Vacation Time!

After our 4th of July wedding tomorrow, I'm taking almost a whole week off! Adam and I are road trippin it to Yellowstone and he has planned all sorts of adventures for us. I will return all calls and emails when I get back to the studio on Monday, July 13th. Have a great holiday!

Give Me Moore!

Some of you hard-core fans may remember all the way back to the beginning of May, when Lindsey and I took a road trip to Louisiana for a photography workshop with Kelly Moore. Click here to see Kelly's blog post about it. I haven't had any spare time to blog the amazing images I took during the workshop, and while I still don't really have any spare time, I thought these would be good photos to tide you over with before I leave you for a week. :)

We had some amazing models with great outfits. We started out in an old theater and were experimenting with the light setup that Kelly is famous for. We each got a chance to pose the models and use the light how we wanted.

Then we headed outside to experiment with posing and another super cute model.

Then out to a field filled with ticks for more posing and lighting. This couple is married in real life, aren't they so cute?

Nothing like playing in a puddle of mud in a wedding dress.

A few behind-the-scenes shots. Here's Lindsey holding a light for Kelly.

And I got my photo taken with the famous Kelly Moore!! I was so excited. She's probably my favorite photographer, she has so much talent.

My friend Kelly and I with that weirdo, Lindsey. Haha.

Kelly took this photo of Lindsey and I on the steps of the Cottage - the amazing little bed and breakfast where we had the workshop.

Ott Family

I love the Ott family! They're some of my best clients and since Grandma and Grandpa and cousins were in town yesterday, we set up a session to get some shots of them all together. We headed over to Eastborough Park, which was hopping with photographers, and tried to avoid all the presents the geese had left behind. :) These 5 kiddos have the cutest names: Love, Millicent, Brooks, Evin, and Ella Blue. So fun! It was cute to see all the cousins chasing the geese and asking me if we were finished yet - after just 15 minutes. Millicent told me she liked my camera because it didn't flash and didn't make her blink. I like that about it too. We got quite a lot of good photos in our short session. Thanks for yet another great evening, Otts!

The newest Ott: Ella Blue.

Camille & Stephen

What an engagement session! Last night, I met up with Camille and Stephen here at the studio for a few photos downtown, and then we headed over to Sedgwick County Park for the majority of their session. As we arrived at the park, I started hearing thunder, but I'd watched the weather the night before and knew there was supposed to be no rain on Monday. The thunder continued, more often and louder, as we went about with our photos. Once, as we came out of the trees, we started feeling some raindrops, but decided to ignore it. At one point, we were standing on the sidewalk where it was dry, and we looked to the east and saw lots of rain falling on the nearby pond. That was crazy! It looked like the pond was vibrating! We took a few more photos over in the tall grass by the zoo, and it started raining pretty heavily at that point, but Camille and Stephen, being the fun people they are (and trying to ignore the raindrops falling directly in their eyes...), were up for as many photos as I was willing to expose my camera to in the rain. Luckily, I was wearing a scarf so I covered the camera with that for awhile. Of course, the rain stopped as soon as we were done! But it made some beautiful clouds for our photos, and a story for the couple to share for years to come!

You can see the raindrops in this one!

Michael + Sara: A Colorado Wedding

My big brother, Michael, married a wonderful girl, Sara, this weekend in Colorado. Get ready for an extra long blog post on this one.

As I was going through the photos we took, I just realized how proud I am of Michael. He's been through a lot, and has kept such a positive outlook on life. He's so goofy and I just love his fun-loving personality. Sara is a sweetheart. She's helped Michael strengthen his walk with God, and I am so thankful for that by itself. My parents love her, she was a part of our family long before the wedding took place. The wedding day was absolutely PERFECT. Sara looked beautiful, and we had great weather and awesome scenery. I could go on and on. I love them both so much and can't believe my brother has a wife now! :) I'll tell more about their day throughout the photos.

Sara helping her little sister Hannah, who was the flower girl, get dressed.

Michael and the guys kept it casual and just wore white shirts and black pants...my favorite for the guys for a wedding!

Michael was pretty skeptical when I asked them to jump, but he thought the final photo was pretty hilarious.

My dad and Michael. He was so proud of his son that day!

Hannah and Sara again.

The beautiful bridesmaids!

Sara's mom, Theresa.

My mom, Nancy. Didn't she look SO good? The bride looked okay too... :) Just kidding, Sara is gorgeous as well!

There was a policeman parked at the church, so we used his car for some photos with the bride!

Michael and Sara wrote their own vows. I'd never seen this side of my brother before, what he wrote was beautiful. He was so excited to marry his best friend. It was a little tricky to take photos through my tears (of joy). :)

My dad hugging Sara right after the ceremony. My parents love Sara so much and are so excited to have another daughter!

Another awesome couple who decided to have their family formals outside. Here is Sara and Michael with her family.

And our family. We went from 4 to 6!

They enjoyed it when I asked them to kiss. :)

After dinner and cake at their reception, we went over to the dam and lake that they spend a lot of time at for photos. I was so glad they decided to go there for their photos...it can't get any better than mountains in the background of you and your new husband.

Congratulations Michael and Sara! I love you and hope you're having a great time on your honeymoon cruise.

Behind the Scenes

Here's a behind-the-scenes photo Adam took of me taking photos of my brother and his WIFE this weekend right after their wedding. Isn't this scenery amazing?! It made me want to move there so I can have this awesomeness as the backdrop for all of my shoots. Get excited for their full wedding post that's coming later today!

Heads Up

I'm BACK! ...for a short time. I will be working long hours this week to get your pictures to you, if you're waiting on them. But come next week, I will be out of town for the entire week. Adam and I are taking some much-needed time away. We're headed to beautiful Yellowstone, so expect some fun landscape photos when we get back. This is just a heads up, and I ask you to please be patient with me, as this will set me back a little on editing and album designing. Thanks for being awesome and understanding!

Also, we just got back from the wedding in Colorado yesterday, and oh my gosh! We got some aMAZing photos. Just you wait, a blog post to come hopefully later today.

CLOSED

Gingeroot will be closed tomorrow - Friday, June 26. I will be in Colorado photographing my brother's wedding, and Lindsey will be in California for a little vacation. We will open as usual Tuesday morning, though Lindsey will still be off, frolicking in the ocean (lucky). Have a great weekend!

Becky & Brad

Last night, I had a super fun (albeit hot) engagement session with Becky and Brad. We had to reschedule once, due to heat and wind, so I'm glad we finally got to take their photos! I've known Becky for a long time through church, I believe she was even at my wedding. Adam and I also worked in the youth group with her parents for a long time, they're the sweetest people! Brad and Becky met just last October and are planning an April wedding next year. They are so much fun together, always laughing and sticking fingers in ears...what? Yeah, a little strange, but very funny. :) I didn't have to coax smiles out of them, they were giggling and making faces at each other the whole time! Thanks for a fun evening, Brad & Becky!

Workin it!

Wedding Dresses!

A few weeks ago, Lindsey and I talked her sister and Cortney, our studio manager, into modeling some wedding dresses from I Do Bridal & Tux next door. We wanted to give I Do some pretty pictures to put around their store. Here are a few that I took, Lindsey also posted some that she took on her blog.