Cherah + Colt's Engagement Shoot

Cherah & Colt are getting married next year at the Lee Andrews Hall in Blue Springs. So they requested an engagement session for this fall, along with some ideas for specific looks they wanted and left it up to me to suggest some great places. I'm always looking for a good excuse to do some new location scouting around town and thanks to their requests I found some fabulous new areas! And within close driving distance which makes everyone happy!

They were both so much fun during their photo shoot and relaxed right away--complete naturals which makes my job sooo easy. Aren't they adorable together? And Cherah was so brave going without shoes in the weeds & muddy gravel drive. Colt was such a gentleman though & carried her around. :o) I am totally in love with all these images so I have been eager to get them edited & posted up here to share! I smiled back at them on the computer screen the whole time I edited. I am so looking forward to their wedding next year!

Senior Portrait Special

In celebration of this fantastic fall-like weather this week I have decided to offer a very limited-time Senior Portrait Special. Set up your Senior session appointment by August 31, 2010 and receive 15% off your session fee! This means the session can take place anytime in the next 9 months, not that you have to have the session in a week. So all you have to do is give me a call or submit my website contact form, pick a day and pay 1/2 of the discounted session fee and you're set! The remainder of the session fee won't be due until the day of the session. And, don't worry about bad weather either. If the weather doesn't cooperate for us on your session day we can reschedule for a time that is good for everyone, possibly even the day or week after, without any added fees (nobody can control the weather!) But more days like these would definitely be welcome!

Happy Back-to-School to the Class of 2011!!

Kyadda + Brian's Lone Summit Ranch Wedding

Kyadda & Brian were married on a Thursday at the Lone Summit Ranch in Lee's Summit, MO. When we arrived Kyadda was still getting the finishing touches put on while Brian and the guys played cards in their dressing room. We dodged storms all day long on their wedding day (I'm sensing a recurring theme here). It was pouring on our drive there but the sun came out just in time for them to see each other beforehand at the gazebo. It rained again during their ceremony but cleared off right after so we were able to make it outside again before sunset for a few more shots on the beautiful grounds at LSR. I could have spent an hour just photographing them at all the pretty areas there but we were all quickly melting! All in all, it was a perfect day and being that their theme was "Lucky in Love" it was only fitting that they had lots of lucky rain to send them on their way to Ireland for their honeymoon. How perfect is that? :o)

Here is a sneak peek at some of my favorites from their day. I had a hard time narrowing down!

Kyadda's super sexy shoes!

Beautiful flowers by Fifty Flowers.
Robin & the team at Lone Summit Ranch do a fantastic job of taking care of the couple! And the food was delicious too!

The in-house DJs Alan & Andrea of BerryGood Light & Sound put together a great photo montage for all the guests to watch after dinner.
Mmm...chocolate fountain. Need I say more?
Future photographers, no doubt. ;o)

Madison's Senior Safari

Madison, her mom & I met up on a hot & swampy day in July for her senior photo shoot. We dodged thunderstorms for weeks but finally got a really great day so we went for it! We went all over Lee's Summit and had lots of time for multiple outfit changes. It was a memorable shoot for sure. We ended with her mom's fantastic idea to do a mermaid look with Madison wearing her prom dress in a waterfall. She supplied the idea & dress & I knew just the location to do it. It turned out beautifully! Madison later got to wash the pond scum out of her hair and we ended up with some of my favorite images ever!

The "country music video" shot. :o)
A beautiful mermaid