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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

Kelly and Phillip’s Engagement!

What do you get when you combine two beautiful people, a gorgeous sunny spring evening, a neighborhood built around natural beauty, and a girl with a camera? You get Kelly and Phillip’s awesome engagement session. They were in town visiting family, and asked for an engagement session once they saw the gorgeous area where Phillip’s...

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Lori and Brian’s springtime engagement session

Lori and Brian are awesome. They love each other, they know how to have fun, and they are really great to photograph. Add in a gorgeous springtime evening at a park that recently turned green, and I’m a happy photographer! Here are some of my favorites… the first one is one of my all time...

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Sarah and Nic’s Kansas City Engagement Session!

Sarah and Nic like to laugh together. They’re super fun, and we had an awesome time at our shoot… they laughed a lot and joked a lot, and their personalities were really able to come through. There are a lot of great photos of Sarah and Nic both smiling nicely into the camera, but you...

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Kali and Joe’s engagement session in rural Kansas

Oh, boy. Kali and Joe’s engagement session was so. much. fun. I love when a couple says, “Sure, Erica, let’s drive around in the country looking for random spots that inspire you.” That’s what they did. And I’m so excited about the locations we found, the light the day before Spring officially began, and how...

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Jessica and Chris: Engagement Photos in Kansas City

Jessica and Chris wanted an engagement session that felt urban, but also outdoorsy, and that also incorporated their interest in wine. How do you do all of that in one session? Well, you start in the Crossroads, visit the sweet people at Cellar Rat, and then find some rural-looking areas next to a dog park....

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Jaymie and Daniel’s Downtown Kansas City Engagement

Jaymie and Daniel are a really fun couple. And they love each other… a lot! They’re so sweet to each other (and just sweet people in general), so I had a great time photographing their engagement. They’re tying the knot next fall on a beach in Mexico, but wanted some fun Kansas City engagement photos!...

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Mandi and Matt’s Country Sunset Engagement Session

Mandi and Matt are awesome. They trusted me completely with the location of their shoot, and I scouted some really cool spots out in the country west of the city. They wanted something that was natural and rustic, and I love the shots we got at sunset on a really perfect October day. Not only...

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Kate and Justin’s Fall Engagement Session

Kate and Justin make my job easy. They’re adorable together, fun, and comfortable. They were up for a little photo adventure, racing the sun before it set to find a nice “country” location. I won’t tell you where the last part of these photos were taken, because you’d be shocked… just imagine a really picturesque,...

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Kansas City Engagement: Kristin and Brad

This adorable engagement session was done on a gorgeous fall evening, starting at the Plaza in Kansas City and ending at a nearby park! Kristin and Brad were awesome, and I love the photos we captured of them together. I am excited for their wedding in April, which I know will be here before we...

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Laura and Brett’s Parkville Engagement Session

Photography is all about light. Good photos have good light… amazing photos have perfect light. My style of photography is all about relationships. Good photos look happy… amazing photos look romantic, joyful, tender, sweet, and engaging. This session combined all of those things — perfect light, amazing couple, great location, and on and on. I...

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