I met Jason and Megan through a friend I have known since fifth grade. When she said I would be the perfect photographer for this couple, I took her word for it. Jason and Megan are so great together, and it’s so clear why my friend insisted I shoot this wedding. We had a fabulous time in my home town of Kansas City, and the BBQ we had wasn’t too shabby either.
What a crazy year it has been! Moving to full time wedding photography has been a process, but one well worth it. I have been so blessed to have met ALL my clients this year, and can only wait to see what happens in 2012. A good friend said to me once, “2012 will be YOUR year.” Well I believe that, and it shall be!
I started out this year just getting over a horrible robbery, where my entire set of photography equipment was stolen, and I was left with hardly anything. I was lucky enough to have amazing friends/fellow photographers who stepped in to help me out. They know who they are, and I am eternally grateful to them for that!
I have met a lot of new friends throughout this year, and they have become wonderful people to hang with, talk shop, and hopefully in the future go on crazy adventures!
2011 was pretty spectacular, but I’m more looking forward to all the new things in 2012 coming up for my photography, and my life!
Happy New Year from me to you!
I’ve known Alex for just about as I can remember, back to the “play-date” days, so when she called about her wedding photography, I said I was shooting it, no questions asked! John and Alex are great together, and we had a fantastic time doing this E-Session in the west bottoms area of Kansas City.
This has to be the first session I have ever done where we actually STOPPED shooting to go shopping for furniture (or do any shopping,) but it was fantastic and totally Alex’s style. Here are a few images:
Kaushal and Lisa are great friends of mine, so naturally I am going to post more photos from their session! Shooting with friends is such a pleasure, and these two know how to make a shoot a super fun time!
Kaushal and Lisa are good friends of mine, and needless to say, I knew this session was going to be super fun. What I didn’t expect, was on our last shot of the night, to have something amazing happen! We were shooting in front of the famous Wrigley Field sign, when a woman walked up saying she worked for the Cubs and if they wanted their names up on the board! Talk about serendipitous! The images we got from that fabulous few minutes were stunning, and needless to say, the memories will last a lifetime for them and I both.
Here is just a teaser from their session.
Funny story how I met Kangana and Gulshan: I was trying find a renter for my apartment, and Kangana came by to take a look. After discussing the apartment, my normal talkative self found out about her engagement to Gulshan. After a few discussions, we had this awesome engagement session on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in October. Such amazing weather for this time of year! I’m so excited for Gulshan and Kangana, who will be getting married this year in Rajasthan, India! If only I could shoot the wedding! 
I met Shital one day while shooting another clients’ engagement session a few months back. She was walking her super cute puppy Rocky, so I decided to snap a few shots. After she came over and we started talking, well.. the rest is history! Shital and her awesome husband Ashok came out with me yesterday, and lets just say the weather could not have been better! The fall leaves really were an amazing backdrop for this great couple.
Last month I had the pleasure of working with Ken Sandhu of Ken Sandhu Photography on a unique but none the less fabulous Indian Catholic wedding. Unique, because it took place in a gorgeous Indian Catholic Church. The couple was SO much fun, Ken and I had a blast shooting them!
Ankit and Archita braved the Chicago wind with me this past weekend for an engagement session along Chicago’s chilly lakefront. Even though the sun was shining, we were all freezing! No matter what though, we prevailed, and came out with some fantastic images!
This post is dedicated to the friends I have re-connected with due to my job as a wedding photographer. It is amazing, how after months, maybe years of not seeing or talking to somebody, they pick up the phone and give you a call inquiring to be their wedding photographer. A friend, who I hadn’t seen in probably 6 years, contacted me, and now, we are discussing their wedding. Same with another, except longer, maybe 10 years!
The beauty of this is that I have the opportunity to reconnect with these people, and become friends on a different level, at a point in both our lives when so much is happening.
The beauty of this business is in the small things.
After many requests, I present to you a new chic look for 2011. Speaking of chic, are chic looking washing machines and dryers critical? It’s not like we look at them all day long. Enjoy!
