Austin and Jennie

Spring is on it's way to being sprung!  Like a bear with a camera, I came out of my winter cave(studio) last weekend to shoot this engagement session with Austin and Jennie.  Jennie met us at the bridal show last month and we knew right away that we wanted to shoot her wedding.  For the engagement session, we met them at the Nelson Atkins Museum on a cold, cloudy, sort of wet day.  Despite the dreary forecast,  we got some great images.  Then we packed up and went to Union Station where we lit them up like movie stars.  These were some of my favorite shots of the day.  They were a super sweet couple (how do I always get the nicest people to work with?) and we're super pumped up to shoot their big day.  Anyways, here's some images!

New coffee table books and bridal shows....

Couple of things to report on today. 

First off, we're now offering these super cool coffee table styled books.  They're 12"x12"(that's huge!), hardback, premium paper, and down right slick.  For those of you who want a more modern styled wedding album, these are the real deal.

Secondly, we'll be at the Perfect Wedding Guide Bridal Show at the Overland Park Convention Center, this Sunday, the 13th.  Come by our booth and say hi!  You can check out these new books!  Also, we'll be giving away free engagement sessions, so stop by and ask us about that.  The show costs $12 and I just happen to have 5 free tickets.  Each ticket will get two people in for free.(bonus!)  If you'd like a ticket, shoot me an email and it's all yours!(they're digital, I can email them to you!)  Hope to see you there.

So here's a look at the new coffee table book...

WeddingWire.com award

Just received this little award from Weddingwire.com.  Top 5% is pretty cool considering there are over 45,000 photographers listed on that site! 

2010 - Year in review...a little late, I know.

I know that it's already the 12th of January, but I thought I'd make a post, looking back on our  2010 wedding season.  Be sure to make it to the end of the post to see the New Year Special.

It used to be that there really was a "wedding season", usually from April to October.  In 2010, we had weddings from January to December.  It was our busiest wedding year yet.  We shot 17 weddings that ranged from tiny to GIANT.  We shot weddings in Kansas City, Topeka, Lawrence, Overland Park, Kearney, and even a little town named Sabetha.  A little more than half of our weddings were shot here in Lawrence, Ks.  Where was the most popular location for these Lawrence weddings you ask?  The Danforth Chapel, on the KU campus.  We shot more weddings at the Danforth this year than anywhere else.  We can shoot weddings in that chapel with our eyes closed!  It's a great little chapel and we love to do weddings there.  Here's my little 2010 wedding awards list...

Best views for wedding ceremony -  Hands down, the top of the Oread Hotel in Lawrence, KS has the
                                                           best views around.  You can see for miles up there!  Check it out!

                                                        
Neatest reception space - The Hobb's building in Kansas City's west bottoms.  It's hard to get to, but
                                         worth the effort.  It's a really cool old building that makes for a fantastic
                                          place to have a reception.  Photo below...

Best Lawrence reception space - This is a tie between the Eldridge Hotel(first photo) and the
                                                     Alton Ballroom at Pachamama's restaurant(2nd photo).

                                                     
Best and most beautiful wedding assistant of 2010 - Jenna, my sweet lady

                           
So there you have it, that's my little list.  Thanks to all of the 2010 brides and grooms for allowing us to document their big day and to show some love to the next group of wedding couples, follow this link to view our sweet New Year Special offer...clicky this link !

Mimi and Jamie

This is a sweet little wedding we shot here in Lawrence back in the fall.  Mimi and Jamie were kind enough to let us document their big day and it turned out to be a pretty perfect day at that.  The sun was shining, leaves were colorful, not too cold out, happy Bride and Groom, what more could you ask for!?  We even got a photo of Mimi and Jamie with superstar KU basketball coach, Bill Self!  We had a ton of fun at this one.  Here are some images that I liked...

A new blog post for cryin' out loud!

I am seriously behind on my wedding blog!  Between shooting weddings and doing the finish work on my new studio, I have really neglected this blog.  I'm so ashamed!

Since my last posting, we completed the construction of my new studio space.  Here's a photo to prove it!  I can't wait to get all moved in and up and running... 

Now to my second bit o' news.  I'm making the announcement on here first, that I will be raising my wedding rates come January 1st.  So, if you've been on the fence about whether or not to hire me for your wedding, now would be the time to do it.  Don't say I didn't warn you!

On to some images.  Here's a little engagement session that I shot a while back.  Karla and Jacob have me booked to shoot their wedding next year, and wanted some Fall engagement shots.  It was a beautiful day, we found some colorful trees, and I even got to meet their super sweet German Shorthair, named Blue.(I love German Shorthairs by the way.  I have one and her name is Millie.  She's the best dog ever.)  Anyways, I think the session was a hit, take a look...

 

 

Ashley and Wesley.... and a new studio.

August has been my break from weddings this year.  I sure am glad I didn't have to be out shooting in that crazy hot weather!  Wedding's pick back up with a vengeance in September and October, so I've been using this down time to catch up on all of my personal work, house work, ect.

It has also been nice to have some down time while construction started on my brand NEW STUDIO!  It's hard for me to believe that I've been without a working studio for almost two years.  Moving from Missouri, I had to leave behind my studio and have been without one ever since, but I will not be without one for long.  Six weeks from now, I should be up and running in my very own space!  We designed it ourselves and the construction team broke ground on the project yesterday.  Oh happy days!

Now, here's a wedding that we shot a while back.  It was one of the most fun weddings we've experienced.  Wesley is from South Africa and Ashley is from Kansas.  They sang the South African national anthem at the reception for cryin' out loud!  It was pretty neat.  Their wedding was in a beautiful church in Topeka and the reception was here in Lawrence at the lovely Eldridge Hotel.  They were a lot of fun and honestly, you'd be hard pressed to meet a sweeter couple.  The photos turned out great...have a look!