ericamay | photography blog. » kansas city engagement photographer http://www.ericamay.com/blog The photography blog of www.ericamay.com Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:01:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Katie and Chuck’s engagement session in downtown Kansas City! http://www.ericamay.com/blog/katie-and-chucks-engagement-session-in-downtown-kansas-city/ http://www.ericamay.com/blog/katie-and-chucks-engagement-session-in-downtown-kansas-city/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:38:19 +0000 ericamay http://www.ericamay.com/blog/?p=7157 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 the new year and all that it will bring!

But right now, I’m excited to share Katie and Chuck’s engagement session images with you. Well, just a few of them. They braved the cold (it was freezing!) but are so sweet to each other that they didn’t mind snuggling up outside for some fun engagement photos in downtown Kansas City. The morning light was amazing, and Katie and Chuck couldn’t have been more fun to get to know. Here are just a few images from their session:

Katie and Chuck, you’re awesome! Thanks for a wonderful shoot, and for being such good sports in the cold! It was worth it. :)

]]> http://www.ericamay.com/blog/katie-and-chucks-engagement-session-in-downtown-kansas-city/feed/ 0 Kayley and Cody are engaged! http://www.ericamay.com/blog/kayley-and-cody-are-engaged/ http://www.ericamay.com/blog/kayley-and-cody-are-engaged/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:00:41 +0000 ericamay http://www.ericamay.com/blog/?p=7073 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 years together. She’s a light. She’s happy, easygoing, funny, and loves spending time with people she cares about. Cody is no different. He’s the kind of guy you meet and like right away, and obviously such a great fit for Kayley. We spent a freezing cold morning together with their brand new puppy, Dixie.

Congratulations, Kayley and Cody! I can’t wait for next October! :)

]]> http://www.ericamay.com/blog/kayley-and-cody-are-engaged/feed/ 2 Lauren and Ryan’s engagement session: an amazingly beautiful fall evening. http://www.ericamay.com/blog/lauren-and-ryans-engagement-session-an-amazingly-beautiful-fall-evening/ http://www.ericamay.com/blog/lauren-and-ryans-engagement-session-an-amazingly-beautiful-fall-evening/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:34:07 +0000 ericamay http://www.ericamay.com/blog/?p=6882 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 connected, and that they look like they do this every day. Lauren replied, “We do do this every day. Just not in front of a camera.”

I love that.

It’s fall here in the Kansas City area. And it’s my favorite time of year. Especially when I get to hang out with people like Lauren and Ryan, who know what it means to love each other well… and laugh a lot along the way.

Have I mentioned lately how much I love that this is my job? I’m so thankful.

I always get asked what kind of “filter” I use for shots like the next two. Secret: it’s not a filter. It’s using natural light in a really soft way, and shooting really close to leaves to create a little bit of haziness in between my lens and the cute couple.

Photography is all about light. Finding good light and knowing how to use it to convey an emotion, feeling, or mood is super important. For Lauren and Ryan’s shoot, there was an abundance of beautiful, golden, evening light. I used the sun behind them to create beautiful rim light, and also to add a dreaminess to the images that I wanted to feel more snuggly. Is that a word? :) Also, Lauren and Ryan are just awesome together.

Lauren and Ryan, thanks for asking us to be a part of telling your story. I hope you enjoyed this preview of your engagement session — more to come soon! Lauren, now you can stop refreshing your internet browser and get back to working on your dissertation. :)

]]> http://www.ericamay.com/blog/lauren-and-ryans-engagement-session-an-amazingly-beautiful-fall-evening/feed/ 1 Courtney and Chase’s Kansas City Engagement Photos! http://www.ericamay.com/blog/courtney-and-chases-kansas-city-engagement-photos/ http://www.ericamay.com/blog/courtney-and-chases-kansas-city-engagement-photos/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:28:02 +0000 ericamay http://www.ericamay.com/blog/?p=6620 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 Memorial and Union Station, so that’s where we decided to do their engagement session. It was a cloudy evening, and we had a few raindrops, but it was perfect for their shoot. We even got to shoot in front of the art installation in the park, which is only there for a few weeks (the shipping crates are a big sculpture). They also had to bring out their college sports teams loyalties — Chase to K-State, and Courtney to Oklahoma State. :) What a fun session! Here are just a few!

]]> http://www.ericamay.com/blog/courtney-and-chases-kansas-city-engagement-photos/feed/ 1 Mandi and Nathan’s Engagement Photos at Leawood Park! http://www.ericamay.com/blog/mandi-and-nathans-engagement-photos-at-leawood-park/ http://www.ericamay.com/blog/mandi-and-nathans-engagement-photos-at-leawood-park/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:52:09 +0000 ericamay http://www.ericamay.com/blog/?p=6359 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 just a few shots from their engagement session!

]]> http://www.ericamay.com/blog/mandi-and-nathans-engagement-photos-at-leawood-park/feed/ 0 Stacy and Daniel’s Sunset Engagement Session! http://www.ericamay.com/blog/stacy-and-daniels-sunset-engagement-session/ http://www.ericamay.com/blog/stacy-and-daniels-sunset-engagement-session/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:00:49 +0000 ericamay http://www.ericamay.com/blog/?p=6319 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 session, Stacy and Daniel knew they wanted to take photos during one of those times. We picked sunset, and I’m so glad we did, because the day we chose could not have had a more beautiful, colorful, changing sunset! I made a point of shooting silhouettes of Stacy and Daniel at different parts of the night so they could look back through a see the progression of the sunset on this night. I love how this set turned out!

We started when the sky looked like this:

Then, the sky did this:

Then, the sky just really started showing off. :)

I would definitely have this in my house as a huge canvas wrap.

These shots were taken after the sun had fallen and when most people would have stopped taking pictures. I love the pinkish light during twilight, and we had to keep shooting into the rich colors of that time of night!

And, finally, our session came to a close!

Stacy and Daniel, you are beautiful. And energetic (that one’s for you, Stacy!). :) And I can’t WAIT for the wedding next June!

]]> http://www.ericamay.com/blog/stacy-and-daniels-sunset-engagement-session/feed/ 2 Tamara and Royce’s engagement session in the River Market http://www.ericamay.com/blog/tamara-and-royces-engagement-session-in-the-river-market/ http://www.ericamay.com/blog/tamara-and-royces-engagement-session-in-the-river-market/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:32:06 +0000 ericamay http://www.ericamay.com/blog/?p=5963 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 really fun to photograph as a couple.

]]> http://www.ericamay.com/blog/tamara-and-royces-engagement-session-in-the-river-market/feed/ 3 Gabby and Keith’s Engagement Photos http://www.ericamay.com/blog/gabby-and-keiths-engagement-photos/ http://www.ericamay.com/blog/gabby-and-keiths-engagement-photos/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:30:27 +0000 ericamay http://www.ericamay.com/blog/?p=5698 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 Loose Park, where Keith proposed to Gabby.

]]> http://www.ericamay.com/blog/gabby-and-keiths-engagement-photos/feed/ 0 What do you when it’s raining? http://www.ericamay.com/blog/what-do-you-when-its-raining/ http://www.ericamay.com/blog/what-do-you-when-its-raining/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 00:50:47 +0000 ericamay http://www.ericamay.com/blog/?p=5615 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 kind of people who are up for an adventure. They’re the kind of people who laugh a lot with (and at…) each other. They’re the kind of people who are fun to be around, because they have an energy and enthusiasm for life. Individually, they’re really cool people. Together, they’re pretty awesome.

Here, they recounted what Maggie first thought of Nate… and how Nate first asked Maggie on a date:

They are the cutest:

And they let me get super close to their faces. They’re both so expressive, I wanted to capture that.

A little purple never hurt anyone… especially K-Staters. :)

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