Can I just say I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHING PROPOSALS! It is so fun to watch the guy planning away on his perfect vision of how he will propose to his love. This one has to be one of my favorites! Here is how it all happened.

Alexandra was in town for the holiday break visiting her parents. She had absolutely no idea that her boyfriend, Michael, was in town getting ready to propose to her! The big event was to take place at Loose Park, such a beautiful setting. I met with Michael the day before the proposal at the park to make sure we had all the details down so the next day would go as planned. He literally thought of everything right down to how making sure the photographer following them wouldn’t give the surprise away. Luckily Alexandras’ family wanted some updated family photos. All along she thought she was just there for a portrait session, but at the end I was photographing just her in the rose garden and behind her you can see Michael coming in the distance. She was so surprised! She of course said yes. Right after she points to each person saying “you lied and you lied and you lied…”. It was so fun to watch her make sense of the whole day. Michael had even hidden a video camera to capture it all. He even filmed the whole planning process and plans to make a video of how the proposal went down.

I feel so blessed to have been part of this! Such incredible people and I am so happy for all of them! If you would like to see the full slide show click here.

This photo shoot has fields, old barns, wild sunflowers and one special couple! Emile’ and I used to be neighbors and have been friends since 5th grade. We have traveled through so many life stages together. I can’t even begin to explain how incredibly happy I am that she has found such an awesome guy to become her husband! Photographing them was a joy, they are so happy in and love with each other.

Emile and Derek will be getting married next May at The Lodge of the Four Seasons in Four Seasons, MO. It is such a beautiful location. I am sooo excited to photograph their wedding!

Thanks Emile’ and Derek for having me be a part of your big day.

I have to say that I am a bit behind after going through the big move! We are finally settled in our new place so clients be sure to come to our new address! Now that the move is behind me it’s time to get back to blogging.

I just photographed Jena and Ted’s wedding on Saturday, what a beautiful day it was! Here in KC all we have seen are cloudy rainy days for what seems like months! I was so happy to see the sun shining on their big day! I am jealous of them this week as they are honeymooning in Italy! Until the wedding photos are up here are a few from their engagement shoot!