adam & alex & a very special portrait session | manhattan, ks portrait photographer
This past summer, I had the pleasure of working a couple of times with Alexandra, a local model, doing some fashion shoots, so I was excited when she contacted me wanting to do a portrait session with her husband, Adam. We discussed outfits and the concept she wanted for their shoot, and got all the plans put together.
We met up in one of the fields near their home to make some portraits of them doing what they love to do together: bird-watching. The sun was golden and glorious as we got started.
Out alone, with each other, doing what they love to do. One thing, of course, led to the other… 
Wait…did you hear that?
What? What’s going on?
Don’t you see it?! Over there!
ZOMBIES!!
The rest is just too horrible, much too soon to talk about. The rest of the story, in pictures, after the jump. (more…)
fall portrait specials, going on now!
Hey everyone out there in Internetland! I just wanted to pop in and let you know that we’re running some portrait session specials over on our Facebook page.
What’s that? You didn’t know we had one? We do. It’s here. Come on over and join the fun! We post more images of more recent work over there, so check out what we’ve been up to!
Also, while you’re there, check out the daily portrait session special. Every day this week (9/12-9/17), we’ll be offering a different discount or incentive to a limited number of sessions that book that day. Check back every morning to see the new deal and get on it! Now is the time to plan your holiday portrait session in order to get images and cards back in time to send them out.
See you over on the Book!
(and, just because posts are prettier with pictures, here’s a couple from last fall)
my own – manhattan, ks child photographer
It’s not very often that I go to a wedding as a guest. Being in this business, the odds are just against me. So this past weekend, I found myself in a rather rare position: I was at a wedding, I didn’t have to work it, I had my camera, and my oldest daughter was the flower girl. That last one meant that she was all dressed up and at the wedding venue (the Holiday Inn in Manhattan, KS) early.
While we were waiting for the wedding photographer to finish doing the bride and groom portraits, I asked her if she wouldn’t mind me making a few portraits of her. Amazingly, she agreed! I was so happy that she was willing, because the Holiday Inn has some amazing light and great locations. I’ve shot some wedding receptions there before and have never been disappointed.
We spent all of 13 minutes, and I made less than 70 frames, but am so happy with the results. I don’t normally share personal images on here, but since these were not your run-of-the-mill family snapshots, I figured it was okay. So, if you’ll indulge me, my daughter:
My very favorite ones of her from this mini-session (plus my other two kiddos), after the break.
charlie – manhattan, ks child photographer
One of the greatest thing about photography is getting the chance to work with a family on several occasions over the course of time. Last year, I shot the wedding of a great couple at the KSU Botanical Gardens and clicked with the bride’s family. Later that year, I got to work with the whole family again when they wanted to create some family portraits on the campus of their favorite university: Kansas State. Last month, I got to work with the bride’s sister and her family to capture their little boy, Charlie, as he neared his second birthday. Once again, we met on the KSU campus, but in a part of campus I had never used before for portraits. I love that there are endless locations for portraits on campus!
Charlie is as precocious as any adorable two-year-old boy, but just before we met for our session, he had been sick for a couple of days and had had to stay inside. I think this was his first day of really feeling better and getting outside. You know how much energy every two-year old typically has? You know what happens when they have to save 3 days’ worth of it while hanging out inside sick?
The photographer gets to run a lot, too. It’s okay–it’s all a game, right?
Like peek-a-boo.
Or hide-and-seek.
Ok, Charlie, enough games. Come on out and meet everyone!
Everyone, Charlie. Charlie, everyone.
More of the handsome little guy (and his monkey!) after the jump.
8 years later
It’s nice to have professional photographers for friends. When they need help, sometimes they repay in pictures. Alan Honey‘s son left on a mission recently, so he wanted to get his family’s portrait made before he left and asked me to pull the trigger since he couldn’t do that himself and actually appear in the portrait. As a thank you, he said he’d shoot my family and give me the images to play with however I wanted. We were really excited by the offer. You see, I think the last time we had a family portrait done, both of the kids were still in diapers. Seriously.
And, yesterday was our 8th anniversary, so it was about time to get proof that we could still stand each other. =]
Here’s last year’s anniversary image.
