Baby Oscar


Don't you just love father/son photos? :)


It's such an honor to have parents ask me to photograph baby No. 2. If some of you are thinking Baby Oscar looks familiar, it's probably because he looks a little bit like Big Brother Mac.

To view the entire slideshow, please CLICK HERE.

Give Thanks!

Well, here it is ... Thanksgiving once again! This is the fourth year for our tradition of giving thanks her on the blog. I have to say, it's nice to have an excuse to pause and reflect about the blessings in our business and in my own life.

Once again, in no particular order, this is what we're grateful for:

— To be selected as a recipient of the 2009 Bride's Choice Award.


— To be asked by Wedding Plan Kansas magazine to photograph their fall cover + fashion images (I STILL have to blog them .... so stay tuned over the next week or so!).


— To be photographing more sessions in Salina, where I've lived for about a year and a half. It's fantastic to get to know more people here in the community ... and it's really nice to explore the area, looking for uber-cool portrait locations.




— To be photographing more senior sessions ... it's been a blast!




— For some of the cool, picturesque locations we've shot weddings in this year. They've been fabulous!




— For the beautiful babies we've been privileged to photograph this year.


— To watch Maddie, Mike's little girl, grow during her first year of life. It's also been beautiful to watch Mike transform and grow as a father.


— To be invited down to Oklahoma to photograph several family sessions. It's flattering to be invited across state lines into another's home to portray the beauty of their family.


— To be invited by my friend to assist her with 2 weddings in VanCouver, Brisish Columbia!


— To see our families and their babies grow year after year!


— To have trusting clients that will do just about anything we ask them. Because the photos just turn out SO COOL when they go with our artistic and creative vision. :)


— To my friend, Sarah, for modeling for me for an entire day .... she really rocked it out in the cold!

Sneak Peek — Baby Oscar


Yesterday I went over and photographed beautiful Baby Oscar! This chair he's on is pretty fun. But it's a blue-ish purple color. Since Oscar's Mommy and Daddy are KU alum, they were ribbing me about putting their baby on a purple chair (because let's face it, both Mike and I are KSU alum!). But I assured them it was purely artistic. ;)

More photos to come!

EDIT: Add photo. :)


And just two days later, we got together with Mommy Dawn's side of the family to do some cousins portraits. But who could resist a few more photos of mommy and baby? Not me! :)

Mary + Ty's Wedding Album is IN!


YEEEE-HAW!!!!! Mary and Ty's wedding album is here and it's SO lovely. )Ok, so let's be honest, the album arrived about 6 weeks ago. We've just had so much to post on the blog, so we opted to hold off on showing off this beautiful album until now.)


I just love being able to offer so many options as far as leather for these stunning albums. It's fantastic when our couples give us creative license with their albums. They are always excited about the results!


Isn't this accent on the spine spectacular?!?!??!?



The pages of the album are beautiful, thick and durable.


Yeah, at 60 pages, it's a monster!


A few spreads I just adore to wrap up our post:




Happy Anniversary, Mary + Tom!


One year ago, Mike and I spent a wonderful day documenting Mary and Tom's wedding. The day was so stunning, clear and beautiful, but there was a hint of wind. Mary and Tom were fabulous, dashing outside for a few quick photos before heading off to their magnificent reception.

Please CLICK HERE to view their slideshow.

Mark's Senior Portraits v. 2.0


About two months, ago, we met for Mark's Senior Portraits. We had initially hoped we'd be able to take some portraits of Mark in the Sacred Heart Gym. Our plans were foiled, however, because the girls volleyball team kept winning and progressed to state volleyball.

Today, we met up to take the last portion of his senior portraits - in uniform at Sacred Heart.

Mary + Tom's Wedding Album Design


We managed to finish up Mary and Tom's fabulous album design in a week, so I'm happy to share it today! :)

This is a 40-page beauty! We've managed to get in a ton of fabulous photos from their fantastic day.


Of course, we have some beautiful double page photo spreads, but I wanted to share a few of my favorite collage pages here.

Please CLICK HERE to view the entire album.