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 :)

Married! Tom & Teresa

Tom and Teresa's wedding was my first of 2012. Everything went splendidly and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with them and their family and friends. I have a lot of favorites. I always worry that I put too many pictures in a blog post, but I just can't help it. If I liked slideshows, I would just make one of those, but I don't. So here are all my faves!

The day started off at the Moonrise Hotel in the Loop for getting ready pictures of Teresa.



After Tom and Teresa's "first look," we headed to Forest Park for some pre-ceremony pictures.



From there, we headed to the ceremony at Forest Park Golf.

The ringbearer and flower girl, Tom's nephew and niece, were just adorable. I could not get the ringbearer to smile for me, though. But it's okay.



Married!



Immediately after the ceremony, I grabbed Tom and Teresa and took them for some more pictures. The light was so pretty, I couldn't resist.



The reception hall was just gorgeous.



The speeches..



The cake cutting..



The first dance..



And all the fun dancing..



Was a great day all around!