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gall family session

8/27/2014

this family and i have been together for 4 years!
i love meeting new people but there's something about a family choosing to come back to me again and again.
i feel so honored. =)
so go look at some gall family pics and smile at your computer screen. =)

and this cracked me up.. I asked the gall family,
"who has the stinkiest feet?"
and john raised his hand!
HILARIOUS!
hey, at least he knows it and owns it!

and when i saw this painting on the side of the building i KNEW I wanted to recreate it with the gall's!
just patricia and her boys!

cripe extended family session

8/23/2014

you might recognize a few of those people.. it's my brother and my sister-in-law! this is my sis-in-law's parents and brothers and sister + their families. Twenty seven people in all and I think it was a success because i had a crap-ton of photos were everyone was looking and no one was blinking, amen. =)
Enjoy the extended, sweet Cripe family!

a few of the families added on to the session package for family pictures of their own.

hadley, brogan and kendall session

8/22/2014

august mini sessions

8/22/2014

mini sessions are complete for the month! they were a HUGE success! met some new families.. got to see some old clients... perfect. =)

did my first senior mini and it went well! she even managed to change out her shirt three times during the 30 minutes!

cripe extended family session

8/22/2014

this is my sister-in-law's parents and siblings! there's only 27 of them. =) Shooting this size of family can be tough but I think we knocked it out of the ballpark. =) Kids looking, everyone smiling and not blinking.. draw up a point for us!
Had a great time, Cripe's! We'll see you again in the future when I'm sure there will be more of ya!

sara professional session

8/21/2014

sara visited me a few years ago at her senior session. it was fun to meet up with her again and get some updates shots for her and the posters that she needs for her concerts. love figuring how how to incorporate instruments or sports equipment into sessions. =) The sun coming down and this gorgeous garden were great backdrops to what we wanted to achieve!
til next time, Sara!

abby+zach wedding

8/20/2014

abby contacted me last fall when she got engaged and i KNEW we'd get along well when she told me she "loved the way I captured emotion and that's what she wanted in her wedding images."
Well... I hope I came through and created an entire wedding day of captured emotion, Abby!
It was SUCH an amazing wedding day.. it was a classic, elegant, gorgeous event. Abby is a riot and loves to have fun and Zach's emotion through the day was the sweetest. Zach had a big wedding week.. he graduated from grad school to become a physical therapist, got a new job at a hospital and married Abby! All within 6 days. =)
Enjoy their images! It was just a beautiful day all around!

sometimes the best shots are when people don't know the camera is clicking...
(taken by my amazing second shooter, Kelli Rasler)

new take on the "bridal party jumping" picture..
just the boys jumped. =)

one of my favorite bridal party pics.. abby and zach walking away from their goofball best friends.

first glances are always emotional but seem to take the pressure off seeing each other at the altar. I am a huge fan of first glances!

Abby's mom prayed for the day before Abby walked down the isle.. just loved these images...

her daddy giving away his only daughter..

the new mr. and mrs. lusk! Now off to the reception...

but first a selfie for social media..
but of course.

abby and zach's wedding was so classy.. and the Lerner Ballroom was PERFECTLY eloquent!

abby and zach and their entire wedding party had epic entrances to the reception. adult onsies, silly string, making a tux shirt a bit more hillbilly.. and Zach's representation of his love for IU.. yeah, it was FUN!

both speaches had their guests laughing and crying. =)

Yep! Hillbilly-dress-shirt groomsman is back tricking Zach with the garter.
Good clean fun, folks!

such an awesome, awesome, AWESOME day!
Thanks for choosing me to be apart of it, Abby and Zach!

lantz family session

8/15/2014

i know I've said it before and I'll say it again.. I get THE prettiest people for my sessions! I have no clue how I get so lucky.. I just do. =)
The Lantz' were on my waiting list and SO HAPPY I got them on my calendar! We had a great time and I have three new little buddies. =)
I hope there's a "next" time, Amanda and Ralph!

read family session

8/14/2014

this family...
crazy awesome, sweet, easy to shoot, hilarious, charming..
do you get the picture?
they have been with me since the twins were 5 and now they are in the 6th grade..
how in the sam-hill did that happen?
they are just as cute and sweet as they were as 5 year olds.
thanks for choosing me every year, Read's!

smoker family session

8/12/2014

aaaaaaaaaand this session makes me so sad! the Smoker's and their twins have been with me for 4 years now and I have loved EACH session I've had with them. Their twins are sweet and funny and so well behaved.
Not to mention they all are CRAZY photogenic!
I could just pose and play all night with them. They are moving to Kansas at the end of the month so this will most likely be our last session together. The twins and I had a good heart to heart at the end of our session about how they need to be just as awesome as they have been for me when they find a photographer in Kansas. I got choked up! That's how much I love shooting them.
Sigh.
I love my clients, yo.
We made sure to hit a location that has a lot of meaning for them. We shot on the campus of where Jason and Sara met.