{Wichita Engagement Portraits} Shae + Cameron

"What if it rains during our session?" Shae asked me. "Let's just give it a try," I answered. When I met up with Shae and Cameron last week, it was lightly drizzling, and continued to do so off and on for the bulk of our session. The rain, however, meant we had the campus of Wichita State to ourselves (or maybe that's because classes were over and graduation was going on? ;) ). Regardless, these two didn't let a few sprinkles ruin their session. Pretty much an amazing attitude to have toward life. :) 

Cameron can be sweet, but these two are also playful, too!

How could we not shoot at the "LOVE" sculpture? (if you look closely at the right image, you can see some raindrops!)

Their dog Clyde is part of the family, so he had to make an appearance for some of the pictures. Although truth be told, Clyde hung with us for the entire session and was a good sport about everything .... even his bow tie. ;)

Wedding Photography • Family Portraits • Senior Portraits

{Announcements} Blog has been OVERHAULED!

Oh friends, I admit to having a love/hate relationship with all things DIY. Yes, I tore out a wall in my house. It then took ummm ... 2-ish years to "finish" the opening so it looked nice. And then another 6 months to decide on flooring and have that installed. In my book, DIY = it will take FOREVER and probably look like you did it yourself (i.e. not done all that well). 

Since its inception, the blog has been DIY in its design. I know just enough html coding to be dangerous. And to make a few tweaks on the template design. But not nearly enough to make it look cool, amazing and flashy. Some weddings/parties are DIY and done very well, but it takes oh so long to do DIY well. I have neither time nor mental energy to do so. I just want to take beautiful wedding and family photos, not spend hours fighting with code or templates. 

After years of looking at it, tweaking backgrounds and the like, I said ENOUGH! We were getting a professionally designed blog this year (I looked at some templates and toyed around with the idea of "doing it myself" but I knew it'd take mooooooonths and wouldn't look as good as I wanted). 

So a few months ago, I contacted Stephanie from How Sweet Designs and said "JUST DO IT." I'm tired of looking/thinking/procrastinating over this. Just make it happen. And happen it did! :)

You'll notice a beautiful new banner at the top. You'll also notice buttons at the bottom of each post where you can check us out on social media and even subscribe to our newsletter. Good times are ahead, friends! 

Wedding Photography • Family Portraits • Senior Portraits

{Salina Family Portraits} Jones Family

This was such a sweet session with Miss J & Miss H. These little ladies are 1-year-old twins, which made for a FUN session. :)

How adorable are these two. Seriously?

Of course, big sis is CRAZY about the girls!

Of course, daddy is, too. :) :)

{Products} Brittany + Cory's Wedding Album

Goodness! I was looking through old files and realized I've never shared Brittany + Cory's AMAZING, 2-volume wedding album! There were too many amazing details and memories to contain them in just 1 album. :)

(Anniversary} Sarah + Austin

Oh Sarah & Austin, we hope you've had such a magical 1st year .... happy anniversary!

{Wichita Pregnancy Portraits} Robin + Chris

This week, I was looking back through portraits, and realize I NEVER shared my sister's pregnancy portraits from her daughter, Alice, on the blog. This is only relevant because I'll be taking pregnancy portraits in Wichita for Baby #3 later this month ... so I figured I better share these, so Miss Alice doesn't develop a "middle child complex." ;)

Adding little people to pregnancy portraits definitely brings the unexpected element to the shoot! 

{Mini Session} Pirates & Scallywags!

AHOY! It's Pirate time around here! Over Spring Break, I headed over to the Salina Community Theatre to take pictures for a quick Mini Session of their Pirate class. :) A "Mini Session" is a short session where everyone has a few minutes with the prop (in our case, a "raft") to grab a few quick photos.

When I learned that their theme was "Pirates & Scallywags" I insisted the session would be tons of fun. :) I've been wanting to do a Pirate Mini Session for awhile now. Because the International Talk Like a Pirate Day is my most favorite holiday. Ever. :) Even though it was 6 months early, we still had fun! :)