Getting Kerry'ied Away

Lots of weddings to post since all of my last weekends have been spent at beautiful weddings, but I wanted to start with this one since the bride happens to also be a high school friend of mine. I was so excited to see Ms. Kerry so excited and happy on her big day. Not to mention a mix of rowdy friends, some that I've known for years and had a blast catching up with, that made this wedding one of my favorites so far.

Did I mention the party bus specifically brought in to haul us - myself, the couple and all TWENTY of their bridesmaids and groomsmen - around for a short photo shoot after the wedding?

Top notch Kerry and Brant. Congratulations on your new life together!

Double the Fun

When Sherri called and told me that not only would she like to book a shoot for her family, but then followed up to tell me that she had a set of 8 month old twins.... I couldn't hardly contain myself. Not only do I get to be around one baby just getting to the squishy, ornery stage which I adore - there are two of them. For those of you who don't know not only am I only one half of a set of twins, my little brother and sister are also twins, so guess it's in my blood to love and adore babies two at a time. Regardless of all of this however, this little guy and gal were a pleasure to shoot, though ever so shortly (organizing the cooperation of two babies at once is as tough as it is rewarding).

"Giving is Awesome" 2010 shoot

This next posting holds dear to my heart. Though I have a great time working with all of my clients, the last two years have given me a chance to get a bit more personal with the winners of my "Giving is Awesome" contest. Each year I give a free shoot to a family or person who deserves the gift of lasting memories (thanks to selfless acts, or tons of hard work, etc), but might not be able to afford it. This year's winners were the Levsen family who had unfortunately hit on some hard times with the turn of the economy.

Their response when they received my call on Christmas morning not only made me cry, it made my day knowing that I'd provided a gift they otherwise wouldn't have had.

Congratulations to Greg, Stephanie and their crew.

The Heathers...

So, some of you younger followers might not quite get my reference to the 1988 cult movie 'Heathers' (and if you don't, you should look into it, assuming you are of age for a bit of inappropriateness) but I couldn't resist the play on words for this posting. Since I'm so far behind on postings, I thought I could capitalize on my gorgeous Heather engagement duo.

Heather King was my first beautiful bride to be. Her and Vaness are set to tie the knot next Saturday (I told you I was behind), and were true troopers in toughing out a cold March morning for our engagement shoot. You know when Vaness started getting chilly that Heather had been shivering for nearly an hour, but luckily, their good-looking-ness beat out the chilled face look so we could come up with these great shots!





Next up was the beautiful Heather Zumalt. First, I'll point out that I know you guys out there are drooling with my switch straight from a red head to a blonde. More than just good looks however, Heather and her fiance Justin - both new to Harrisonville from their native Belton and Raymore - are all set for an October wedding. With smiles like these, and easy going personalities (which is good as our recent tornado passed right through their neighborhood - yikes) I can't wait to shoot them on their wedding day. Without further ado, here are some of our images!





Congratulations!!!