Moonrise Hotel Family Photo Session

A morning at the Moonrise Hotel photographing my friend Abby's family..

It had been several years since their last family portrait and this was the first time, in a long time, that the whole family was together in St. Louis. I'm grateful to the Moonrise for lending us their lobby to take pictures out of the cold. They were so courteous and helpful! And thank you to Abby's sweet mom for choosing me to photograph the family :)

Snowy & Icy St. Louis Engagement Session

I'm so excited to share these images from Craig & Denise's engagement session a few weeks ago. It had snowed the day before and with the 45 degree temperature the day of the shoot, we just hoped that the snow would stay. I'd never done a session in the snow until now and it was just a great change of pace. Denise has great style and I loved everything about her outfit. She wore a dress but didn't freeze her butt off too much since it was in the 40s. While the sun was setting we finished up part 1 and headed to Steinberg Skating Rink in Forest Park for part 2. My plan was to get all night shots at the rink since they have the beautiful strings of lights hanging above the ice. They are not only new clients of mine, they are my friends. Craig is one of my husband's best friends and when he started dating Denise I was really hoping that marriage would be in their future because I, and everyone else, just adored her. So happy to get the opportunity to photograph one of the most important days in their lives.



















This sums up Denise & Craig.. always laughing :)











Steinberg is unique to them because it is the site of one of their first dates. Denise taught Craig how to skate. And for this session, Craig bought Denise her very own pair of fancy skates. They asked me if I would like to skate too. I kindly declined, knowing that I would surely just embarrass myself.













Oh, the full moon.. the skyline.. the blue/purplish sky (I didn't have to adjust the color).. the lights.. just magical..

Castlewood Park Child Photography - Parker, 3 years old

An afternoon spent with sweet and curious little Parker..

Pere Marquette State Park Wedding - Neal & Lindsey

I'm so excited to share these images on my blog - Neal & Lindsey's wedding was a great one. They are such an affectionate and sweet couple, I barely had to direct them. They just do cute stuff all the time. The weather was perfect (a little hot but not crazy hot), their ceremony venue was indoors but with big windows and lots of light, and I was able to take the bride & groom portraits during the best part of the day. The light was so perfect, and they were so cute, I wish I'd had an extra hour to spend with just them.

Frankly, I'm sad that I'm not working with these two anymore! Hopefully when they have lots of cute babies they will call me for pictures again :)