Brian and Kelly and their families are people I could hang out with any time. They were wonderful and I really had a blast getting to know them all! Brian and Kelly’s day was enchanting and lovely. The weather was perfect and the day unfolded like a dream. I hope you love the photos, you guys.

After our preparations and the Reveal, and before heading off to the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, we traversed off in a KC Trolley to a hot, hot day for portraits at a local park and then downtown Kansas City, near Crown Center. We even managed to squeeze in a bunch of the family photos down there, too. Woohoo!

The ceremony at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception was gorgeous. The setting sun coming through the huge stained glass windows just takes your breath away. By far, it is one of the prettiest churches in Kansas City. Truly stunning. Brian and Kelly were fortunate enough to have their hometown priest come and reside over the ceremony. He was a great guy who ended up hanging out with us all evening…you’ll see him tearing up the dance floor a bit later, doing the twist.

The Madrid Theatre is a jewel in KC. I have never had the privilege of shooting there and I was very pleased with the space. I highly recommend it for other brides looking for a vintage, glamorous space with lots of room and a great staff.

Yes, I braved traffic on Main street to grab this shot. It was kind of fun getting all the parents and the bridal party together for this one. They were having a ball…I hope. LOL.

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!

Okay, so this is a little personal, but I am a personal sort of fellow now aren’t I? These are my favorite two little ladies in the entire world! My daughters are growing up so fast. I really can’t keep up. They gang up on me and cheat at Uno. They say the most precious of things. They are creative and eloquent. Ashlyn is assertive and intelligent and a teacher. Jillian is tender and caring and brilliant.

Anyway, we snapped these photos a few weeks ago after church. Ashlyn Grace is 7 (going into second grade) and Jillian Joy is 5 (going into kindergarten).

I just thought I would share. I hope you don’t mind…

Recently, I shared a set of images from Keith & Kayla’s amazing wedding day … Well, I was stoked to have the opportunity to shoot a relaxed and very sexy fun Anti-Bridal session with them just last week. Keith had just had KNEE SURGERY  days before the shoot and still opted to go out and troop around hiking in a suit without wincing or complaining…he is just that incredible of a real hoss of a man. Not Hasselhoff … Hoss, like on Bonanza. Come on, people.

Anyway, we got a ton of fun photos! Keith & Kayla are GORGEOUS (Keith, you’re okay, but your new bride makes up for any looks you lack, am I right dude?) impossible to take bad photos of. Although we got a LOT of great portraits and fun story of the day, I was trying to get a few artsy shots on this session. What do you think?

Kelley Fantasma did Kayla’s hair & make-up and then joined me on our little excursion to a nearby state conservation reserve. Check out Kelley’s new blog. Also, my wife and two precious daughters also joined us and the lil’ girls actually proved to be excellent human light stands. Ha!

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.

Keith and Kayla are two of the happiest people I know! Me thinks God made them specifically to be together … which becomes entirely evident when you are around them for twenty seconds. They are made for each other.

I have been blessed to have known Kayla and her family for many years. Greg, her daddy, who was the officiant at her wedding, was also the officiant to my two sisters’ weddings!

This day, seeing all the familiar faces from a lot of different avenues in my life, was like a family reunion of sorts and the celebration for this dynamic duo was truly a BLAST! Although the day was prolonged in certain areas and portrait time was cut short and it rained and was blistery cold, we still had fun and managed to snap one or two good photos. The day was full of crying, laughing, hugging, dancing, praying, singing, eating … passing out … nothing was left out. I hope you enjoy the selection of photos I was able to shoot and share here.

Please comment and let me know what ones you like the best!!

This is an Oldie from the archives that I re-edited for my new site. It is of my little sis, Hannah, who I am so very proud of.  Her and her husband now live in NYC and I miss them dearly!

Let me know what you think of the photo. Comments are open and alive!

Jason and Megan may have decided to get hitched on a chilly day, but hearts and smiles were warm. They are two wonderful people who love God and each other just as much.

We kicked off the day getting ready at the Sheraton on the Plaza. We traveled to a stop for a beautiful Reveal and some very quick and super cold portraits, then were on our way to Jacob’s Well for the ceremony. Following a beautiful ceremony where Jason’s dad officiated and Jason sang and played a surprise song for his new bride, we headed to Brio on the Plaza for the rocking reception with phenomenal food and fun.

There is something else a bit unique to this … Jason is a designer at Church of the Resurrection (COR). That tugs at my own heart as I was a designer at First Baptist Raytown for several years and that is where I got my start with Five Loaves, and my re-introduction to photography, leading to what I do now. Kinda cool.

WPPI 2009 from LemonLime Photography on Vimeo.