Just as a reminder, I will be out of the office from 11/26 - 11/30. I will return to the office on Monday morning!!
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Last-Minute Session Opening for 11/23
November 20, 2008 – 10:37 pm
I just thought I’d let all my blog-stalkers know that I have a last-minute portrait session opening for this Saturday, midday (around 11am or 12pm). This would be perfect for an indoor session or an outdoor session in an urban area with lots of open shade.
St Louis Family Portraits - {Cora & Caelan}
November 11, 2008 – 3:12 am
I loved hanging out with these two girls. They were so calm (and soooo different than my household:). Between Cora’s sweet smile and Caelan’s beautiful eyes and funny ham faces, it was difficult to get a bad picture.
The difference…
November 6, 2008 – 7:00 pm
My husband and I are almost polar opposites - so much so that it amazes me that our relationship works as well as it does.
I needed to make a deposit into a savings account that we jointly share. All of my accounts have a nice, neat little folder with a printed label clearly attached at the top and they are kept in a filing cabinet. But this one account is not because it used to be Andrew’s that he started in high school and I really don’t have much to do with it even though my name has been added to the account.
So, I say to Andrew, “Hey, do you happen to know the account number to the First Community savings account is?”
He says, “You mean MY savings account.”
I say, “No, I mean the savings account that has BOTH of our names on it and BOTH of our money in it and that belongs to BOTH of us.”
“Sure.” And he proceeds to walk into our bedroom closet, open up his underwear drawer and take out an envelope that has his, er… I mean OUR quarterly statements in it.
“Nice filing system,” I said.
“Thanks.” And he walked away like it wasn’t just weird that he pulled a financial statement out of the same place as his underoos.
Sorry if that was too much information for you, but I just had to share a little insight into the Hendrix household.
St Louis Child Portraits - {Chloe}
November 4, 2008 – 2:57 am
I had a chance to photograph my little girlfriend Chloe the other day again. I saw her back in June and her mom brought her back for some fall portraits. I have too many favorites to list them all, so I’ll just leave you with the one that I just can’t stop looking at.
St Louis Wedding - {Larissa + Mike}
November 3, 2008 – 5:48 am
Get comfortable folks - this is going to be a long one. I had the chance to photograph Larissa & Mike’s wedding a few weeks ago and it was fabulous. Not only were the bride and groom gorgeous and sweet, but they also were totally on board with my style and completely relaxed, which made my job so enjoyable.
First, of course, the rings. I love the texture of the wood behind the rings on this one.
Next up, Larissa getting help with her wedding dress. I think she almost drowned in all the tulle:)
The beautiful architecture of the St. Francis Xavier Church on the St Louis University Campus, where Larissa & Mike graduated.
The grand departure.
I love it when I can set up a wedding party without everyone looking formal and lined up like they’re suspects at a police station.
I love this door and this shot.
The new Mr. & Mrs. Riley!!!
The beautiful details on the bridesmaid’s flowers, by Rachel Flowers.
It’s all about the shoes, isn’t it?
I love that I get to spend so much time with the couple in between the ceremony and reception. It makes for a long day, but the couple gets to actually relax and enjoy each other on their wedding day.
I told Larissa to act like she was 5 and twirl around in her dress - I think she got the hang of it.
I love setting up this shot in urban areas - it takes a few seconds to get the settings right, but it’s usually so worth it.
Some fun in front of the fabulous Fox Theater.
And everyone had a great time at the Franklin Room for the reception.
I’ll be honest - I don’t know exactly who these two young women were, but I captured this photo of them and it just makes me smile everytime I see it.
Thanks to Larissa and Mike and to all of their wedding party, their families and their guests. And a special thanks to Mike’s Uncle and his family who walked me the 8 blocks to my car after the reception. Soulard was having their Oktoberfest that day and nearby parking was not an option and I was really not excited about lugging all my gear around Soulard at night. Thanks for the escort!!
Halloween’s Coming…..
October 29, 2008 – 7:04 pm
And I hope everyone feels very safe since there will be 3 superheroes protecting our streets on Halloween Night. We decided to dress the kids up as superheroes this year. So, they got to pick from an entire list of superheroes. Emma decided to be Supergirl, Clyde wanted to be Spiderman, and Nolan is Batman. After not getting ANY good pictures of my kids together last year, I took time out of my busy fall season to actually take pictures of my own kids (imagine that!). So, we invaded downtown Eureka, politely trespassed on a couple of properties, and waved to all the folks who were very entertained by my little protectors. Nolan wasn’t too thrilled at first, but quickly caught on and became the life of the show, as usual. Here are some pics as well as the link to the slideshow. I apologize in advance for my inability to cull down photos of my own kids (it’s so hard when they are your own:).
More Senior Portraits
October 13, 2008 – 7:56 pm
I wanted to do a follow-up post to Katie’s senior portraits below. Besides having a very stunning natural beauty to her, Katie also has the most contagious laugh. Of course, it helped that she had her mom and vivacious aunt who were doing obscene things behind me in order to make her laugh (sorry to any passerbys that were subject to our crazy behavior that day). Sorry, I didn’t get a chance to take a picture of the jesters:)
St Louis Senior Portraits
October 13, 2008 – 7:40 pm
I’m finally getting my head above water around here, so I’m able to blog a few images from my recent senior session with Katie. She was a blast to work with. Here are a few of my favorites:
Fall Session Availability
October 6, 2008 – 3:59 am
Hello All,
Here’s a list of sessions that are still available for the fall season. Please call to verify that the date/time you are interested in is still available. A signed portrait agreement and the session fee is due to reserve your session. Sessions in September and October use the normal pricing. Sessions held in November and December are required to purchase the Holiday Collection.
I will try to update this post and bump it up as sessions are taken:)
Happy Scheduling:)
~Karen
September
8th - afternoon
9th - late morning
11th - midday or afternoon
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26th - late morning
October
5th - afternoon
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November
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