May 30, 2010

Prairie Rose is the location and May 30 is the date for the wedding of Christy and Scott. They will have a large wedding party, with six attendants on each side. Since they both enjoy horses, following the ceremony they will take a buggy ride to have some "new husband and wife" time, as well as get some fun pictures with them and their horses on the grounds of the Prairie Rose.

Their wedding plans are coming along well, with Totally Legal Sound and Lighting as the DJ entertainment for the reception.

In addition to their busy jobs in the sheriff's department, Christy and Scott run a charity to benefit children and families. I was very impressed with this selfless couple and can't wait to photograph their wedding!

Michelle's senior portraits

With all of the awful October weather this year: cold rain, drizzling rain, misting rain and lots of wind, I was keeping my fingers crossed that October 24 would be a nice day...happily, it was BEAUTIFUL!

Michelle had a fantastic day for her senior portrait session. We started with traditional portraits at her home, including several shots of just her flute and band uniform to make a unique collage later.

Next we headed to Oak Park in Riverside. Working between the disc golfers, we got some great photos! (Michelle, I had no idea someone could hike in high heels like you did!)

After graduation next spring, Michelle will start college at WSU, with plans to go into International Business. Congratulations, Michelle-have a fantastic senior year!

Email from Erin

"OOOOOOOOOOh I am so excited,

I just wanted to say thank you again for everything, we truly appreciate everything you have done for us, and you have truly been such a blessing to work with. I cannot express how I excited I am to have these pictures, I have not had one complaint about anything. You do such an amazing job, and I am so excited to have the photos for forever! Thank you again for everything!"

Just got this day-brightening email from Erin. (I photographed her wedding on July 24th. ) She was a beautiful bride!

Horse Shows!

Whew! September was a blur of horses, horse shows and more horses! I had a great time photographing the Five Star Futurity in Lincoln, Nebraska, then the 11 days of horse shows at the Kansas State Fair.

Congratulations to all of the exhibitors-the weather was mild and the horse shows went smoothly.

This weekend I will be photographing the Hope in the Heartland Quarter Horse Show in Wichita. Good luck to those exhibitors!

Kelsey, Five Star Futurity and the Ks. State Fair!

Last Thursday I went to Dannebrog, Nebraska. Why? To photograph my niece, Kelsey, for her senior portrait. Thursday night we ate the world's great pizza at a little place in downtown Dannebrog. Friday morning we were rested and ready to take a lot of photos! I photographed Kelsey with her mom, (my sister, Amye), with her brother (my nephew, Kaleb), her dog, her cat, her misc. horses, at an old barn, among the sunflowers, along the river, beside a fence, in their yard, leaning against her horse, laying on her horse, and a lot more! We had a blast and I was honored to photograph Kelsey...she is a beautiful young woman.

After Kelsey's portrait session I headed to Lincoln, Nebraska for the Five Star Futurity. The horse show staff put on a fantastic show there. Saturday was spent photographing their futurity, along with a few horses and their owners who wandered over from the Quarter Horse show going on next door. The Five Star wrapped up about 7:45pm, and I was loaded and headed south by 8:30 (thanks to Tag for helping me load up my backdrop and equipment!).

Almost six hours later my canine companion, Freckles, and I were at a hotel in Hutchinson, Kansas ready for a few precious hours of sleep. We were up at 7am and ready to photograph the Appaloosa/KSHA show, the first show of the Kansas State Fair. Whew!

Tomorrow is the first official day of the Kansas State Fair where I will be photographing the Palomino Horse show. I will be there for every day and every horse show throughout the Fair. If you are in Hutchinson, Kansas during September 11-20, please stop by the horse barn on the fairgrounds and say hello!

Meghan & Brandon

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Wichita was the beautiful location for the August 8th wedding of Meghan and Brandon. Moore Flowers created the bouquets, wrist corsages and boutonnieres for the wedding party and family, and the bridesmaids dresses were purchased at Uniquely You Bridal.

After the ceremony, the newlyweds exited between the church columns and down the steps to the waiting limo from Artistic Limousine. Following a short drive, they arrived at Botanica, Wichita's botanical garden. After a few fun photos with the entire wedding party by the fountain, everyone headed inside for their formal introductions and then the cutting of the cake.

Harriet Harris made the wedding and groom's cakes, and Corporate Caterers provided the dinner for the guests. Entertainment was provided by Steve of Advanced DJ Service.

Meghan and Brandon met while in high school. They are so comfortable and happy together-I wish them many, many years of happiness-congratulations!

Palomino Horse Show

On Sunday, August 16, I photographed the Palomino Horse Exhibitors of Kansas (PHEK)horse show held in Kingman, Kansas. In addition to the wonderful facility, there is a lovely park and river adjoining the show grounds. It makes for some picturesque portraits!

This photo is of Amberly with her horse, "Vegas", and her 2 1/2 year old daughter. Don't they look like they are enjoying their time together?