Our first official SmugMug meeting in Kansas City was at a studio located in the West Bottoms in Kansas City, Missouri. It is the perfect place for on-location photographers. There are textured walls, brick covered in vines, walls covered in graffiti, and plenty of shade from all the tall buildings… I love shooting there! Our […]

Joe and Emily’s wedding was at a beautiful venue in Kansas City, Missouri,  The Loretto. This was my first wedding with the talented Layne Haley at Layne Haley Photography. Emily is a drop-dead gorgeous bride and Joe was the biggest sweetheart who you could tell just adored Emily. They are both teachers and so there […]

I met Alex and Stephenie through my good friend and follow photographer, Leslie, who is Alex’s cousin. They grew up together in Carbondale, a small town just south of Topeka, Kansas. A fun addition to the shoot was the super-adorable Peyton, who got in a small photo shoot of her own during their engagement session […]

Laughs and giggles. Emily and Josh’s engagement session was full of them!! We started off at the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri because the couple loved all of the architecture (who doesn’t?!) especially since Josh was an architect major in college. Then we headed to one of my favorite places to visit in […]

Jason and Heidi’s wedding was at the Grand Loft in the small town of Osawatomie, Kansas, located south of Kansas City. This was my second wedding with Sara Tafoya Photography. They were very laid back and it was just a really fun day with Heidi and Jason and their wedding party, despite the 100+ degree […]

This year I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to shoot with Sara Tafoya Photography.  It has been a wonderful experience to work with and learn from very talented photographers. My first wedding of the year was located at Fahrmier Farms Vineyards and Winery in Lexington, Missouri. It was a very hot day and a storm […]

Okay so I have TWO other jobs on top of photography… I do graphic and web design full-time at a biomedical testing laboratory in Lenexa, Kansas. We specialize in laboratory testing for people with chronic conditions (such as autism, fibromyalgia, mental health, etc.). I mainly design brochures and materials for conferences that we sponsor or […]

I woke up early this morning with the intent to visit the Farmer’s Market in Downtown Overland Park with my Gramma. Unbeknownst to us, we found out that it is only open on Saturdays until June (when it will then also be open on Wednesday mornings), so we decided to spend our morning at a […]

Daddy’s Girl. That’s me. Me and my daddy have always been really close. I’m the oldest of my sisters so I took on the role of mentoring (and sometimes torturing lol) my little sisters. They looked up to me like I looked up to my daddy. I remember going on vacations every year, especially to […]

About a year and a half ago, Cody and I adopted this sweet little ball of white fur from the Heart of America Humane Society. The story of how he got his name was: we were driving home right after picking him up from the adoption center and we were trying to come up with […]

Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day she asked God, “They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow. But how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?” God replied, “Among the many angels, I chose one for you.” “But tell me, […]

The name of the photography workshop I attended earlier this Spring hosted by the fabulous Amanda Eaton with Amanda Eaton Photography. The name served very well for what we would be learning that day… how to illuminate our subjects. Amanda Eaton is a natural light photographer in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, who I was so glad […]

It was your first day of school. I remember mine. For some reason, I ALWAYS had a runny nose and watery eyes on the first day of school growing up. Always. Never the day before. Never the day after, just the first day of school. I remember specifically bringing two boxes of Kleenex the every […]