Lisa and Troy

Here is a sneak peek of the wedding today. Michelle has been sick with the flu, so Jessica had to step in and take second camera. She did awesome!!

Free Time!! What to do??

So what do you do when you own a business and you are all caught up...? Not to mention the weather is keeping you inside since it seems to be snowing everyday. Well I have found the perfect solution to this horrible loneliness!! Once owning a wii game system, you can go crazy... I have become a rock star! I have been working on my guitar playing and my singing. Simon thinks that I could be the next American Idol, and I am also called a rock star playing the guitar on stage. I guess I am overflowing with talent...and no one knew!! I can not wait until this weekend when I get to see my mother, step father, brother, and grandparents take on the guitar and microphone...oh yes, it should be interesting.

Details

We love taking detail pictures at weddings. I have included some of our detail pictures from the wedding of Courtney and David. These images are close up of the hands of many people at the wedding. The picture on the top left is the three generations looking at the cross and hanky that she is going to carry. On the right is Courtney and her father getting ready to walk down the aisle...I love that you can see the cross that she is carrying in her hand. The final image on the bottom left is one of Courtney opening her gift from her future husband David.

New Page

This is a page that I was playing with in Luma Pix...I had the idea of keeping parts of the image in color to show them off and others in black and white. I did want to also include a picture of the couple...Jennifer and Brian. I think that this look can add to any album and make it look unique!

Valentines Day!

Well I always get an amazing flower from my brother Chad for Valentines Day. He started sending them to me my first year of college, when he was only a freshman in high school. I think that it is awesome for him to remember me on that day...because I know that he does not send anyone else one...not even mom and grandma...sorry ladies. Well this year was no different than that last one. I recieved a beautiful red rose from him again...no note this year...must think that I am use to the same cards "Love ya Sis". Well I decided that I would take a picture of this rose to share with you. I am so use to taking photographs of flowers at weddings, but rarely photograph my own...how silly of me. Not to mention that this smelled a lot better than my gift the night before. I did play around a little in photoshop with this image. Take the time to snap a few shots of the things that you love...

Bad Smells!!

Well I got home last night from a great dinner...the disaster began. Sage my beautiful baby is very protective of us and our houses. She does not like anything getting close to or around the house without her personal okay. Well she had a great moment in her life last night. My grandpa brought Sage back to my house around 11:30. When she got out of the truck she noticed a figure along the house, and took off to "get" it...well it was a skunk...yes a skunk!! Well it took no time in spraying its beautiful smell right into Sages mouth...thank goodness she did not get it all over her. Well Sage just about died spitting and shaking her head to try to get rid of the taste....if we know how bad it smells, imagine what it takes like...ahhhh! She thought that she was in big trouble, and hid under the table. I asked grandma to come and help me take care of the smell, I was not sure what she could do, but it smelled so bad I was hoping for anything. Well you are not going to believe it but she decided to rub deodorant onto her body/fur...it was so funny that I had to take a picture, I could not believe it! Well things are smelling a little better today. I am hoping that Sage learned a very valuable lesson last night. The top picture is Sage having the deodorant applied..haha, and the second is her just looking miserable, I am sure she was...she kept licking her lips...I am positive it tasted horrible!!

The Elms Resort and Spa

This image was taken at the Elms Resort and Spa in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. This was the wedding of Christina and Ron. They had a beautiful location and we got the opportunity to take advantage of those areas in many images. The image on the left was of the wedding party on the back steps of the resort. This area was directly outside of the reception hall. The image on the right was taken directly after the wedding. All of the guests surrounded the bride and groom near the pool and cheered while they kissed.

Never To Old!!

Well I recently got the wii game system..thanks to my mother. She is one determined woman, and she just happened to check with the game stop the day they were coming in...and got one for me. Thank you mom! Well I love playing wii...and of course I am already sore. I also purchased the Mario and Sonic Olympic game, and the wii play games. You know you can never be to old to play wii!! Grandma and Grandpa took their go at it. I think that is will be a long time before grandma plays again (she was in an accident a little while back and has fractured ribs), since she got a little sore after running the 100m dash. Well they both wanted to see their results at the 100m dash, since Chad, Jessica, and I were getting first place over and over again. Well they got 8th place everytime, but I will admit that they both were getting close to being 7th... The time that grandpa ran against Jessica (above)...you could not even see him on the screen since she was so far ahead of him. I took these photos with my little wait...wait...wait...snap camera, so they are a little blurry. They really enjoyed playing it, and I think that they will be back later just to try to bet me!

The Munchkins!

I took these photos awhile back on the moving trip to Orlando, Florida. It was a very long trip (20 hours), but I got to spend time with my sister and the munchkins, so it was worth it. I can not imagine what the ride in the uhaul was like...but I guess we were lucky enough not to have to find out. We got the opportunity to stop many times so that the kids could get out and run, and we could stretch our legs. One of our stops was McDonalds. The kids had so much fun playing the in the play area. I have included images of each of the children at McDonalds. Even though Milo could not play he looked like he was having a great time. We even stopped at the Florida state line so that they could take a picture. Milo was sound asleep so we did not wake him. Both days we arrived at exactly the same time as the uhaul and they did not stop at all, unless they needed gas. I feel like we stopped more often, and got a chance to relax. I can not wait to go back to Florida to see the kids! I miss you all! I can truly say that I have the best family in the world.

New Picture

Last night we took photos at the local high school royalty dance. So we decided to take the opportunity to get a few shots of the three of us, since the background was very nice. Of course as photographers we were very picky on placement and the overall look of the image, so it took us many times to get ones that we really liked. Enjoy the new photos!

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!! Go KU!

We have had many weddings that ended up on a journey to the Kansas University campus. It is always fun to allow someone the opportunity to show a passion or interest in the wedding portraits. We have gone all over the campus. One wedding we even ended up getting permission to take photographs on the KU basketball court...talk about amazing. This first image was taken at Strong Hall during Ken and Stephanie's wedding. The guys wanted a image in front of the Jayhawk, they also took pictures in front of Allen Fieldhouse, at the fountain, and they were the group that took pictures on the basketball court. The second image is at Joe and Tina's wedding. The weather was very warm that day, so we decided that it would be neat to jump in. I feel that this made for a great and unique image. I am sure that we will have many more adventures on the campus, I am just waiting to see what they hold. This year we are going to be doing weddings in Manhattan, so I may have images of KSU campus later.

My Babies!

Well if anyone knows me, they know that I love my dogs, and I love taking pictures of them. I guess I am partial to them, but I think that they are the best dogs in the world. We currently have 5 dogs- 2 indoor and 3 outdoor. Sage is my chocolate lab, and she is beyond spoiled and Pepper is my brothers black lab. They are a few years different in age, but you would think that they came from the same womb. Maggie is the bassett hound who is a big licker, Sadie is a lab chow mix, and Zoey is a Chihuahua...yes you are thinking why does the Chihuahua live outdoors...well the story is long and complicated, but Maggie will not go into the dog house without her, so they just snuggle together every night. If I could have my way I would have hundreds of dogs, and have thought about having an animal rescue shelter...maybe someday. I have included some images of my dogs here that were taken during a recent snow day. The top left photo is of my brother and I with the four dogs...it was a little to cold for Zoey. The individual photos are of Pepper...she loves having her picture taken, and loves the snow more than anything.... The picture of the three dogs are Sage, Pepper and Maggie..clockwise from top left.

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In case you did not know- February 7th-14th --- Have-a-Heart-for-Chained-Dogs Week (Dogs Deserve Better) and the 20th --- Love-Your-Pet Day.

Take time to love your pet, they will appreciate it!!

Jamie's Summer Wedding

These are images of Jamie during her summer wedding at her parents house. The backgroud is the overlook that is located outside of her parents front door... talk about lucky. We took many shots at this location, and all where amazing. Not only was the location amazing, but her flowers were also, making the second image just beautiful. She informed me at the recent bridal fair that she had gotten the flowers from the HyVee in Lawrence, which I spoke about recently in a blog. The second image had minor retouching. The day was a little windy, so there was a hair that was removed from her cheek. The last images were their departure from the wedding ceremony. They were altered in photoshop using color touch on the truck...

Recent Weddings

This image was taken during the wedding of Alice and Michael. I love doing images such as this that really show off the rings. I generally do the hands with rings on the flowers, but this is a good way to show off the flowers and the rings. These flowers were amazing, and of course the rings were equally amazing.

Jennifer and Brian were an amazing couple....they are so much in love, and it was very obvious. I wanted to make this image special. They were in the middle of there first dance, and finally the night had slowed down. This was a VERY EVENTFUL wedding...and those that were there know what I am talking about. I will not get into it, but as a photographer we see a lot of things, and this just added to our list. Best of Luck to you both....may your song never end!

Veil Pictures

This is a recent page of an album that I made in LumiPix. I really love doing this set of images, but I do not do it very often. This couple was very much in love, and I knew that they would enjoy these. The way that this was completed was by placing the veil over the couple, and then both my mother and I circled them to get different angles and views of the couple.