St. Louis Photographer

Meet Marley! I met Marley four years ago when we set up at our first Pattonville craft fair. Her mom, Shelly, came by and introduced themselves. Every December after that, we had our annual checking with Marley and Shelly at the craft fair. Last year, when Marley was a senior, we were finally able to start planning! They told us about this beautiful park nearby that Marley and her sister, Maya, played at. It was called Bridgeway Park (well, at the time everyone knew it as App

We had an absolute blast with Mia earlier this month! Mia is a senior at Pattonville High School (I always love getting to photograph seniors from my alma mater!). We weren't able to do her pictures on her original senior picture day (bad tornado sirens!), but we were able to go out the following week and while the sky held out, the wind did not! Mia was a trooper as we trekked around Forest Park in near freezing temperatures. Looking at her pictures, you'd never know! One of

People should do this more often! Lindsey is graduating from Lindenwood University in December (education major!), so we took some senior pictures! College senior pictures are a great idea! It was really neat getting to take graduation pictures with Lindsey. We got to take some cap and gown pictures (with a champagne celebration!) and we got pictures with Lindsey's rings ... not just any rings, but the rings she got from earning back-to-back national jazz championships with t

Samantha Kunza is going places. This all-star athlete is a senior at Timberland High School. Not only is she an wonderful woman, she is an amazing athlete ... she is All-American in hammer throw. For most of her life, Samantha has been perfecting the hammer throw ... I sort of think of it like the discus or shot but, but with a metal ball attached to a grip by a steel wire. The ball weighs upwards of six or more pounds and the winner is determined by how far the hammer is thr

Emily is a senior at Timberland High School. She plays doubles tennis and is going to college for nursing. I have known Emily since she she was in elementary school. I think this has been the first time in my life I've had that moment of disbelief of how quickly kids grow up! When I found out she had her driver's license, I just couldn't believe it. And now that she's a senior, I'm in complete shock. But it was a total honor to get to spend an afternoon with her to take these

We had the total pleasure of meeting Maddie last week for a post-graduation session! Our session with Maddie was almost a month after her graduation from Parkway North High School. And while we traditionally meet seniors before graduation, I really loved getting photograph Maddie after school was out, especially because it mean we got to see her in her cap and gown! When summer comes to an end, Maddie will be going to Mizzou to follow her dreams — and the dreams of her three

Meet Allyssa! She is a senior at Timberland High School and has less than two weeks of school left! (I know, how crazy!) She's involved in broadcast media and HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America), and, in the fall, she will be going to St. Charles Community College to start her degree in nursing. She enjoys shopping, adventuring with her boyfriend, Trevor, and, like all of us, relaxing and watching TV. Allyssa is incredibly sweet, friendly and outgoing and has a wond

Tyra Riley is one of the sweetest seniors we've had the pleasure to work with. And super polite! I don't think I've ever been called ma'am so much! We got to spend an afternoon with her and her mom, Sheila, during an uncharacteristically warm December afternoon, which made for a perfect day for pictures. Tyra arrived in this stunning gold shirt and her white lab coat, which she earned after taking three years of medical intervention classes. She is involved in the PLTW (Proje

Joseph is a senior at Pattonville High School and has been having a great year! He is a true swimmer: Joseph made it to state in swimming and is now working on his try out for the water polo team. He is also a great chess player. Joseph is interested in going into a CAD (computer-aided drawing) career related to engineering. I've known his mom for a few years, so it was great getting to spend time with Joseph. During our session, we also photographed Joseph and his family. To

Meet Michael! He's a senior at Fort Zumwalt South. It was exciting to talk to him about journalism, since he works on the school newspaper. He said he enjoys features and writing about entertainment. Michael is hoping to go to Mizzou and he's interested in a career in writing, possibly comics. We also share a love of entertainment, especially the Marvel movies. It was a beautiful afternoon and a great time spent with Michael and his mom! I really like this picture of Michael!