Happy Anniversary, Amber + Bret!

One year ago today I made one of my most favorite images from one of my most favorite weddings ... Amber and Bret sharing a nice moment behind the barn following their wedding at the Kauffman Museum. I liked it so much, I had a 40x30 canvas gallery wrap for my home office. Happy Anniversary, Amber and Bret!

Amber + Bret's Wedding Album Design

I'm SO excited to share Amber and Bret's wedding album design! Amber wanted something a little different ... she wanted to include some engagement photos in the album design. So we said "Heck Yeah!" Our amazing Amy wove together a nice design for them.

It's a bit unusual because it starts off with some text. Because Amber and Bret wrote their own vows, I suspect we might sub in some of their actual vows/text, but this is a great starting point!

To view their beautiful 30-page album design, please CLICK HERE.

(See, I TOLD you we had lots of stuff coming up on the blog! And there's still more to come!)

Sneak Peek — Amber + Bret's Wedding Album Design

A quick teaser from Amber and Bret's amazing wedding! This album will be super-special because Amber asked us to incorporate a few of their engagement photos into the album.

It's shaping up beautifully, and I'm excited to share the whole thing in a few more days!

A quick note about this spread .... Amber and Bret included "wire splicing" in their wedding. It was so personal to the two of them and totally unique to any wedding we've documented thus far. It's just spectacular to put together albums with these oh-so-personal details of their wedding day. :)

Amber + Bret's Country wedding slideshow!

Amber + Bret were married two weekends ago at a lovely outdoor affair at the Kauffman Museum. Following the morning ceremony we set out to explore the museum grounds which included this big, red barn. The barn served as the backdrop for the ceremony but we shot this portrait from the side not seen from the ceremony. Please click here to see a slideshow from their day which includes many more striking portraits!

Amber + Bret's country wedding preview

There are so many great images from Amber and Bret's country wedding this past Saturday, I'm not exactly sure where to start. So, I'll just start here, with their first look! Amber and Bret chose to have an outdoor wedding at the Kauffman Museum in Newton and we chose the prairie grass preserve, which serves as the museum's front lawn, as the location for their first look.


The Kauffman Museum features an awesome outdoor venue for a country wedding with a big, red barn and vintage prairie house.


Of course, Amber and Bret added their own personal touch including decking the guys out in black overalls!


Their dog, Hoss, a purebred Australian Shepherd, served as ring bearer.


And in place of a unity candle, they spliced some wire!


These two are so sweet together! I just love how Bret's got his arm around Amber as they leave the altar. And that look on his face!


Following the 10 a.m. ceremony, we set out to explore the grounds around the museum. We found a fence deep in a wooded area that provided the perfect backdrop to photograph their rings.


It was also a pretty good spot for some romantics, too! We'll share more of these, and some fantastic bridals of Amber, in a slide show shortly so be sure to check back soon!

Amber + Bret's Engagement Slideshow

A short post to let you know Amber and Bret's engagement slideshow is up! Nothing like those lovely Kansas skies!

To view the slideshow, please CLICK HERE!!!!

Sneak Peek — Amber + Bret's Engagement Session

Sunday, I headed to Bret's family farm in Burrton to photograph Amber and Bret's engagement session. These two spend the bulk of their time doing good old fashioned hard work, so of course they wanted to saddle up. :)


More photos to come soon!