Lainee is ONE!!!

Last night I took a little ride to meet Lainee, her dad and mommy! She is the sweetest little thing! She pulled at my auntie heart strings when she walked over to me, asked me to pick her up and later kissed me on my face !!

Swanson | Family

I LOVE a good challenge!! Chase.. was that! None of my photographer or mommy tricks worked! Plus it was cold, windy and he was a little sick. The only thing that made Chase happy was calling his cousin Emma to come to our rescue! In the end we still had fun and Swanson have lots of cute family photos. Happy 3rd Birthday Chase!!! 

Lauren & Joe | Engagement

Yesterday I met Lauren and Joe... Lauren totally made my fashionista heart happy when she wore one of my dresses! Those of you reading this and not clients of mine should know.. I... 1. ALWAYS bring or offer some article of clothing or accessory of my own for almost every session...2. You will probably hear me say " Okay I think we're done, no wait let's try this!! " a THOUSAND times each session...and I did both last night!  I'm so happy to be apart of their wedding day and can't for Oct 3rd. 

Florida Click N Chat with Julie Paisley

Last week I traveled to Panama City Beach Florida to take part in a Julie Paisley Photography click n chat and enjoy some sun/beach with my sisters for our first girl getaway. I tried a lot of new things and learned a lot about myself expanding my horizons. Here's my favorites from the click n chat! Next month I travel to Nashville to meet Julie Paisley but this time to learn about shooting film and becoming a hybrid shooter. I love being able to travel and meet all these wondering people. 

Vendor love...

Erin & David for modeling for us and allowing the group to your family home for this session.

Julie Paisley Photography for being wonderful and making this experience so fun!

Thank you Panache Tent and Event for the GORGEOUS Bouquet.

Tuxedo Source was also very happy to provide David's Tuxedo for the photo shoot.

The Wedding Retreat St. Louis

In March I traveled to St. Louis for a wedding photography retreat host by Ashley & Catherine. We put in some LONG hours starting our days by 9am and sometimes not stopping until 11:30pm. Although their style of photography is different from mine, I decided to attend in hopes of picking up some tips on off camera flash, reception lighting, sparkler exit/writing and things on the paperwork side of owning a business. We didn't get to learn hands on the sparkler portions, but  I did leave with a 250 page book for reference... Here's just a few of my favorites. The best part of this workshop was the rain + off camera flash photos. SOOO fun! Even if we were freezing outside! 

Vendor Love... 

The Wedding Retreat by Ashley Fisher and Catherine Rhodes -theweddingretreat.ashleyfisherphotography.com
Catherine Rhodes Photography - www.CatherineRhodesPhotography.com
Ashley Fisher Photography - http://www.ashleyfisherphotography.com/

Daytime Stationery : Little Yellow Leaf - LittleYellowLeaf.com

Nightime Stationery : Announce This! - AnnounceThisDesign.com

Specialty Rentals (Linens, Flatware, Glassware) : Ultra Pom Event Rental -http://ultrapom.com/

Styled Shoot Design : Madison Sanders Events :http://www.madisonsandersevents.com/

Floral Design : Addie Jane's Originals - http://www.addiejane.com/

Cigars : Brennan's - http://cometobrennans.net/

Wedding Dresses & Hair Pieces : BHLDN - http://www.bhldn.com/

Ties : Express - http://www.express.com/

Jewelry : Tiffany Rose Designs -https://www.facebook.com/tiffanyrosedesignscustomjewelry

Hair and Makeup : Whitney Reynolds - http://www.beautybywhitney.com

Cake : La Patisserie Chouquette Par Simone Faure -http://www.simonefaure.com

Table Rentals : The Aries Company - http://www.ariesco.com/

Paige & Zach | Engagement

Yesterday I met Paige & Zach for their engagement session! It was cold... like 29 degrees cold in the middle March! They were so fun, quiet and easy to photograph we had a great time. I can't wait for their October wedding. Here's a few of my favorites...