I think it is rare to have strangers, having just met, become fast friends quickly. Yet, again and again, I am richly blessed to find myself in just that position. It is no different with Robert+Valerie.

INCREDIBLE! That is how I can describe our little meander through the City Market area. Robert & Valerie and I had a ball playing fashion models, telling stories, trying to get the zoolander face just right, blowing some Dubble Bubble bubble gum (because size really does matter….ha!) and playing with sparklers!

The couple is…well… they are sexy and playful and I am honored to have met them!! October cannot come fast enough for me, when we will slam home their wedding day in style!

I hope you love the photos and I look forward to hanging out with these guys again real soon.

Brian and Kelly live in Washington DC and are coming home to KC to get married…they are one of those beautiful couples that you see together and you just know…you know that they were meant for each other. They are quick to smile, fun-loving, and they are way too cute to watch! I can’t wait to shoot their wedding in just a few days!

Let it pour, let it rain … in torrents … and maybe even flood a little. I drove out to Columbia, MO, known to locals as CoMo, to meet up with Tim and Jen for their engagement shoot. Tim and Jen are a vibrant and radiant couple, beautiful inside and out and they are HILARIOUS! They had my sides aching I was laughing so hard! They live in St. Louis and the big Mizzou college town was the perfect halfway point to meet up for a crazy fun day of engagement photography!

This day may have been insanely rainy, but we didn’t let it dampen our spirits too much, as we tramped and splashed around downtown CoMo. The day consisted of pillow fights and pancakes, puddles and stacks, friends and fun times. We shot all over and even when we were not allowed to. We were barred from taking photos at Booches (am-a-za-zing burgers! YUM!), but as you can see, we snuck a few anyway.

I hope you enjoy the story of their day … I cannot wait to shoot their wedding in St. Louis! Woohooooo!

Let me know which images YOU like. I am always curious.

Outspoken friends and quiet blog-stalkers, please comment and let me know what is going on in your heart, in your life, in your business.

Smiles, friends. (This is Casei from St. Louis, by the way)

Giggles! Monica is full of laughs and I think Tyler is her muse. His quiet smile is always with her and continually keeps Miss Monica with a HUGE smile on her beautiful face.

I say ‘Miss Monica’ because she is a school teacher who loves all her kids and talks about them a lot! This radiant couple found me because I had the extreme pleasure of hanging with Tyler’s sister, Ryan, at Jon+Caycee’s wedding. Ryan is the pretty blonde, fourth from the left, in the Perspective photos from earlier today.

Anyway, Monica and Tyler and I had a ball hanging out down at the Plaza. One thing about my engagement sessions…we have fun. We laugh and try to get to know one another and stay relaxed. It is not a photo session so much as it is a get-to-know-you session…a perfect way for a photographer to become familiar with his subjects before their wedding day, so on the wedding day isn’t shooting cold turkey.

I hope you love the photos as much as I loved hanging out with them. Let me know what your favorite is and can you guess which one is my fav?

Is it a bee?! Aaaah!

Heather and Andrew. Andrew and Heather. This pair is a dynamic duo of good looks and great company. Andrew is a fireman…firefighter…I am not sure what the proper title is…well, he wears a uniform and risks his life to put out fires, rescue people and save cats. Heather…well, she just likes her man in his uniform. She is a talented MUA (what’s an MUA, you ask? As a photographer, M-U-A is lingo for Make-Up Artist.

We met in downtown Lee’s Summit, the home turf of the ever-so-talented dynamic duo at Photomementos. We shot around for a couple blocks and ended up at the WhistleStop Café for a cup of cold Joe that can’t be beat! I really enjoyed hanging around these two and can’t wait for the exciting photos we are going to create for their upcoming wedding in December! Trust me, they are going to be a blast.

Dan and Kelly  and I met up at the Nelson Atkins for a fun engagement shoot…We met down there because Kelly’s mom has been a long-time volunteer with the age-old art museum & gallery. One of these days, I will have to follow her around to get a super-in-depth tour of the place.

Laughs and symmetry were the call of the day when I recently spent some quality photo time with Dan and Kelly. They are a sweet and tender couple who are drawn to one another…their senses of humor tie these two up and left me in stitches…I hope you enjoy their photos, just as much as I enjoyed being around them.

…and how ’bout a little art for art’s sake, hmmm?

Make sure you comment and let me know what you think of the various artsy shots, k? I was really, really feeling symmetrical that day, as Dan and Kelly can both attest to.

Stay tuned for many, many more posts as I play ‘October’ catch-up. Lots of engagements and weddings to blog and proof and even more albums to produce…YEAH!

I’d like to introduce a super fun couple to you all…Handsome Bob and Beautiful Stacey! Those are now my nicknames for them… They make such a great couple I figured they needed nicknames.

Well, major Congratulations are not only in order for their upcoming wedding, but also because they both just passed the Bar exam…yep, they are both intelligent attorneys, newly relocated to Kansas City from Iowa.

Since they are new to the area, we decided to shoot at the classic “Kansas City” location…the Country Club Plaza, which is also just a couple blocks from their offices. We met down at O’Dowd’s Little Dublin (it’s an authentic Irish pub), hung out chatting it up for a bit and then walked around an enjoyed each others company…at least I enjoyed theirs. They had to put up with silly me… I hope you like the photos and I cannot wait to shoot their wedding very, very soon!!

As one who is genetically thin…um, scrawny…and still quite out of shape, I tend to really admire people who are very fit and muscular. Their energy is radiant. That said, I want to introduce you to Michael and Amanda.

Yes, they are actual people. No photoshopping was necessary to enhance their frames. Their beautiful physiques are just naturally reminiscent of the mythical Greek gods and godesses of old. I hope you enjoy the session we shot down at the Plaza.

Let them know your favorite shots! I am sure Michael and Amanda would get a kick out of it.

John and Jessika are getting married on Saturday, so technically, I suppose, this was not really an engagement session. They already had a close friend of theirs (Zach Henderson) shoot their engagement session a while back. He is going to be in the wedding, and I am shooting Zach’s wedding later on. Yeah!

Anyway, John and Jessika met me for a quick “get-to-know-how-I-shoot” session at Faulkners Pumpkin Farm. We had a great time and it was good getting to hang out with this cool couple. We talked “Apple” gear and  about their big day and what their plans are for the future. It was a good time had by all.