TASTE- Overland Park Photographer

In June I had the honor of photographing a really great event. It was called TASTE and was a benefit for The Kansas City Autism Training Center which is a really neat school for Autistic children.

I went and took photos there a couple of months ago and was so impressed with what they do there. The ratio is 1-1 which is incredible and expensive maintain. What they do there is so amazing, I think anyone that has had a special needs child would understand what it takes to have one on one care for their child all day. These parents have to really sacrifice sometimes in order to give this kind of schooling to their children, but it is so worth it.

The fundraiser was a success and a lot of fun. There was a fashion show, amazing food provided by Lon Lanes Inspired Occasions (which was soooo good!), Photo booth and a beautiful Martini Ice Bar created by Cool Carvings. Great music was provided by Kenneth Ham of DJ Kreations. (All links to follow)

The event was orchestrated by Laura Van Zante and Emily McNulty of Moxi Events and they were really amazing and soooo great to work with. I highly recommend them for any event large or small that you want to be extraordinary. They have a contact in KC and St. Louis.

Kansas City Autism Training Center
Catering: Lon Lanes Inspired Occasions
DJ: DJ Kreations
Ice Sculpture: Cool Carvings
Event Space Host: Arsalon Technologies
Photo Booth: Say Cheez Photobooth
Mercedes Giveaway: Aristocrat Motors
Coordinators: Moxi Events


Now, onto the photos!


Arsalon Technologies



I'm pretty sure these girls are from HERLife Magazine!













I was really hoping the Mercedes winner would be there...what a great shot that would have been. But they weren't! :(


Some of the wonderful teachers of KcATC...and their husbands!! :)

Lon Lanes did such an amazing job. The presentation was beautiful, the servers were incredibly friendly...and those chocolate cookies below. OMG, soooo good!!! I could have eaten 20.



The slideshow from my visit to the school. The kids were so wonderful!!

I cant go on about the food enough...

Some of my amazing clients got to spend a night out there!! So glad they could come!!








If you were at this event and would like to see more go to www.luckyphotographer.net and click on clients. There will be a thumbnail to click on to view them all. Remember, for each image ordered $1 will go to KcATC.

Oh and to my sister...THANK YOU for coming with me!

On the Farm..part 1 ~ Topeka Family Photography

I think almost 7 years had been how long it was since I'd seen Jenny. Thats waaaayyy to long. Jenny and I have been friends since 4th grade. She knows lots of things about me, and we have tons of inside jokes...so it was so fun to see her. She now is married to a wonderful man and they have a beautiful new baby girl in addition to her adorable son. She lives in Texas now, and I think we should visit very soon!!!

Alana, is Jenny's best friend (and we all went to high school together!). Her son is so cute...I mean look down at that face?? He is busy, and reminds me of my middle son....it gets easier Alana....a little!

I'm going to post more soon, but they have been waiting so patiently I had to get some up!!!







These totally crack me up!!


I have no clue what happened to the website on this one!

Sometimes we need a reminder...

of how wonderful life is.

How grateful we should be.

How important our family is.

How special the everyday moments are.

What makes a personal beautiful.

That everyday is a gift.

This video has made the blogging rounds as of late, but I cant help sharing it again. I personally need reminding of these things DAILY. I read Stephanie Nielson's blog periodically before her accident. I remember liking it then, and even remember seeing her featured on another photographers blog I read. She had the most AMAZING photos of her family taken. I remember hearing about her accident thru the blogging community and was so sad for her. Now reading her blog is such an inspiration, I believe one purpose of her life now is to be an inspiration to others but especially mothers. Mothers who forget about the importance of the little things, and take for granted the importance of what we are to our children.

She has made this video and I just love it. I personally am not part of this religion but whatever religion you practice this video will speak to you. Hope it makes you feel grateful today.

Time has flown by.....

in many ways. First, time has flown since I've posted on this blog. It's been way too long! I had a little break from sessions of my own but spent some of that time shooting 7 weddings with the wonderful Jessica Roark of epagaFOTO. We always have lots of fun, and even got to go out of town for the weekend which a mother of 3 can really enjoy!!

Time has also flown by since I've started this business. I realized that it has officially been 2 years since I have "taken money" for photography! :) It doesn't really seem possible, but it's exciting to think about how things have changed and improved!! (hopefully!!!!)

The reason for realizing this passing of time was photographing the following cutie. Those that have followed the blog for awhile have seen her growing up and it was just about exactly 2 years ago that I shot her in utero which was one of my first "big girl" shoots. Doesn't seem possible. Now she is almost 2 (August) and cuter than ever!!







Couldn't decide which of these I liked better. I just love them!





Sporting her Matilda Jane clothes....which are so fun to photograph!!



With her beautiful mommy!








Now for the outtakes!!! This girl is sooo funny! She has so much energy, and makes the most hysterical faces. I laughed several times as I was loading her files....I had to share a couple!!

What an April!! ~ Overland Park Family Photographer

This month has been sooooo crazy!! If your waiting on something...it's coming! I promise! My last shoot was of a special friend of mine and her teenage son! I cant believe he is a teenager!!! It was way too long since her and I had seen one another so it was really fun to get together! :)

I love the images we got of them! The first one is my fave!









How pretty is she...the hair is perfect!!!!