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Photo of the Week: May 5-11 {Bananas Foster Flames}

Friday, 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.

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Lindsey and Josh Wedding Photographs {St. Charles, Mo.}

Friday, April 6th, 2012

Here are a few pictures from Lindsey and Josh’s perfect spring wedding in St. Charles Mo. We started with portraits of Lindsey and Josh around downtown St. Charles before the rest of their wedding party arrived. Once everyone was there we took some creative portraits with the entire wedding party at a couple of locations around the downtown area.

The wedding ceremony took place at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Many of Lindsey’s relatives have been married at Immanuel Lutheran Church, and she marked the fifth generation to do so.

After the ceremony we headed to the reception held at the Foundry Art Centre. The building was originally a train car factory and has been converted into an art center that houses artists studios, and the Grand Hall which provided the perfect space for the reception. Lindsey and her mom did a wonderful job with all of the decorations at the reception. I have to say it is one of the nicest reception venues I have had the opportunity to photograph in.

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Sarah and Jeremy’s Wedding Photography {St. Louis, Mo}

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

I had the opportunity to travel to St. Louis over the summer to be the second photographer for a wedding that Ryan Gladstone Photography was shooting. We started and got the detail photographs of Sarah’s dress, shoes and jewelry shot of before photographing the girls getting ready for the ceremony. We then headed to St. Agatha Catholic Church for the wedding ceremony. The church is a beautiful old Polish Roman Catholic Parish and made for a great ceremony.

Sarah and Jeremy live in the Soulard area of St. Louis so we headed there for some portraits with the rest of the wedding party. Soulard is a great old neighborhood and offers a variety of locations for pictures. Next we headed to Tower Grove Park where I made one of my favorite wedding photographs. A family reunion was taking place in the park and they had a large bounce house. All of the bridesmaids and Sarah decided it would be fun to jump around in it wearing all of their wedding attire. I can say that was a first for me and it made for some really fun photos. It is always great to take advantage of different situations when photographing a wedding.

The reception was at Windows on Washington which is a great venue to photograph in. It is nice and open and gives you great views of downtown St. Louis and the City Museum. Sarah and Jeremy’s friends were all a lot of fun and the wedding reception turned into a great party.

Here are some of my favorite photographs from Sarah and Jeremy’s wonderful St. Louis summer wedding.

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Alix & A.J.’s Wedding Photos {Kansas City, Mo.}

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

I traveled to Kansas City this fall to photograph Alix and A.J.’s wedding. We started the day at Second Presbyterian Church, which has a great little courtyard. This made for the perfect setting for Alix and A.J.’s first look photographs. It is always a cool experience to document a bride and groom seeing each other for the first time in such an intimate setting. After Alix and A.J. saw each other for the first time, it was off to the grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Museum for some portraits with the entire wedding party. There were still some nice fall colors on the trees which made for a great backdrop for the photographs.

After the beautiful ceremony at Second Presbyterian Church, Alix and A.J. made their grand exit through all their family and friends on their way to the Sawyer Room in downtown Kansas City for the reception. The Sawyer Room was a great wedding reception venue with lots of architectural details and plenty of space to party. The bride and groom are both University of Kansas graduates and surprised their guests with the appearance of Baby Jay, the KU mascot. Baby Jay made for some pretty fun photographs as kids, young and old, danced around the reception hall with her.

I hope you enjoy a few pictures from Alix and A.J.’s wedding this fall

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Beth & Sean’s Wedding Photos :: Jefferson City, MO :: Mockingbird Hill

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

I had an opportunity to help my friend and talented wedding photojournalist Kyle Coburn photograph Beth and Seans’s wedding in Jefferson City, MO earlier this fall. The ceremony was at the ornate St. Peter Catholic Church across from the state capital and the reception was held at Mockingbird Hill.

Beth and Sean had a perfect fall day for their wedding. I was fortunate to be able to photograph the reception at Mockingbird Hill, they only host a hand full of events in their barn during the year. It is a really cool reception venue and the grounds are beautiful which makes it an easy location to photograph at.

Painting with light photograph illuminates red barn at Mocking Bird Hill Wedding reception.

Kyle and I broke out a techinque called painting with light to illuminate the grounds at Mockingbird Hill during the wedding reception. It is always great to be able to use a skill taught by Rita Reed in the Missouri Photojournalism program.

A bride and groom are photographed daning during their Jefferson City Mo wedding reception.

Groom and Bride pictured enjoing one of the last dances at their wedding reception, Columbai Mo wedding photographer

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Photo of the Week: Nov. 11-18

Friday, November 18th, 2011

Last weekend I had the opportunity to help out my good friend John Deprisco of Deprisco Photo by being the second photographer at a wedding in Kansas City. This photograph is from the fist look between the bride and groom, you can really see the excitement on both of their faces. Congratulations to Alix and A.J., I had a great day documenting your wedding.

Frist look between bride and groom kansas city wedding photography

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Annaleigh & Shane’s Wedding Photos {Mobile Alabama}

Friday, July 15th, 2011

Annaleigh and Shane had a wonderful spring wedding in Mobile, AL and I was fortunate enough to document their special day. I followed Annaleigh and her 13 bridesmaids as they got ready at the Admiral Semmes Hotel, and used the stairs in the hotel’s lobby for a few portraits.

The ceremony took place at the lovely Dauphin Way United Methodist Church. After the ceremony we headed to a marina and got on a boat which took us down the Mobile River to Annaleigh’s parent’s backyard where the reception was held, talk about making an entrance.

I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I enjoyed shooting them.

Annaleigh and Shane choose to not to see each other before the ceremony. Despite not seeing each other, they wanted to share a prayer together before they walked down the aisle. They joined hands on opposite sides of the door and had a quiet moment between the two of them.