My wife and I are really good friends with Brian and Emily. We met them at K-State and got together often when we lived in Topeka. I photographed their wedding in 2005 and both were in our wedding in 2006. We don't get to see them nearly as often since moving to Wichita, probably about three or four times a year instead of three or four times a month. So when they announced earlier this year that they would be having their first baby in October, I knew we'd be in Manhattan at some point for a baby shower. The best part about it? They went along with my idea to shoot some portraits, too!
We planned to shoot Saturday night as the sun went down but the weather didn't cooperate. We agreed to get up Sunday morning at 6:30 instead to catch the sunrise on the Konza Prairie. We were blessed to have about an hour of really nice light before another front moved through. Though you can't tell in this image that Emily is about to have a baby, it's one of my favorite photographs from our time together. Those two ... they really love each other and they are going to make wonderful parents.
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Congratulations, guys! And let us know when the baby gets here. -Mike
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