Robby and Paige - Engagement Preview

Right before Christmas, on one of the coldest, wettest days of the year, we squeezed in an engagement session for Robby and Paige. Luckily these high school sweethearts were adorable and totally rolled with the weather punches. Hope you guys enjoy your preview, can't wait to photograph your wedding in June! :)

Josh - Senior Preview

I love taking senior pictures. And the past couple years I have tended to photograph more girls than boys. So much so that I almost forgot how different boys are to photograph! We don't have to worry about wind or hair or the outfit laying just right...boys just kind of go with it. Well, maybe not all boys, but definitely Josh! He was so laid back and easy going about the whole thing. I loved spending the morning just chatting and snapping pictures with him and his mom. My only regret is that I didn't get a picture of the two of them together! They clearly have a great relationship and I wish I would have snapped a photo of both of them at some point. Oh well, maybe we will just have to hang out again soon and do that! :)

I actually showed Josh part of his preview a few weeks ago when he was up for homecoming king and needed a few photos, so not all of this is new to them. Since then though I edited a few more to round out the rest of the preview.  Thanks again for picking me to take your senior pictures. Hope you enjoy the rest of your preview, Josh!

Kelli - Senior Preview

I had such a great time hanging out with Kelli and her mom not once, but twice during her senior sessions. We decided to split up our normal session and instead do two one-hour sessions...and it was so fun! We spent some time downtown the first time, then the second session was out on her family's land. It was a gorgeous (and slightly chilly!) fall day, perfect for photos.

Kelli, I had a great time taking your pictures and wish you the best of luck next year at K-State!!! Hope you enjoy your preview!

 

Jordan - Senior Preview

A couple weeks ago I got to take this sweet girl's senior pictures. She brought along a whole crew with her (her mom and her mom's friends) and I loved watching all of them having so much fun with the session. Thanks for choosing me to take your pictures, Jordan...hope you enjoy your preview!

Ryan and Kelsey ~ Wedding

I had the chance to photograph this beautiful wedding the first weekend of October, but thanks to preparing to move and actually moving the preview took much longer than planned to get up. So sorry guys! Just for that, I tried to make it extra long! :)

Ryan and Kelsey, it was a JOY being a part of your day. I loved being witness to all the love you guys share not only for each other, but for all of the family and friends who celebrated with you, and most importantly your focus on your love for Christ. It was a truly wonderful wedding! Enjoy your preview!

These two have some great role models to look up to when it comes to marriage. 

Congrats again, Kelsey and Ryan! I couldn't be happier for you! 

Jenna - Senior Preview

So I have been slowly but surely working on this post for over a week! I was literally hoping to have it up last Monday, and then life got in the way. Well...life...and the fact that I could not for the life of me narrow down pictures for her preview! I wanted to post everything! I took Jenna's brother's photos a few years ago. Tanner is one of Joe Henry's best friends and so we have gotten very close to the Higgins family. How Joe and Tanner are out of high school baffles me...but now Jenna, too?! I had such a great time chatting with her and her mom during her senior session. She is off to K-State next year where I know she will thrive...because she is wonderful like that. Thanks for picking me to take your photos, Jenna! Hope you enjoy your preview!

Ann and Alan ~ Engagement

You may remember Ann and Alan from an earlier post where I documented their actual engagement out at Alan's grandparents' farm. Since I went in to a lot of details on that post about their "how we met" story, I'm not going to go over it all again. But I will say, I helped set them up...and I still brag about "hand picking" my sister-in-law all the time. :)

We met bright and early last weekend in KC for an engagement session. Initially I wanted to meet on the Plaza at 7:30 for lighting purposes. Well, as it turned out it was really overcast so that didn't matter so much, BUT it really still worked out in our favor because the Plaza was so deserted, which allowed for some neat shots! We also ventured over to the Nelson-Atkins museum, Kauffman Gardens, and Loose Park. So many pretty locations!

Enjoy your preview, guys! It may be my biggest engagement preview yet! Can't wait for the November wedding. Jane is already working on her flower girl skills. :)

 

 The dip in this next picture became a theme...as you will see. They dipped everywhere! :)  

 These next two were Alan's ideas...he had a lot of ideas. They were all goofy. :)  

 Swings....Alan's idea. :)

   

 At this point we were going on three hours and all of the picture taking was making some people a little nutty...can you tell who I'm talking about?

   

 Annnddd that is all. Less than six months before wedding pictures will be up on the blog (if I have time to take any...since all three of us are in the wedding I'm thinking a few iPhone pictures may be all I get that day). :)

Alex and Bret!

Yesterday I got to spend the day celebrating one of my favorite couples! Luckily (for me!) Alex's photographer didn't start until later in the day so I got to spend the morning with the girls while they got ready. Seriously, these girls were so much fun. I just want to hang out with them all the time. They just laughed and laughed and laughed. Which means a lot of the photos I took are of that awkward laugh face...you know what I'm talking about right? But I love that, because it just shows how much fun these girls were having as they told stories.

Alex and I and a couple other girlfriends had a pretty fun  happy hour crew back when we all still lived in KC. It was truly just the MOST fun group, and I looked forward to our regular happy hours more than you can possibly imagine. Always lots of laughter, lots of drinks, and sometimes pieces of cake the size of our faces!!! ;) We love laughing about the happy hour where we stayed so long at Kona, that we were still there for reverse happy hour at 10. So, of course, we ordered more drinks, more sushi rolls, and a HUGE piece of cake. Things may have gotten a little fuzzy, phones may have been lost...whatever. At the next happy hour meeting (after we vowed to be a little more tame), we were talking about that yummy cake and Molly said, "Wait....we had cake?" Ummmm...yes. And Molly had gone after that cake like it was her job. Love love love those memories and those girls.

As for yesterday....I loved celebrating Alex and her HUSBAND, Bret. It was truly one of the most beautiful weddings I've been, too. It took place outside on a golf course and the weather couldn't have been more perfect. Add to that an insanely fun and in love couple, an open bar, delicious food, and really amazing guests? You pretty much have the perfect recipe for the perfect wedding. Such a great night! In fact, the entire night I meant to run to my car and grab my camera and take a few pictures of the reception so this blog post wasn't all about the morning...but there was too much fun being had, and too many great people to talk to. Oops! Oh well...enjoy the pictures of the girls getting ready! :)

Look at this beautiful, excited, joy-filled maid of honor. This was a day SHE had been dreaming of for a long time, too. Nothing quite like watching your best friend get married. :)


















This was the part of the day where things started getting real. And Alex started getting a little giddy. I know I posted a lot of close ups of the bride...but she was just GLOWING. I couldn't narrow it down. :)




















The bridesmaids all went in together to give Alex a BEAUTIFUL Kate Spade bracelet. So fun!


























I love this next picture. Alex's mom was kind of hanging back while she was getting her dress on, trying to hold off getting a real look until she was completely in the dress. But the girls parted, and she got a glance before she was ready...and immediately started tearing up. Truly one of my favorite moments of the day.












The boys were over on the other side of the clubhouse waiting for the girls to finish getting ready. In this picture you can see Alex's dad patiently waiting to see his beautiful daughter.






I had full intentions of running out to the car during the reception and bringing my nice camera in, but the reception was just too great to leave for even a couple of minutes! But I did snap a few photos on my phone. Sorry they are blurry...it is hard to get a great picture when you are laughing, drinking wine, and dancing...simultaneously.

Please try and ignore the fact that my "eye brightening" concealer is practically reflective in this photo. Yowzers.