Sneak Peak :: Mike and Emily Day After Session

Mike and Emily were married a few weeks ago, and because they had a limited amount of time for photos, we scheduled a Day After Session for some more casual photos.  We met up with them the day after their ceremony at the Chase in the Central West End for some photos. Here are some of my faves...

Isn't Emily Beautiful?

We had to stop by Design Within Reach, a CWE furniture with some awesome pieces I need to have right now.  Like this lamp.  dang.  how cool is that.

And I'll take one of those hanging light thingys too.  Might as well make it two while we're at it. 

Mike and Emily first met at Starbucks.  So, it was only fitting that we stopped by the cwe starbucks for an Americano :). 

And then, Emily jumped in the fountain.  It was a pretty docile situation....

... And then Emily got pretty brave.

Total awesomeness. 

Wedding post coming soon!

Robyn and Tyler :: Remedy for the rain

Just like Jay and Tiffany, the weather did not cooperate at all on Tyler and Robyn's wedding day. The sky was beautiful all day, but when the reception wrapped up mid-afternoon, the skies opened up and made shooting outside pretty much impossible. We took some photos inside, but Tyler and Robyn decided a day-after session was in order... and I happily obliged. A few weeks after the wedding, we headed down to Washington Avenue and shot till the sun went down. Thanks to John for coming with me to assist with my bounce card :). Here are a few of my faves:








The wind was strong between the buildings downtown, which made Robyn's hair look super-cool


I have a series of these photos and the girl in the black dress on the right tried so hard to not look like she was interested, but I grabbed this shot as she turned around real quick to scope out what we were doing. Love it :).






definitely a favorite




these two are just so dang photogenic and easy to work


I think that says "love".... or "vove". "Love" would make this a much cooler photo, so I'm going with that :).


Again in this session, Robyn had her hair down, which was quite a change from the way she wore her hair on her wedding day.


See... she's a total natural. I'm sure I'll have an excuse to photograph them again sometime soon :)

Tiffany and Jay :: Summer remedy for spring snow

When I shot Jay and Tiffany's wedding this spring in Kansas City, we had a little unexpected visitor: snow. That's right... it snowed in April. We got some great shots inside the church, but earlier this summer, I headed back to KC for another session with Tiffany and Jay. The couple decided to go for a more casual look for this session, which gave them a lot of variety between their two sessions.

We started off at the Nelson-Atkins Art Musuem




The lawn of the Art Museum has shuttlecocks scattered throughout, so from above, the lawn looks like a bad-mitten court. Not only is this a unique KC landmark, but this is also where Jay proposed to Tiffany.


I love that Tiffany wore funky, color jewelry, which was totally different from the jewels she donned on her wedding day




Take a look at that... he jumped in the perfect spot for me to get some sunflare :). Not only that, but he had just had foot surgery. What a guy


Then we headed over to the newly renovated Liberty Memorial, which sports a great view of the downtown KC skyline.




Then it was time to head to Westport for some shots along the brick roads

Robyn and Tyler: Sneak Peak

Just one for now...

Micah and Meg :: Day After Shoot

Megan and Micah got married in October and it was unseasonably warm. I take that back... it was freakishly hot. Because they had an early ceremony, Micah and Megan had planned to head downtown with me after the reception to do some fun urban portaits. The heat, however, made us change our plans a little. We all got together a few weeks after the wedding for those urban portaits, and the weather was much more conducive to beautiful photos this time :). Doing a session like this is a really cool way to get some unique portaits on a more relaxed day, and I just LOVE doing them :). If you're interested in a session like this, shoot me an email and we can chat :).

And now onto my favorites from their session!

We started off at a parking garage near busch stadium



Love this shot of Megan with the umbrella.


....umbrella ella ella eh eh eh


I dig the colors in this pic.


Favorite!



Whenever I"m downtown, strangers walking past us always seem to want to get in on the action. I think these guys were cops from out of town, so, of course, I was happy to oblige :).







Even downtown, i gotta get some sunflare.





Coffee update: I'll admit that I've been weak on several occasions (Starbucks made me do it!), but I started my caffeine strike over again and I'm doing much better this time. Five days strong and counting...