A Day Brightener...

Yesterday I received a nice note from newlyweds Mike and Stacia:

Edye,

Thank you for photographing our wedding. The pictures look wonderful...our friends and family have all loved the quality of your work. Thank you again for helping make our day hectic free.

Sincerely, Mike & Stacia

I love what I do, and it makes my day to get a thank you note like the one above.

Alex

The strong winds and recent rain have caused several portrait sessions to be rescheduled. However this past Saturday was nice, and I had the opportunity to photograph Alex, a senior from McPherson. He shows horses, so we started with some casual shots with him and his horse. From there we headed to downtown Wichita for some more unique images...his senior portraits won't look like those of any other McPherson senior- Thank you, Alex!

Class of 2009

From photographing weddings to horse shows to families to seniors...happily, my business is never boring!

Yesterday I enjoyed photographing a senior from Flint Hills High School. We started with some photos at her house with her awesome car and her sweet dog. From there, we headed to El Dorado Lake and then to the waterfall east of El Dorado-WOW! She and her Mom had spent an evening finding great areas around the lake that held special memories, and that's where we went to make her senior portrait images more personal and memorable for her. Thank you, Tia!

Autumn Portraits

What a beautiful time of year! The days are cooler, nights are a little chilly and the colors of the trees are turning into vivid shades of autumn.

If you are thinking of family portraits for holiday gifts, Christmas cards, or just because everyone will be together for Thanksgiving--give me a call to schedule your family portrait.

This past Sunday I went to Emporia to photograph a large family group. Three generations with many different combinations: the whole family, grandparents, grandparents with grandchildren, siblings, parents with children and so on. It was a lot of fun-thank you Browning and Kraft families!

Note: for all of the Dads out there who only have family portraits taken to "keep the peace" ...the entire shoot lasted less than an hour...a small amount of time for you to put up with a photographer.

Photography Layaway Plans

With the wedding photography options available through Wright Focus, the payments have always been divided into several payments: one third at booking, one third 60 days before the wedding and one third 30 days before the wedding. For those wishing to make other arrangements, I would be happy to set up a "layaway" payment plan for wedding packages that would fit your budget preferences. (Also note that I am happy to custom design an entire wedding photography plan to work within your budget.)

For those parents bombarded with expenses for their teen's senior year...I understand. If you would like to set up payment arrangements for senior portraits, just give me a call or send an email. The same layaway option would be available for family portraits as well.

There is a family that I have been photographing for nearly twenty years. They have seen ups and downs in their household budget. However, throughout the years, the mom has picked "milestone moments" for each child to be professionally photographed- at one year of age, 5 , 12 and 18 years. Even if they didn't order portraits right at that time, she always made sure that the portraits were taken. As Cristinette would say, "My child is only this age for a little while!".

Delta Gamma Girls

This is a fun time of year...every day is different: one day I'm packaging horse show orders, the next I'm meeting with a bride to be and her mom about the May 2, 2009 wedding they are planning, and later visiting with a high school senior about ideas for her portrait session.

One night recently was something completely new--photographing the Delta Gamma sorority at WSU for their "Bid Day". What energy, optimism and enthusiasm the Delta Gammas have! I had the pleasure of photographing the whole sorority, then the individual classes, and finally one of the whole group by some fountains on campus (and we had just finished up as campus security came by!) Included is a photo of the "fun pose" of the senior class DG members, and another of the moment right after the fountain photo...with girls scrambling to keep from getting wet. Thank you DeeGees!

Kansas State Fair

It was a wild ride! I recently completed my ninth year as photographer of the eleven horse shows at the Kansas State Fair. It is always fun to see the exhibitors...especially the kids showing at the 4H Horse Show. It is wonderful to see the kids grow and become more confident with their horses from year to year. There are many that I have had the pleasure of photographing at the horse shows, then the fun of photographing them for their senior portrait, and several the honor of being selected to photograph their wedding. WOW!
Thought you would enjoy seeing a fun image from the 4H Costume class--(and yes, there is a horse under there). Congratulations to all of the exhibitors!