Fall family portraits in St. Louis mean beautiful color and unpredictable weather, sometimes seventy degrees, sometimes forty, often both in the same week. Here’s how to dress so the photos hold up regardless. Layer, don’t match. Matching outfits read flat in photos. Instead, pick two or three colors from the same family, deep reds, rust,…
Most couples haven’t hired a wedding photographer before. Why would they have? So before the wedding, we talk. That’s the pre-event consult, and it does more work than people expect from a single conversation. Here’s what actually happens on that call. We walk your day, start to finish. Where you’re getting ready, where the ceremony…
Short answer: you don’t have to figure this out. I book the whole day, start to finish, and whatever that adds up to is what it adds up to. No clock-watching, no upsell for an extra hour when your reception runs long. It’s a milestones-not-minutes way of doing this. That’s not how most photographers work,…
Short answer: probably, and not for the reason you’d think. It’s not about looking done up for the sake of it. It’s about how skin actually reads under camera flash and daylight, and how a full day of tears, sweat, and humidity holds up on your face by hour eight. Regular makeup and camera-ready makeup…
Many couples ask whether they should do a first look. While it’s a little “untraditional,” it can be one of the best decisions you make for a calmer wedding day. A first look lets you handle key portraits before the ceremony (while hair and makeup are fresh), creates breathing room in the timeline, and gives you a quiet, meaningful moment together before everything begins.
Getting ready shouldn’t feel like a sprint. A few smart choices ahead of time can help you look your best and keep the morning calm: even tanning (no surprise lines), a hair/makeup trial, accessories decided early, shoes broken in, and a simple plan to eat and hydrate.
An unplugged wedding means guests put phones and cameras away during the ceremony, no exceptions, no one filming from the aisle. It sounds like a small request. It changes more than people expect. You get your own aisle back. Nothing ruins a walk-down-the-aisle photo like a sea of raised phones blocking guests’ faces, or a…
A second photographer isn’t a luxury add-on. It’s coverage insurance for a day that happens in more than one place at once. Two locations, one moment. While the groom’s getting ready across town, the bride’s getting ready somewhere else. A second photographer means both stories get told, not just one while the other happens completely…
Every couple planning a wedding hits the moment where they’re staring at a budget spreadsheet, wondering where to cut. Photography often ends up on that list. Here’s the case for why it shouldn’t be first. Everything else from the day is temporary. The flowers die within a week. The cake is gone by the end…
Wedding photographers throw around terms like they’re common knowledge. They’re not. Here’s what actually matters, in plain language. First look. A private moment where you and your partner see each other before the ceremony, instead of at the altar. Some couples want the aisle moment. Others want the quiet one, just the two of you,…