This is as close as I will get to my dream wedding. And that’s totally okay, because I would much rather capture it than be in it!! 🙂 After over 160 weddings in the past 9 years, Ross and I always talk about what we would have done differently for our wedding. Honest answer is […]

An Illinois girl meets an Iowa boy. I first met Shanley four years ago when she was in her sister’s wedding. When we were told she would be contacting us, we were thrilled! We already knew she would be fun to be around! And our first day together was…. let’s just say I really wish […]

I will forever be thankful that Matt + Natalie were as excited about us after we first met as we were about them! (crazy side note – Natalie grew up next to my sister and brother in law, so her parents and my sister and brother in law knew each other really well!) They were […]

Chris and Haley wow-ed me from the very first engagement picture I took. They have this quiet, effortless, beautiful presence about them. Haley could teach a course on how to have the ‘soft face’ or eyes, or smile. It was so fun and amazing setting them up in a pose and then directing where to […]

One of the very first questions we ask our couples is ‘will you do a first look?’  If they are uncertain, we can easily change their minds, and here’s why. First looks come with SOOOOOO MANY benefits!!!  The biggest one by far is that the wedding day is just a blur, why not have some […]

Oh Hannah and Grady.  These two, one look at them and you can just feel the happiness bursting out of them!!  The first time we met them in person was for their engagement pictures.  They had traveled back to the area on a weekend that worked for another couple who wanted their engagement pictures at […]

We sat down at a coffee shop with Kyle and Stephanie for a first meeting. It was one of those meetings that was so easy to just connect and enjoy. Authentic. We loved hearing their proposal story, which include bitter bitter coldness, but was absolutely amazingly well done!!! Their eyes come to life when they […]

These pictures are so incredibly special to me!!  Grant is my nephew, I was 14 when he was born, so in some ways he has always felt more like a sibling.  Harvey calls him Uncle Grant.  🙂  Haleigh was just ‘girlfriend’ at the time these pictures were taken.  Grant and Haleigh started dating the same […]

As soon as Gaby’s face popped up on FaceTime I knew I HAD to photograph her!!!  My mind immediately went in to flipping through pictures I would capture.  Then James enters and we see the two of them interact a little.  Another couple we absolutely just had to have as an AMP couple!!!  On December […]

I absolutely love when brides and grooms hire us before having a date or venue. It always tells us that they are so excited about their pictures!! That is how we first met Mark and Delani. Delani lived in St. Louis so meeting in person wasn’t the easiest thing. But she is one of those […]