Heartfelt. Authentic. Timeless.
When the music fades and the guests have left, your wedding photos will live on...
We're here to help you tell your story for generations to come.
Hey there! We're so glad you stopped by. We’re a husband and wife photography team based in southern Indiana, just across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. He’s Jason. She’s Shelly. He’s coffee and the mountains. She’s sweet tea and the beach. We’re high-school sweethearts, blessed with three daughters and a decade+ of wedding photography experience.
We believe photography at its best is heartfelt, authentic, and timeless. We believe your wedding day ought to be experienced, not staged.
We’ll get the large group shots because one day, the photographs of family together, joyfully celebrating, will be priceless. We’ll capture the details because you’ll want to remember how all those thoughtful choices and hours of planning paid off. But most important of all? We focus on the authentic moments. The unguarded, unposed expressions of love that fill a wedding day, from hair and makeup to send off and driving away. Deeply genuine, unfiltered emotions that can’t be staged or planned. Unpolished, unposed, human connection. That’s what we love most about wedding days.
Your guests will take lots of snapshots to document how it all looked. The best photographs will forever remind you of how those priceless moments felt. We work hard to quietly document every emotion, detail, and fleeting glance.
From initial inquiry to engagement photos, from timeline planning through wedding day, and all the way to the delivery of your custom gallery, our aim is to keep your entire experience relaxed, natural, and stress-free. It’s the once-in-a-lifetime day you’ve been hoping for! We help you relive its beauty, exactly as it happened, for years to come.
Lauren & Kevin
Jason & Shelly are AMAZING to work with! They were caring and committed to making sure our pictures were perfect. They took care to include everything we wanted and came up with ideas we wouldn't have on our own. They are talented, thorough, wholesome people. It was like having friends photograph our big day. The images are stunning and it didn't even feel like we were being photographed because it was so fun!
Abby & Brandon
I cannot say enough good things about Things Hoped For Photography! They are truly some of the best people to work with–fun, kind, professional, and amazing photographers who work seamlessly together to capture all of the sweetest moments. The engagement session with them was such an amazing experience, but the wedding photos surpassed all of my already high expectations. If you need any event or milestone photographed, I would highly recommend Jason & Shelly every single time.
Becca & Matt
Jason & Shelly were one of the best decisions we made for our wedding day. They were amazing to work with and helped our day go so smoothly. They are also just amazing people and felt so natural to be around. We were so thankful for their amazing presence as my husband and I started our life together.
Anastasia & Nathan
My fiancé and I had the absolute best experience with Jason & Shelly. They did our engagement pictures, which are absolutely stunning, and we cannot wait for them to do our wedding. They are so easy to work with and make you so comfortable! My fiancé and I cannot recommend them enough!!
Mary & Gerard
I had the best experience with Jason & Shelly! They did *the most perfect job* capturing all of the best parts of my wedding. They were always very helpful and easy to reach throughout the whole planning process. On my wedding day, they both had cheery, ready-to-go attitudes, which made the day even better! Their professionalism was top-notch and they met every standard I had. The pictures came back so quickly and my husband and I are **obsessed** with them. I could not recommend Jason & Shelly more. They are the best!
We offer a variety of wedding packages (starting at $3,000) and can customize the right one just for you based on the coverage and details you’re daydreaming about. All our wedding packages include:
- Two photographers: double the angles, double the moments, double the fun
- An engagement photo session: the perfect way for
 us to break the ice and get you everything you need for those wedding invitations
- Wedding day timeline guidance: we’re not just another vendor showing up on wedding day, we’re a valuable planning resource; you get the full benefit of a decade+ of wedding photography experience
- Hand-picked, hand-edited photographs, easily downloadable to give you the best of the best from one of the best days of your life
- A personalized gallery full of color and black-and-white photographs that can be easily shared with family and friends
- Prints and a wide variety of products (canvas, photo books, heirloom albums, etc.) available for purchase from within your custom gallery, all brought to life by the nation’s premier print lab
Depending on the package, optional perks include print credits and an heirloom album. Film, rehearsal dinner coverage, expedited gallery delivery and more are available as easy package add-ons.
So let’s get the conversation started! Tell us all about your special day and we’ll get the Packages & Investment Guide sent back to you just as quickly as possible.
