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Hi! I'm Erica May Short, and I'm so excited you're here. This blog will show you my current work with a few fun personal things mixed in to help you get to know me better. I am a wedding and portrait photographer in Kansas City, and I love my job. I am so blessed to be a part of so many stories. I care more about people than pictures, because it's your story that provides photo-worthy moments.

Besides photography, I love my husband Jeff, our miniature schnauzer Petey, movie theater candy, and the color green. You can visit my main portfolio website at www.ericamay.com!


All of the fun photos in the blog header are of Jeff and I recently -- taken by our amazingly talented friends Jeremy and Ashley of www.wearetheparsons.com! We have them to thank for capturing us exactly how we are.

Monthly Archives: June 2010

Learn how to make sushi (#54 on my list)

You may or may not have heard about my list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. It’s a list I came up with for myself at the beginning of July 2008 with 101 things I wanted to try over the next 1001 days (it ends next March). The list contains a variety of...

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Engagement Session on a Kansas Farm: Mattie and Rodney

In the summertime, I love Kansas. There’s something so beautiful about waving wheat and warm sun, and thunderheads moving in from the west. It’s a place where you can see forever, the horizon stretches on and on and white fluffy clouds at sunset make me super happy. Mattie and Rodney’s engagement session was the perfect...

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Andrea and Jon: Wedding at Wyandotte County Park

Andrea and Jon had an outdoor ceremony on a Sunday afternoon at Wyandotte County Park, just outside of James P. Davis Hall. This was a really neat spot for an outdoor wedding that also allowed for an indoor, air-conditioned reception afterward! Andrea and Jon planned fun details and incorporated a lot of flowers and plants...

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Jessica and Tim’s June Wedding

Jessica and Tim got married this past weekend — the second wedding in a three-wedding weekend for me! Their wedding was in Gardner, Kansas, so we took some photos in the downtown area of Gardner for some fun portraits! Here are a few of my favorites from their day, starting with the moment Tim and...

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Joplin Missouri Wedding: Emily and Jerrod

Emily and Jerrod are two of the sweetest people I have ever met. And the cutest. And the happiest. And their wedding day was all of those things, too! They got married at their church, Forrest Park Baptist Church, in Joplin, Missouri. Their reception was at The Ramsey Event Center in the cute little downtown...

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Canvas Gallery Wraps: Display Your Wedding Images!

One of my favorite products for displaying and preserving wedding (or portrait) images is the canvas gallery wrap. It’s my goal to create images that are not only a documentation of a big day, but also artwork with my clients as the subjects! Hanging canvas wraps on your wall is an awesome way to showcase...

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Kansas City Wedding: Kevin and Anna

Two people who smile huge smiles all day make my job pretty easy. Kevin and Anna couldn’t stop smiling! It was a joyful day, with lots of love pouring out from family and friends. I was honored to be a part of it, and see these two K-State alums get married… and to think that...

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