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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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Jenna and Pat!

Jenna and Pat are so much fun. We had an awesome time at our session, laughed a lot, had a little run-in with some huge bumble bees, talked about Twilight and Harry Potter, and also captured some adorable photos of them in the process. They’ve been married for about two and a half years, have...

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Rachel and Ryan’s Outdoorsy Engagement Session

They love natural scenery. They love K-State. They love each other. They love Mexican food. We’re going to get along great. I met up with Rachel and Ryan to capture some relaxed, fun portraits of them for their engagement session. They told me they wanted them to be natural, earthy, and unposed. I think we...

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Great photos can happen anywhere.

What do I do when I have about 15 minutes to take photos at 1 p.m. on a sunny, bright day in a town I’m not familiar with? I improvise! My best friend Kasie and her husband Aleks have just recently celebrated their 2-year wedding anniversary. We’ve made it a goal to take photos of...

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Victoria in Kansas City’s River Market Area

With clouds looming in the distance, and a weather forecast that promised no rain in Kansas City until noon, Victoria and I set out for a portrait session in the City Market area of Kansas City, Missouri. She’s visiting from Virginia this week, and wanted some updated head shots for her involvement in several organizations,...

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Kansas City Portraits: Bree and Brian, Columbus Park

It’s hard to believe that it was over two years ago that Bree and Brian got married, and I got to shoot their wedding. It’s hard to believe how quickly life changes and we find ourselves in a new place — somewhere maybe very different than where we imagined just a few short years before!...

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When she’s 75… she’ll love these.

My best friend’s birthday was Saturday. Since it’s my job to capture the lives of people around me, I talked her into letting me take her portraits on her birthday… one day during a time in her life that she’ll love looking back on when we’re older, and everything is different, and we’re still best...

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Merry Christmas: A Video Christmas Card!

Merry Christmas! We wanted to come up with a fun way to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, so we put together this silly little video (using Jeff’s new videography equipment, of course!) of us decorating our house and doing the things we do at Christmas time. You’ll even see a little drive through...

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