Archive for the ‘engagement sessions’ Category

Here’s another couple you’ll see more of right here on the ‘ol blog next year – Alisha and Joe will be getting married at the Hawthorne House (which I’ve always wanted to shoot and will finally get to!) next May. They had a gorgeous day for their engagement session around downtown Parkville Missouri and English Landing – and some remarkable light at the end of the shoot. Beyond that, though, is the great connection these two have – one that us photographers love to photograph, but can’t really coach – it’s just there. :)

Parkville, Missouri engagement photography

Parkville, Missouri engagement photographers

Parkville, Missouri engagement photos

Parkville, Missouri engagement photographers

Parkville, Missouri engagement photography

Parkville, Missouri engagement photographer

Parkville, Missouri engagement photos

Parkville, Missouri engagement photography

Parkville, Missouri engagement photographers

Parkville, Missouri engagement photographer

Parkville, Missouri engagement photos

Parkville, Missouri engagement photography

Parkville, Missouri engagement photography

Parkville, Missouri engagement photography

Parkville, Missouri engagement photography

Marie and Drew had the CUTEST idea ever. Marie lives in Kansas, Drew presently lives in Texas. That being said, check out photo number 1. See what I mean? A-freaking-dorable!

You will see a lot more of this couple coming up in November when I shoot their wedding. Looking forward to it!! :)

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement photography

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement photographers

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement photographer

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement photos

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement photographers

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement photographer

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement photography

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement photos

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement photographer

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement photographers

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement photography

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement images

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement session

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement photos

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement photography

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement photographers

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City engagement photography

Amy and Bob, hands down, win the award for the longest engagement session ever. 5 weeks, to be exact. We had planned their engagement session in late June originally, and a severe thunderstorm abruptly ended our session at about the halfway mark. We made plans to reschedule the second half, and got stymied repeatedly; weather, traveling for Amy and Bob, my vacation, more weather….needless to say, since the first half of the session was shot with dark skies, we were determined to have sunshine. We finally finished up the session at Loose Park on a bright sunny morning and below are our results. This couple will be getting married next year in Texas. :)

Kauffman Gardens, Kansas City Missouri engagement photography

Kauffman Gardens, Kansas City Missouri engagement photographers

Kauffman Gardens, Kansas City Missouri engagement photos

Kauffman Gardens, Kansas City Missouri engagement photography

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photography

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photos

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photographers

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photographer

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photography

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photos

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement images

Susan and Alex may be the funniest couple I’ve photographed. I had some serious laughter going on the whole session, and so did these two – I think you can see it in the photos. Plus, I think a lot of the smiles are due to the fact we actually had a gorgeous evening to shoot – no 100 degree temps!!

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photography

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photographers

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photographer

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photos

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photography

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photographers

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photographer

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photos

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photography

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photographers

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photographer

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photography

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photos

Elena and Travis are simply the most adorable couple ever. Game over. They just radiate fun and love and good times and it so, so totally shows in their images below. And they did so even in the worst possible summer conditions – the actual temperature was over 100 degrees at the time of the shoot. They brought along their dog Alfie, who had tons of energy despite the heat until she realized it was..um…HOT! Elena and Travis came armed with a huge jug of water for the three of them and a roving plastic dish for Alfie and we made it through just fine.

The days are getting shorter which you might think of as a negative, but the positive is that you don’t have to shoot super late to hit the absolute best light. The light during this session was nothing short of phenomenal!

I hope the two of you are recovered! My clothes I wore that evening were STILL damp when I sorted laundry this AM. Eww!

Who better to introduce the shoot than Alfie herself?
Parkville Missouri engagement photographers

Parkville Missouri engagement photography

Parkville Missouri engagement photos

Parkville Missouri engagement photographer

Parkville Missouri engagement photography

Parkville Missouri engagement photos

Parkville Missouri engagement shoot

Parkville Missouri engagement photography

Parkville Missouri engagement photographers

Parkville Missouri engagement photographer

Parkville Missouri engagement photos

Parkville Missouri engagement photography

Parkville Missouri engagement photographers

Parkville Missouri engagement photography

Parkville Missouri engagement photographer

Parkville Missouri engagement photography

Victoria and Anthony came to Kansas City last week from Washington, D.C., where they reside, to work on planning their June 2011 Kansas City wedding. They not only booked their photographer for the wedding ;) , but they wasted no time in getting their engagement photos done! Victoria was brimming with ideas (and smiles) and we went from the Plaza to Loose Park to the Crossroads Art District until we ran out of good morning light and ran out of steam (it was hot!). These two have GREAT personalities which makes photographing their natural interaction a complete breeze.

You can look for more from these two, right here, next June!

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City Missouri engagement photography

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City Missouri engagement photos

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City Missouri engagement photographers

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City Missouri engagement photographer

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City Missouri engagement photos

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City Missouri engagement images

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City Missouri engagement photos

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photography

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photos

Loose Park, Kansas City Missouri engagement photos

Crossroads Art District, Kansas City Missouri engagement photographers

Crossroads Art District, Kansas City Missouri engagement photography

Crossroads Art District, Kansas City Missouri engagement photos

Crossroads Art District, Kansas City Missouri engagement images

Crossroads Art District, Kansas City Missouri engagement photographers

Crossroads Art District, Kansas City Missouri engagement photos

Crossroads Art District, Kansas City Missouri engagement photography

I felt a bit bad for Katie and Jeremy as they had perhaps the hottest day of the year for their engagement session. Just when I thought it was hot, it just kept getting hotter! We worked on keeping them in open shade, though, and worked their dogs into the shots early on in the session so they could go home with Katie’s parents and not be in the heat for the entire session. This is yet another couple whose wedding I’ll be photographing – in late September!

Kansas City engagement photography

Kansas City engagement photographers

Kansas City engagement photography

Kansas City engagement photos

Kansas City engagement images

Kansas City engagement photography

Kansas City engagement photographer

Kansas City engagement photography

Kansas City engagement photography

Kansas City engagement photography

Kansas City engagement photography

Kansas City engagement photographers

Kansas City engagement photography

Kansas City engagement photography

Kansas City engagement photographer

Kansas City engagement photos

I met Jill and Shawn early last Sunday morning for their engagement session, and we wandered around the gorgeous gardens of Lake Shawnee near the Garden House. You’ll be seeing a lot more of these guys in September when I shoot their wedding!!

ILake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photography

XLake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photographers

Lake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photographer

Lake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photography

Lake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photographers

Lake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photography

Lake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photographers

Lake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photos

Lake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement images

Lake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photography

Lake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photographers

Lake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photography

Lake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photographer

Lake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photos

Lake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photographers

Lake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photography

Lake Shawnee, Topeka, Kansas engagement photographers

Amy Jo and Jacob chose to do their shoot on Amy Jo’s family farm as well as some nearby wheat fields. I’ve been getting quite a few rural/country engagement shoot requests lately – and being a country girl myself – LOVE it! It threatened to storm for much of this session, but we got it in and had some super fun settings to work with, as you’ll see. You can look for much more from this couple when I shoot their wedding in September!

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Emilie and Terrol had it going on in their session. What a connection these two had. I had to do very little directing and a LOT of shooting. They are naturals in front of the camera! We met last Thursday evening at Shawnee Mission Park for their engagement session – the two wanted a more country setting, and I tried to find a location that wasn’t too far for them since they were coming from Lawrence. I shot Candace and Tim’s session there a few weeks earlier, and knew it was huge, so we’d have lots of new places to explore, which we did!

I’m very much looking forward to shooting your guys’ wedding in December!

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photography

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photographers

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photographer

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photography

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photographers

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photographer

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photography

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photographers

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photography

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photographer

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photography

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photographers

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photographer

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photography

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photography

Shawnee Mission Park, Kansas engagement photographers