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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 portrait photographer

Lisa and her sisters!

It’s the best thing to spend time with people who are so full of life. Like Lisa, who never stopped smiling during our whole shoot, who laughed a lot, and who was just a joy to photograph. People who are so full of life, like Lisa and her two sisters, Sarah and Emily — who...

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The Lovely Laura

I recently taught a private photography lesson, and Laura was our model. She was perfect for it. She’s a photographer herself, and was super confident and tons of fun to photograph. The light was SO golden before the sun set, and I was really into backlighting the images and leaving the really golden hues. We...

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Kansas City Senior Photos: Jenny

Jenny is a beautiful girl with a very bright future ahead of her. I loved hearing about her plans for school, and to go do very big things in the world. The best part is, even after meeting her for just a few minutes, I believe that she’ll do it. And more. Jenny’s session was...

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Kansas City Senior Photos: Jay

Jay’s senior photo session at Antioch Park was a lot of fun. Jay was really easygoing, has a great smile, and was really fun to photograph. It was a great late afternoon with beautiful light! Here are a few of my favorites from the shoot.

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Kansas City Headshots: Andrea

When I first knew Andrea, she was afraid of cameras. Or at least very, very camera shy. She just wasn’t comfortable with it, but she agreed to let me take some portraits of her, because I needed practice. I convinced her to let me take her photos one evening when we were in college, because...

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Family Portraits on the Farm!

One of the best parts about family photos is getting to take photos of families more than once and capture their kids growing up and the family at different stages. This is the third time I’ve been able to take photos of this beautiful family, and I’m so thankful that they keep asking me to...

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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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Family photos at home: Kansas City family photographer

I’m sure I’ve said it before, and I’m positive I’ll say it again: I love shooting family photos in a family’s home! Since my style of photography is more of a documentary format, I love being able to do little mini-documentaries of families doing what they do best — being themselves! I approach family portraits...

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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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