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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: September 2011

Courtney and Chase’s Kansas City Engagement Photos!

Courtney and Chase have a lot of fun together. They both love sports, and play on softball and volleyball teams with their friends. They love to stay active and explore the city that they both currently call home — Kansas City! A lot of their games happen at Penn Valley Park, the park near Liberty...

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Fall family portrait time: Kansas City family photography!

This is the second year in a row I’ve been able to photograph this adorable family. It’s so much fun to get to see families more than once, and capture them each year as they change and kids grow up! These two siblings are just so much fun, full of energy, and really great to...

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Tamara and Royce’s Kansas City Wedding: Terrace on Grand

They’re just beautiful people. Inside and out. And their families and friends all know it, and celebrated it on their wedding day with them. You can tell a lot about a couple by the kinds of toasts people give at their reception. At Tamara and Royce’s reception, the toasts were heartfelt, funny, emotional, and all...

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Avery’s Newborn Photos

Avery was exactly two weeks old on the day of our shoot, and although we tried to schedule it around a time when she’d be sleepy and cuddly, she didn’t want to be asleep for her first photo shoot. She was not only wide awake, but loved to stare into the camera lens. She’s super...

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Nate and Maggie on a sunny day: Kansas City engagement photos!

Nate and Maggie are awesome. For a lot of reasons, including the fact that when they were dating, they created a list of things they had to see and do in Kansas City together. One of those things on the list was visiting the Nelson-Atkins art museum. The first time Nate visited the museum with...

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Meghan and Andy’s Kansas City Wedding

I’m not even sure how to begin a blog post describing Meghan and Andy’s wedding day. It was a day that encompassed so much more than a wedding — which, in and of itself, is a really big thing. I was excited going into the day, because of the family history surrounding the day. Meghan...

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Lori and Brian’s Wedding at the Lodge at Ironwoods

Lori and Brian are super sweet people, whose wedding day was so special. They got married at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Overland Park, with a reception at the Lodge at Ironwoods in Leawood, with surprises like a Michael Jackson dance routine with a groomsman who knew more MJ dance moves than anyone I’ve ever...

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