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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.

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Life is a Roller Coaster!

One of the fun things about life are the ups-and-downs. A day after the big “up” of an awesome vacation with my best friend, came a “down” — getting my car broken into on a photo shoot and my purse stolen! It’s one of those things that you just never expect to happen to you....

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Bald Head Island with my best friend.

I took a weekend trip to North Carolina with my best friend. It was relaxing, beautiful, and pretty hilarious. We’ve been best friends for almost 20 years (how crazy is that?) and we’ve never taken a trip with just the two of us (even more crazy). Our favorite part of the trip was our visit...

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My Anniversary and Why Marriage is Awesome

Today is our third anniversary. Tomorrow, Jeff and I start year number four of our marriage and living life as a team. Jeff always says that he’s “on my team.” I think about that a lot, actually, how great it is to have someone on your team, encouraging you, cheering for you, assisting when things...

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Things I Love: Fresh Flowers and Pretty Details

I’ve recently decided that since this is my blog, and I get to share all sorts of fun details about my clients’ lives, weddings, babies, etc. that I should also get to share more details with you all about the things I’m doing, things I love, and the little joys I experience living this life...

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Country Sunset

Sometimes I miss the country. I took this in my parents’ pasture just as the sun set on an evening in September. The bluestem grass was tall and blowing in the breeze. Beautiful night.

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Happy Birthday to my husband!

I love birthdays. I love the idea of celebrating one person, all day long, once a year. So it had better be GOOD. Jeff, on the other hand, doesn’t really get into birthdays too much. By that, I mean he doesn’t get worked up about his own birthday. So I have to be extra into...

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The Getty Art Musuem, Los Angeles

During my trip to photograph the HOBY World Leadership Congress, we got to visit the Getty art museum in LA. It was officially one of the best museums I have ever visited. The buildings themselves were works of art, the views were gorgeous, and it was such a relaxing, peaceful environment. I’d love to spend...

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I’m in California

…and I wanted to share a few photos with you I took on the campus of a high school! No wonder high schools on TV look so much cooler than any high school I’ve ever seen in the midwest — because they have those kind of high schools here on the west coast! I’m here...

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Moments like this…

…are why I LOVE my job. When I was editing the images from Sarah and Brett’s wedding, I came across another image that just made me smile. I love everything about this — the expressions on their face, the backlighting from the windows, and their friends in the background. A moment that can last just...

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Two reasons why I love Kansas in the summertime

I might not be a “farm girl” but I did grow up in the country… and I love wide open blue skies with fluffy white clouds, and fields of rolling golden wheat. These were both taken back in June, and I never got around to sharing them. So here they are. Another thing I love...

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