We are counting down the days until Erica & Case’s Mexico wedding adventure. They are so sweet on each other and will be so fun to spend a whole week with. They have that adorable spark we always hope to see in our couples we photograph. I saw it in the way he looked at […]

You know.. when the Earth and stars align, a proposal happens on a pier where you were watching the sunset and your videographer friend (aka Matt with Hawleywood Films) who was in Southeast Asia with you on a project, gets asked to capture the proposal on their phones. Yowza! Yes that happened. On the beach […]

We documented Colette & Eric and their little bunch at Kessler Park in Kansas City as they passed through, but just right before we left for our work trip to Singapore and Thailand and I’ve been itching to share these adorable four for a couple weeks! The life and love in this family is just […]

Oh Abby & Eric. Their charming private farm wedding with the perfect blend of classic elegance and shabby chic. With a cabin hidden in the woods, a home to get ready in that looked like it was straight from a Martha Steward or Better Homes and Garden Magazine, families and friends who laugh more than […]

Jessica & Jeff are such troopers. They spent their engagement session sticking it out in the freezing sleet, and their wedding day in the most humid of heat. And Jessica never once complained. “It’ll be just fine.” She kept reminding everyone. Even with sweat beads down her cheeks as we only spent 30 minutes outside […]

Mr. & Mrs. Rachel & Johnny | Grand Lake, Colorado wedding June 8, 2017 We were at Indie Bridal last year, a smaller more intimate bridal show for creative people in the Kansas City and Denver areas. And I hear, “Oh you need to go talk to Jana!” Then I see two beaming smiles, a […]

Married at The Bowery on May 28, 2017 – She fashioned her own wedding dress together. He wore her grandpa’s tie clip. His father cut in during the father-son dance to embrace his own bride in his arms. And she giggled at all his jokes. Sisters bringing back so many memories from their little sister’s […]

Can you believe it? Brent & Jennie’s magical memorial weekend wedding is featured on our blog today. I remember first meeting Brent and Jennie at the Nelson Atkins Museum for their beloved engagement session, and once the semi-shy Brent realized I officiated college basketball (he’s a basketball coach), we instantly hit it off due to our mutual love of […]

Uw some steamy steamy happening in this session with Melissa & Jason at Kansas City’s Loose Park. And it’s his birthday today, so he’s on cloud nine marrying the woman of his dreams and celebrating his engagement. Did I mention we literally spent an hour and a half laughing? Like two peas in a pod, […]

Wow. This one was a hard one to blog. I just spent so much time with this amazing group of people at this new destination location, Now Onyx in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, that I photographed a TON! Like, way a ton. It literally took me weeks to prepare this blog post and I’m still […]

Jennie & Brent are just shy of about 5 weeks until their wedding day. What better way to celebrate your engagement than to do what you love, relaxing on a perfect sunset evening while being fed grapes at a picnic at the Nelson. Spring in Kansas City, Missouri has just been beautiful. I hope this was […]

If you ever want to know how to make your kids happy, just take them to a fountain of water. Lore and Victor just lit up when we finally said, “Let’s go across the street and play in the fountains.” All of their smiles and little personalities beamed so big when we let them play and just be […]

Welcome to the world baby Jacqueline. Honored would be an understatement to how I feel when professional friends in the creative world call me and want ME to document their life’s story. With weddings or elopements, their little babies and growing family, it means the world to me they trust me and love my work. Kathleen, you are […]

Tis the season for baby birthdays and newborns. This “wild one” turned ONE! The last time I photographed this family was when I did his big brother’s first birthday photos at Lake Tapawingo about 5 years ago. During this session at Blue Springs lake, there were so many moments I saw photo flash backs in my […]

In this season of life, there are babies and little kids just about everywhere we turn. At just one year year on this Earth, these little ones are smart. I’m learning that they are way smarter than I ever realized. They already have their little personalities, have formed some of their own little opinions and […]