easily into your wedding budgets. When comparing collections, I encourage you to use these four helpful tips. I truly believe these are the most helpful things to help you find the perfect photographer for your special day. See […]

Here Comes The Guide is a very helpful wedding planning site. Although I am a wedding photographer, I have put a great deal of helpful wedding planning info on my website. So, when I came across their site, I really appreciated it. Their site states “Today, we’re a small team obsessed with bringing the very […]

Tips To Have A Good Wedding Day I have assembled 17 essential wedding tips for having a successful wedding. I have photographed more than 200 weddings since 2007 and have collected tips along the way. To help make your big day better, I want to share these with you. “Kevin is wonderful, caught so much, […]

My first wedding at Bicentennial Barn and my 234th overall, was fantastic. This couple hired me to photograph their late Fall Dayton wedding, and the wait seemed so long. Once the day finally arrived, I was determined to create the best wedding photos I could. As a special gift, I also created beautiful wedding film for the couple.

My first wedding of 2024 and my 235th overall took place in January at America’s Packard Museum in downtown Dayton, Ohio. This wedding couple chose to have a Great Gatsby themed wedding surrounded by vintage Packard automobiles in an intimate setting. The groom was dressed in his Army formals and the bride was in a beautiful champagne colored dress which sparkled all over. Traditionally, most of my couples are 22-35 years old, but this couple was much older. It is always fun to photograph different types of people and to capture their love no matter what the age.

Planning a Dayton area wedding is an exciting but sometimes overwhelming experience. One decision you’ll need to make (and I can help) is choosing the perfect wedding photographer. After all, your wedding photos will last a lifetime, so you want them to be absolutely perfect. To help you find the right Dayton photographer for your wedding day, here are ten valuable tips:

There are several questions you should ask your Dayton wedding venue before booking. Throughout my 230+ weddings I have photographed, certain venue quirks have become visible. From air conditioning to parking to allotted time.

Over the 16 years of being a photographer, I have been asked hundreds of questions. I began to amass a collection of frequently asked questions to help future wedding couples. With the ubiquity of social media, I thought I put my links in obvious places. Because I have been asked so many times, I decided to put the in the footer of my website as well as in every email. As an additional service, I am placing them in this blog post. I even remembered to update Twitter’s name to X. Please let me know if you have any questions or can’t find something. Thanks!

On a misty Autumn Saturday afternoon in October, I photographed my 233rd wedding, and my second at Cox Arboretum MetroPark this Fall.  The wedding would take place in the glass-walled atrium “Huffman Gallery with the reception taking place in the Fifth Third Conference Center to the south.  One of the most interesting getting ready areas at any wedding venue is the MeadWestvaco Theatre.  The Arboretum staff was available to assist throughout the day, and their “private event” signs kept non-wedding guests away.

It’s a major wedding day dilemma that many couples grapple with when planning their wedding: whether or not to see each other before the ceremony. Traditionally, it was considered bad luck for the couple to lay eyes on each other before saying their vows. However, times have changed, and more and more couples are opting for a “first look” (or at least a “first touch” on their wedding day.