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I'm a Photographer, Educator, Shop, sustainability guru, foster and adoptive mama, multiple hat wearing entrepreneur. My love language is hugs and my tank is filled by serving others. You can find me world travelin', renovating a vintage trailer/house or doing something fun with her husband, two boys and three fur babies. 

Nicole & Matt Married

Nicole & Matthew Brown, married at Our Lady of Sorrows and celebrated at The Bardot in Kansas City, Missouri on Nov 5, 2022 What a romantic fall day for Nicole & Matt. It started off right at the Loews Hotel full of gorgeous window light and funny memories falling onto the bed while hanging the […]

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Nick & Courtney, Engaged

These two are something else. Just look at how much fun they are. Celebrating on the rainiest day we’ve had for awhile here in Kansas City. But Antioch Park’s stunning fall colors made up for it. We waited the rain out and toughed out the sprinkles. You wouldn’t even know would you? Congratulations to two […]

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Ciara & Grant, Plaza KC Engagement

There are just certain things about couples that send butterflies to your stomach. Watching two people so sincerely into one another makes me so happy as someone documenting their love story. There’s nothing more beautiful than true love. Ciara & Grant were so sweet for each other. They laughed at each other, they laughed at […]

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Abby & Tanner

   O.ctober 27, 2018 | Abby & Tanner married at Village Presbyterian & Hallbrook Country Club in Leawood, Kansas   A soft and elegant wedding amongst the sunshine and the colors of fall. What a great day for Abby & Tanner. They are so charming and their day reflected Abby’s Pinterest board to a T.   I love that […]

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Shannon & Jeff, Hawthorne House

Congratulations to Shannon & Jeff on their wedding together at Hawthorne House in Parkville, Missouri. It was so fun chasing all those adorable little faces around all day, seeing Jeff’s surprises throughout the day, dad’s face the first time he saw you Shannon, the pastor who married you and all his kind words… you two had […]

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Bridgette & Marc, Kansas City Wedding

Bridgette & Marc | Married at Redemptorist, May 19, 2018 What a gorgeous day for a Kansas City wedding. While we were away we had two really great Associate and second shooters document the story of Bridgette & Marc married at Redemptorist in KC. It’s always so sweet looking through photos, when you can feel […]

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Hannah & Sam, KC Engagement

The elegant Hannah & Sam celebrated their engagement season with winter photos on one of the few warm days Kansas City was blessed with this February. We are so excited to be documenting this duo’s love story from engagement to their big day at the Nelson Atkins Museum. We are counting down the days Hannah & Sam. […]

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Courtney & Cory, Engaged

Well we couldn’t have asked for a better fall day. 55 degrees with a glowing sunshine seeping through the late changing yellow and orange leaves. Courtney and Cory needed no coaching. They were so adorable and sweet on each other their whole Beloved (engagement) session, and their little fur babies came along, dressed their best […]

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Nelson lawn wedding | 10.8.16

Kali & Adam, just days after their engagement session at Loose Park’s Rose Garden in Kansas City, celebrated another Kansas City event. They tied the knot on October 9, 2016 and were the second couple ever to get married on the lawn of the Nelson Atkins Museum. Pretty monumental! This day couldn’t have been more […]

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Shannon & Cody | Powell Gardens

When choosing a location for your engagement or lifestyle session, or even portraits on your wedding day, think about places that are out of the ordinary. Places that are meaningful to you: maybe a place you met, where you like to spend your free time, where he proposed, or something sweet to your story. For […]

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Lisa & Mike | The Guild KC

I can not say enough words to justify how amazing my clients are. Every one of them i’m so grateful for. I’m a lucky photographer truly, that I don’t have a lot of messy stories to tell, but only beautiful stories, of really rare and divine couples who are so good to each others families, […]

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Rachel & Jon | Mark Twain Ballroom 5.21.16

Rachel & Jon in all honesty, do NOT know how to take a bad photograph. They are both just flawless. He a fireman, she a nurse. Sweethearts for over 10 years, married on Rachel’s parent’s anniversary… its quite the fairy tale. Their setting, their overall theme and their floral design is just what every girl […]

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Sara & Kelly | Beloved at Loose Park

I love photographing couples at places that mean something to them. Places where they spend their time or where they grew up. For Kelly & Sara, they loved being outdoors at Loose Park with their puppies, it’s the neighborhood Sara grew up in, and they love this park! (As we all do right)? One of the […]

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Kauffman Gardens Beloved session

Carilyn.. She loves Hydrangeas and anything blue. Jerrod.. He did not go to Jared. 🙂 (Inside joke we laughed about during the shoot. We even discussed how the jewelry’s spelled their name wrong. Jerrod is definitely the way to do it, but then I got it wrong during this blog post too. Oh quite the […]

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Britney & Jimmy | The Elms

My sweet, sweet Britney… one of the best and most organized wedding coordinators I know in Kansas City, got to enjoy putting her “own” wedding experience. Down to every detail of labels on the water bottles, the surprisal of the ice sculpture airplane-a replica of her and her grooms, and the 3 dj/band set up….this […]

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