Karmen is a gorgeous young lady who is just as sweet as she is pretty. She is beginning a new and exciting chapter in her life, high school! That’s right, she just graduated from eighth grade! I couldn’t believe it, when I first saw her at our session and realized she’s several inches taller than me. Jealous! We explored around the school campus she’s attended for years, where she was a total natural in front of the camera, making this session one of my favorites from this summer 😀
Loved the color and black and white too much not to share both 🙂
My two favorites from the session, siiiigh, what a lovely young lady.
Many happy wishes as you start high school and beyond, the world is your oyster, DREAM BIG! ***
What a joy of a session with my friend Ashley, Mike, and their little girl Audrey. I just love it when babies think I’m funny and mom and dad are able to relax and be themselves. Audrey is suuuch a happy, smiley gem. We had a blast with mom and dad, and let’s not forget the cat, Taj, too! Thanks for welcoming me into your home to capture these for you guys, I smile big seeing the love and happiness you share!
I’ve sat and thought about what I would write for Erin & Ryan’s wedding post, but I realized I can’t really find the words for how I feel about these two. They booked me when I was pretty new to this whole photography thing. They put their complete trust in me, expressed their confidence in me, and enthusiastically booked me over a year before their wedding at our first meeting, I even saw them high five after leaving 🙂 They’ve given me so many memories from my beginning until now that I’ll never forget, for them I am eternally grateful.
On top of that, they are both sweet spirits, Erin is in social work and Ryan has served our country. They are also a part of a very neat St. Louis tradition, Crown Candy Kitchen. It’s St. Louis’ oldest soda fountain, their fabulous menu has had the hearts of St. Louisan’s for almost 100 years and has even gained attention from the Travel Channel. Ryan’s family owns this little gem and if you haven’t checked it out yet, man you are missing out! I’m officially a customer for life after having their delish turkey sandwich, shake, and melt in your mouth chocolates. Once you get your belly full of their treats, I bet your face will look like 😀 We had the joy of stopping by on their wedding day and they shared a chocolate malt in their own private booth, who gets to do that on their wedding day?!
Erin & Ryan, thank you so much for trusting me from the beginning and having us be a part of your wonderful wedding day. We are still blown away by how welcoming and sweet not only you guys are, but your families and friends as well. Beau and I were so honored and thrilled to be there, wishing you many more years of happiness, love, and chocolate malts <3
We could not have had a more perfect evening at Forest Park for Alex and Ben’s maternity session in April. Alex already looked so beautiful and radiant and the sun kissed her skin sooo nicely, double score! Can’t wait to meet the cute boy these two will welcome in June!
I’ve been making some changes and after a few weeks of polishing, I’m so ready and excited to share! After attending a photography conference held by one of my favorite international wedding photographers, Jasmine Star, I came back inspired and ready to do things differently. While talking about website appearance and logos she said, “If you’re not in love with it, change it!” After that, I realized I was no longer in love with my logo. I wanted something more “me”, something I could call uniquely mine. I’m so fortunate to work with some super talented artists; I knew Kenzie would be able to turn my vision into reality. She did just that with an earthy, clean design, I couldn’t love it more 🙂
Another change I’ve been working on is the addition of online galleries. I’m happy to say the gallery is now live and all sessions and weddings now include a private, online gallery where you can view and share your images anytime. I love this feature and I know clients, their family and friends will too, with their session just a click away.
I didn’t want to leave you without any photos so I’ll share a few that Beau took of me while we were out exploring some areas by our home. I asked him to take pictures so I could have new head shots, it’s not an everyday occurrence for me to explore in a dress with curled hair 😀
