May 18th, 2012
Here is a quick photo taken while flying to Las Vegas last weekend. I have been using Instagram on my iPhone to share photos for the last few months, and this picture used an Instagram filter to give it the toning effect.
If you would like to follow me on Instagram you can find me @jkelleyphoto. Be sure to check back next week for another installment of my photo of the week.

Tags: flight, Instagram, iPhone Instagram, iPhone Photography, somewhere above America, Southwest Airlines
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May 11th, 2012
I was the second photographer for a wedding here in Columbia, Mo. last weekend and the bride and groom decided to have bananas foster as the desert at their wedding reception. The staff of the Tiger Hotel put on a great display as they were preparing the dish for everyone in the reception venue to see.
The flames were really impressive so I wanted to try to capture them without over exposing the whole scene. This picture was pretty simple, I had a remote flash high and behind the person who was preparing the desert. The flash provided some rim lighting for the subject and the flames provided the light for his face. Be sure to check back for some more photos from this lovely spring wedding in Columbia Mo.

Tags: Bananas Foster, Columbia Mo Wedding Photographer, Downtown Columbia Mo., fire, flames, Tiger Hotel, Tiger Hotel Columbia Mo, wedding reception
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May 3rd, 2012
Tags: Columbia Missouri, Columbia Mo, Flat Branch Park, fun senior photos, nature, Peace Park, University of Missouri, Woods
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April 29th, 2012
I traveled to Kansas City last weekend to help photograph a large youth volleyball tournament. There were hundreds of teams there competing on more than 150 courts at the same time. We would photograph two to three games every hour for about 12 hours a day. It was a long weekend but it was fun and the time went by really fast because there was so much going on.
Here is one of the thousands of volleyball pictures I shot last weekend.

Tags: action photography, Kansas City, Kansas City Mo., Kansas City Sports, Kansas City Volleyball, Sports Photography, volleyball, volleyball photography
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April 21st, 2012
We had a great senior photo session with Hickman High School senior Tina earlier this week. We started out in the woods that back up to Tina’s house and this is where this photo was taken. The woods and stream bed made for a great setting to start off the senior portrait session.
Be sure to check back in a few days for a full blog post from Tina’s senior photos.

Tags: Class of 2012, Columbia Missouri Senior Portraits, Columbia Mo, Columbia Mo. senior portrait, portrait, senior portrait, Woods
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April 19th, 2012
Tags: Bloomington Ill., Bloomington Ill. photogaphy, Engagment photography, Ewing Manor, Ewing Manor Engagement Photos, fun engagement photos, Rural engagement photos, Ryan and Carrie
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April 19th, 2012
We spent part of Easter Weekend in St. Louis and made our annual spring trip through the Missouri Botanical Garden. Spring came really early this year so there weren’t a whole lot of flowers in bloom, but it was still nice to be able to walk around their gorgeous grounds.
This picture is a macro photograph of the center of a yellow peony, and reminds me of coral you might find on the ocean floor.

Tags: flower, macro photography, Missouri Botanical Garden, Nelumbo nucifera, St. Louis, St. Louis Mo Photography, Yellow, Yellow Peony
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April 6th, 2012
Last weekend I had the opportunity to travel back to my hometown of Bloomington, Ill. to photograph an engagement session for Carrie and Ryan, I will also be photographing their wedding in June.
Here is one of my favorite photos from Carrie and Ryan’s Ewing Manor engagement photo session. I asked Ryan to dip Carrie for a photograph and this was his best attempt. The shoot was a lot of fun and both Ryan and Carrie were really easy going and were having a lot of fun with each other which I think you can see in this photo. Check back in a few days for a full blog post from Carrie and Ryan’s engagement session.
Tags: arch, Bloomington Ill., Bloomington Ill. photogaphy, Bloomington/Normal Ill., Ewing Manor, Ewing Manor engagement session, fun engagement photos
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April 6th, 2012
Tags: Columbia Mo Wedding Photographer, Columbia Mo. Wedding Photographers, decorating ideas, downtown St. Charles Mo., Foundry Art Centre, Foundry Art Centre Wedding Reception, Immanuel Lutheran Church, ring detail, St Charles Mo Wedding, St. Charles Mo., St. Charles wedding portraits, Wedding photographers in Columbia Mo, wedding portraits, wedding reception
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April 2nd, 2012
This week’s photo is a ring detail picture from a wedding I helped to photograph in St. Charles, Mo. Taking pictures of rings and figuring out a way to style them can be challenging because they are so small and can have a lot of detail.
Luckily the table centerpieces included branches of flowers that we were able to hang the bride’s beautiful wedding band on. The venue had strands of lights above the area, which I included in the photo to add some graphics and make the picture a little more interesting. This picture was again taken with a macro lens which really lets the details of the ring be shown.

Tags: Columbia Mo Wedding Photographer, Foundry Art Centre, Foundry Art Centre Wedding, macro lens, ring, St. Charles Mo wedding photography, St. Charles Mo., wedding detail photograph, Wedding Photography, wedding ring detail
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