Tessa's Senior Photos - Maryvile Missouri photographer

Tessa is a very sweet, soon to be graduate of West Nodaway. She plays basketball and has a lot of loving family and friends around her.

Of course, we pick only the coldest day possible to shoot her photos, OH, and don't forget the wind! But we made due and ended up with a really wonderful session.

I love the analogy of an open road, a suitcase, and a senior looking into their future. Congrats to Tessa!

Dr. Seuss said it best:

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.)

Kid, you’ll move mountains!
So…be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ale Van Allen O’Shea, you’re off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So…get on your way!

2010 Favorites! Maryville Missouri Photographer

Wanted to share some of my favorite photos from 2010. I know there are more! Gosh darn it we took so many it's hard to keep track of them all ! lol.



Operation Love, Katy and her girls:




Kandy and Ryan Engagement:



Abbey and Anthony Wedding Day:



Morgan's Seniors:



Elizabeth and Matt's wedding day:



Junk Mafia Radio show hosts:



Keysa and Andy engagement pics:




Amy's Bridal shoot:



Bekah's Senior pics:




Lauren and Josh's Wedding Day:




Kyla's 1st Birthday:



Kayleigh and John's engagement pics:



Heather and Todd's wedding day:




Lori and Michael's wedding day:



Lesley and Colby's Engagement pics:


Kandy and Ryan's wedding day:



Hannah and Sam's engagement pics:



Megan and Levi's engagement pics:



Sarah and Kyle's Engagement pics:



Abbey and Izaak:



Amber's Rockin' Roller's shoot:



Elston Family shoot:



Caleb's Senior photos:



Morgan's styled shoot for Wedding Chicks Feature:


Elizabeth and Dennis engagement shoot:


Amy and Dustun's wedding day:


We took more! (I reserve the right to add later lol)


I have an exciting contest coming in the next couple weeks (best of 2010)! Watch for updates soon!

Happy New Year to all our friends, family and clients new and old!!

Bekah - the senior portraits

Bekah is another of my senior spokesmodels locally! She is one of those sweet girls that you would have a hard time not liking. She's kind, yet out spoken. Tough and yet sensitive. Determined and smart.

So in a nutshell... she's exactly like me.
Only a LOT skinnier, 3 years younger :p and her hair is naturally that color.

Yes, it's ok to hate her for that bit.

Bekah is also my son's best friend's fiance and roommate. She's had it a little rough at times, but she handles it well. She's very mature and like I said before, determined. Ever since she was a little girl, she's wanted to be a plastic surgeon, but admitted that she doesn't think she can handle the yucky parts, so she's going to school to be a nurse.

(I'm not gonna tell her they probably have worse yucky parts.)

Bekah and I met a few weeks ago, before her session and talked about what kind of portraits she'd like to have. I explained my vision to her, the direction I was trying to take my seniors and she whole-heartedly agreed!

You'll see some traditional here, but you'll also see some very non-traditional. Both have been a hit!

We about ran off the road when we saw this patch of flowers along side it! We had to stop. Turns out, yellow is Bekah's favorite color. Isn't it funny how things work out sometimes?

You could sit and analyze this picture all day long about this or that... or, you could just appreciate that it's really cool and different and not something you normally see in a senior pic.

I prefer the latter.


Congrats Bekah for .... well... being you.
We like you that way. Keep doing it.

Senior Feature - Morgan

Meet Morgan. I had the pleasure of photographing this funny and beautiful senior just yesterday.

Morgan's dad was in my graduating class. Morgan's mom was a year or two younger than myself. Yes, we're all old. Yes, I feel old. Morgan is also my senior rep from my old school (Bedford, Iowa) and really into doing "out there" kind of pictures.

This makes me *a very happy photographer*.

We spent a lot of time laughing over old school senior photos, and well, just laughing.

And sadly also a raiders fan. Sigh.
I don't think there's any changing that.

My favorite photo so far of the shoot was the one above. It wasn't planned, it just sort of happened and those are my favorite ones of all.

We actually have a second shoot coming up soon. Morgan has agreed to do a Trash the Prom Dress session (YAY!) so you will be seeing a lot more of this girl! Good thing she's so cute, so it won't be a difficult issue for any of us.

Josh's Senior Portraits - Maryville Missouri Photographer

Meet Josh.

This is a pretty awesome kid right here. I mean really, how many times do you hear an 18 year old say he wants to go into the field of *history*. Really? I'd just be impressed if my kids showed up for history class.

(oh hush, my kid does)

Josh is not only a really happy bubbly (can you call guys bubbly?) person, but he's also my rep for my alma mater, Bedford Community High School, Bedford, Iowa. (Go Bulldogs!) As soon as I met him, I knew he'd be great at it. I mean, come on, he's all apple pie and baseball... look at him!

Anyway, Josh is also on the golf team and from the looks of it, he is pretty good, but what can I tell ya? All I know is that I'm impressed that when he swings, the club doesn't hit the ground like it would on someone like.. ohh.. me.

Tiger Woods and Josh. Those are the two golfers I know. Not that I *know* Tiger all that well... so Josh, you are the most prolific golfer I know! Go you!

I'm really happy that Josh let me take his photos, they are some of my very fav photos I've taken yet!

Thanks Josh!