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Dustin Steller, owner and creative director for Five Loaves Creative and Steller Photography, is passionate about life and strives to capture the beauty of life's most important moments in an enduring way. He is a seasoned photographer, professional designer, and creative jack-of-all-trades. Dustin's fun, friendly, energetic, humorous, flexible and approachable personality makes him a favorite of clients. Dustin and his wife, Carrie, have two vibrant red-headed daughters and a puppy.
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Dustin owns/operates this small, creative design firm specializing in print and web design for high-end clients.
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A partnership with another bald guy producing custom web design for photographers. New site coming soon!
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October 12, 2008

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Jul
8
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Weddings

Jon+Caycee Wedding Preview

An unbelievable day with amazing people. A huge post will come soon, but I wanted to get a quick preview up to show you all. Without further ado.

The bride and groom… Her dress was amazing. Truly.

The whole crazy crew…

The bride…wowzers! Gotta love her natural look and I’m diggin’ the freckles!

The lovely ladies walking downtown Main street…

The kiss… Shot by a “guest” in the crowd. More to come from that “guest” later. ;-)

The first dance…

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  1. Vicky

    Absolutely GORGEOUS! I love these photos. They are so clean and original. I would be a very happy bride if I received these!! (Where were you 16 years ago??!)

  2. Mama Farrar

    Absolutely AWESOME, BEAUTIFUL, FANTASTIC photos of a beautiful couple!!!!! LOVE the girls on Main with the “underbrellas”…Too cool! I know you had such fun shooting this wedding because you’ve talked about this couple so much. Way to go again Dustin! You have a wonderful gift of creativity, your work just gets better and better. Thanks be to God.:)

  3. Caycee & Jon

    DUSTIN!!! You never stop blowing us away, these pictures are incredible! We cannot wait to see more, you’re such a tease with this preview. :-)
    Thank you for making our day more amazing that we thought possible!

  4. Ryan

    Love, Love, Love, Love, LOVE all these “teaser” shots!! You guys did such a great job all day, I can’t wait to see how the rest will turn out! And maybe I’m a bit biased….but man you did a great job capturing Caycee’s natural beauty in those close-ups!! Sensational!

  5. Karen

    Absolutely stunning photos but the “models” were pretty perfect subject matter to work with. I never knew KC could photograph so edgy. Can’t wait to see the rest.

  6. Cheryl

    Dustin, I am beyond thrilled with how these few pictures look and can hardly wait to see more. We were so lucky to have found you, your dedication and love for you work is astounding. Caycee and Jon you look amazing as does everyone else.

  7. Larry

    Dustin, These are amazing pictures. It was a pleasure to work with someone so creative and proffesional. I know Caycee & Jon really enjoy your creativity and appreciate you taking the time to get to know them and see what they really wanted. Outstanding job!!

  8. Sarah Crawmer

    sigh….these are toooooo great Dustin! I love them!

  9. Aunt Deb

    Beautiful brides with a great photographer makes a good team.
    Awesome!

  10. neal

    Personally I think the Guests are the ones that rock weddings the most!!

    These turned out great Dustin!!

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Jul
4
Filed Under:
Weddings

Preview of Matt+Amy Wedding

Matt and Amy’s wedding was absolutely wonderful! I just had to post a few images as fast as I could! To all of you who were a part of their day…it was an honor and pleasure to meet with you all and to hang out!

Many more, including the proofs, will follow with detailed descriptions and such…

The best to you both, Mr. n’ Mrs. Bradshaw!

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  1. marianofriginal

    ahhhhh…. finally got to quench my thirst for a steller wedding. beautiful images. love the grainy yellows of those first 2 images.

  2. Jonathan Hollin

    I’m knocked out… again. Fantastic photography.

  3. Steph

    Awesome photos, amazing wedding and PERFECT bride and groom.
    Very cool! love Steph and Matt

  4. Sarah Crawmer

    What a fabulous wedding!!!!

  5. KellyT

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…everything about this wedding is just gorgeous! They look like a fun bunch, and I have no doubt you all had a great time. :) I love, love, love the way you processed these images. And I would kill to have a bride with a dress like that. :D

    Fantastic work as always, D!

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Jul
1
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Engagements

Josh+Beth Engagement

This session is really, really, really special to me. Really. Do you want to know why? Really? Cool, I’ll tell you why…

Josh is my cousin. In a lot of families, cousins are distant relatives that live in a galaxy far, far away. This is not true with most of my humongous extended family. I was a few years older than Josh, but when we would hang out as kids nearly every week, we were the only boys around the same age, so we played together while all the girls (my sisters) hung out in his two sister’s rooms.

We played with tons of toys like he-man, batman, star wars, g.i. joe’s, micro machines and matchbox cars. We collected baseball cards and garbage pail kids. We ran around outside with capes and hit each other with toys swords, making cool sound effects all the while. Josh and I shot at each other with toy guns and played kickball, and fort, and cops/robbers, and james bond, and wiffle ball and basketball. I even tried to play soccer with Josh, but he was always faster and better than me, because he actually played in a competitive league. We grew up together and I feel more like siblings than cousins.

Josh grew up (so did I, kind of…) and we did grow apart due to life and circumstance, but Josh has grown into an awesome man of God that has a confident, fun-loving personality that has an enormous positive effect on every person he meets. One of the most amazing persons he has met is Beth. Beth is kind and sweet and has a kindred funny spirit…not to mention she is gorgeous! Way to go, Josh! ;-)

They have been engaged for a while now and are getting married in a few short weeks. I look forward to being a part of their day and capturing every moment.

We hung out down in Westport, MO for their engagement session, grabbing some coffee at Broadway Cafe and walking around enjoying the beautiful weather. I hope you all enjoy the photos…and sorry for blabbing on and on. :-)

Much love to you all,

-dustin

Oh…and as a sidenote, I shot this with a Nikon D300 (which I rented from borrowlenses.com) and my 24mm f/2.8.

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  1. Dennis

    Great set Dustin! The D300 did you good.

  2. Jonathan Hollin

    Wow this is really beautiful photography. As a budding amateur I find your images inspirational and extremely artful. I think you’ve really managed to capture some of the emotion and affection shared by the couple. I’m very impressed. Nice work. Congratulations.

  3. Luke

    serious color and quality. well done man!! you need to pick up the D700 announced today!! that is some serious camera! If only canon would get on their game and give me the 5D replacement I have been saving for!

  4. Mama Farrar

    Hey Dustin, Awesome photo shoot! I love them all but especially numbers 3,5,9,10 and oh of course that last one with you in it! Looking forward to the big wedding day!!! Josh holds a special place in my heart and Beth is a perfect match for him. Your photos really capture their spirits. Very nice work Big D:)

  5. Bryan

    hey, sorry for random comment, but I just wanted to say its a beautiful story, and definitely beautiful images. Josh just showed me your site and its beautiful work. I was lucky enough to be asked to take some of their engagement photos early on, but yours are definitely way more pro. Anyways, im a groomsman also, so I’m really excited to see what you capture at the wedding! great work.

  6. Bryan

    oh and ps…i was looking at the photo with josh and beth cut off at the waist set against the brick wall with the large amount of space at the top, and i couldnt help but think, urban modern day american gothic.

  7. Nicole Renee

    LOVE THEM!! Gonna have to check out the borrow lenses thingy!

  8. CARLI

    Hey Dusin!! Awesome! I love the pics!!! I miss you 2!!! You really need to just admit that you mostly played Barbies with me in my basement……

  9. neal

    This was sooo money and you might not even know it. Great toning as usually. Though the post kinda starts to get strange on that last image with the Bald guy!!

  10. Rachel

    Awesome pictures as usual. Did you like using borrowlenses.com?

  11. ryan richard

    Gotta get a D700 like me! july 25th!! full frame!!! 3000 bucks!!

    by the way is this blog a template? We are trying to coolify mudeyes.com we are just starting it up but it looks boring! hook us up with a good template site if you would! Nice work as always!

  12. Sarah Kobunski

    You blow me away! That is amazing! I love how you incorporate such vivid colors! Sarah (Desired Focus Wedding Photography)

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