Matthew + Leah Edwardsville IL | Wedding Ceremony St Louis Wedding Photography | Dustin + Amanda Turner The forecast was a high of 107. It hadn’t rained for weeks, but today there was a 30% chance. The finishing touches took place and anticipation built for the Bride & Groom, soon they would see each other […]

I am a St. Louis Wedding Photographer and I want to provide my clients with not only the highest quality of engagement and wedding photography, but also an amazing experience! Part of that experience is their very own wedding website. The custom wedding website site provides an amazing way for couples to keep their friends and family […]

Allison + Chad Gardens at SIUE Edwardsville | Engagement Session St Louis Wedding Photography | Dustin + Amanda Turner Allison and Chad are high school sweet hearts that have been together ever since. Chad, a year older than Allison, would see her in the hallways. Then they found themselves as friends of friends, easily leading […]

  Melissa + Brian Tower Grove Park | Engagement Session | Soulard St Louis Wedding Photography | Dustin + Amanda Turner Melissa and Brian met one fateful evening with the dulcet tones of karaoke in the background. The time passed all too quickly and Brian, acting decisively, made sure to get Melissa’s number before they […]

Matthew + Leah Edwardsville IL | Summer Engagement Session Matthew and Leah grew up in the same town and went to the same school. Years passed by with little more than casual glances and cordial greetings, but one unremarkable evening they ended up talking at length. And it is just that simple,  new light was […]

My baby robin. I think I’ll name him, Grumpy. A baby robin has been around our house for the past week or so. We got home from an out-of-town trip on a cool beautiful evening, brought in our luggage and then I grabbed the watering can to give a drink to the flowers and vegetable garden. […]

“Will you marry me?”  This question ushers in a time full of happiness, excitement, and anticipation. It is a special time that you will reflect back on even years and decades later, after your wedding day. An engagement session documents this period, the beginning steps toward your becoming husband & wife. They are your first […]

After five years together, I find it fascinating how my husband and I have become more alike or perhaps, have found more ways we are alike. Our sense of humor, our taste in food, and even how we can observe situations and know what the other is thinking, sometimes with less than a glance. Yet, […]

Ed and Sylvia have been married for forty years! When Ed + Sylvia’s granddaughter Maya approached me about taking some family pictures as a 40th anniversary present, I was very excited! How sweet of her! And then I thought, wow, 40 years! And what a beautiful family, with an addition on its way! Maya put […]

After taking Ben and Debbie’s engagement pictures on what seemed to be the only cold day we had this winter, I wondered what type of weather we would have for their wedding. One week prior, we had record-breaking heat. Would it be blisteringly hot? Would we have snow? Would it rain skittles? Yet, the day of, as […]