Platinum Weddings is a Bartels Photography and Associates Premium Wedding site. 

Lou Bartels, M.Photog. Cr. CPP. a second generation photographer in the Bartels family is a 33 year veteran to the wedding industry. A Certified Professional Master Photographer with the Professional Photographers of America, a member of the Associated Professional Photographers of Illinois and the Southern Illinois Art League. Lou has been awarded three Kodak Gallery Awards, has images published in several books and magazines and on display at Epcot, Orlando, FL.

Buddy Bartels, CPP. a third generation photographer in the Bartels family is a 14 year veteran to the wedding industry. A Certified Professional Photographer with the Professional Photographers of America, a member of the Tennessee Professional Photographers Association.