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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.

Tag Archives: kansas city engagement photographer

Katie and Chuck’s engagement session in downtown Kansas City!

I hope you had a Merry Christmas! It has been a while since I’ve posted any recent shoots — things have been a little crazy around here, and are not letting up as we approach the new year. It’s a good place to be, though. I like to be busy, and I’m super excited for...

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Kayley and Cody are engaged!

Remember that adorable red-headed baby boy from a few posts ago? Well, the whole family is pretty awesome. Meet Aiden’s aunt Kayley. She just got engaged to (her now-fiancee) Cody, and I was so excited to take their photos! Kayley and I have both volunteered with HOBY, an amazing youth leadership program, for years and...

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Lauren and Ryan’s engagement session: an amazingly beautiful fall evening.

Where do I even begin with Lauren and Ryan? They’re funny, easygoing, and so much fun to be around. They also have this amazing chemistry in front of the camera, and you can just see how much they mean to each other. I told them during the shoot that they look super comfortable together, totally...

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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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Mandi and Nathan’s Engagement Photos at Leawood Park!

Mandi and Nathan, and their canine daughter Gemma, had such a fun session engagement session at Leawood Park. It was a hot, hot evening, but they still looked awesome. And Gemma is just adorable! They are really excited to get married this October, and I’m really looking forward to being there for it. Here are...

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Stacy and Daniel’s Sunset Engagement Session!

Stacy and Daniel love to watch sunsets and sunrises together. It’s their thing. It always has been. Daniel proposed during a sunrise, and they spend a lot of weekends sitting together to watch the sun peek over the horizon or fall behind it at the day’s end. So, when it came time for their engagement...

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Tamara and Royce’s engagement session in the River Market

Tamara and Royce braved the extreme heat for their engagement session — it was the hottest day we’ve had so far this year, and they were still awesome and willing to take photos! I love how their images turned out, too. Both Tamara and Royce are just beautiful people (inside and out), and they are...

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Gabby and Keith’s Engagement Photos

Gabby and Keith were so great to photograph. They have a chemistry that really shines through in photographs, and they’re just adorable together. We had a great night for photos with perfect evening light and a really light cloud cover — which just added to the awesomeness that is Gabby and Keith. We shot at...

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What do you when it’s raining?

Nate and Maggie’s engagement session almost got rained out… twice. This time, we decided to go for it, despite the rain. So we got creative. We found indoor locations off the beaten path, braved the mist for a few minutes at a time, and had a lot of fun. See, Nate and Maggie are the...

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Bryan and Taryn’s Engagement

The rain held off, the light was lovely, and Bryan and Taryn were super fun. The photos… also fun. I love all of the shades of green everywhere right now, and their session was filled with all types of pretty greens! They’re tying the knot in Mexico in just a few weeks!  

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