The Proposal Undercover Investigators (by kristie & liz)

Thursday night we got to have some photo fun! We had the pleasure of secretly covering the engagement of Manoli & Jessica. The entire evening was just so romantic. (Nice work Manoli! And congrats you two!)...

The set up:
Jessica received a letter & a rose before she left the house with her sister. The letter contained clues directing them to the Bread Company...where Liz was waiting patiently to photograph the unsuspecting bride-to-be. Another letter and rose was waiting for her at the bakery counter. I'm pretty sure she was looking around for Manoli, so Liz kept having to duck and hide behind walls, tables, people, you name it. (This undercover deal is more difficult than it looks!)

The girls left for the next stop...The Boathouse in Forest Park where Kristie was setting up the patrons to use as her "cover" for the photos. She actually pretended to take someone else's photo while capturing the girls receiving another letter & rose at the hostess stand.

Final stop...the beautiful gazebo in front of the Muny. Manoli had a friend row her out to the water surrounded gazebo where the groom-to-be was waiting at the top of rose petal covered steps, with romantic music in the air. It was beautiful, and well, absolutely perfect. And of course she said YES!

After we knew it was a "done deal" Manoli's and Jessica's parents, Liz and Kristie came out of hiding from the tall grass. This was so much fun for us...thanks for inviting us be a part of it Manoli. Many congrats you two both and your families!

Now on with the photos:

Jessica & Sam (by kristie)

Here is a sneak preview for Jessica & Sam. They were so much fun to photograph! We just ran around their backyard the whole time and came up with some silly ideas. And I have a new favorite quote ever... when we were close to being finished with the shoot, Sam says... "Are we really almost done, because I'm starting to enjoy this." That was great :-) Cracked me up. Hope you enjoy the photos:














And these two are for Jessica and Sam! :-)

411 for the Seniors (by kristie)

A new product for the High School Senior crowd... 411 Cards.
(they may look like business cards, but have nothing to do with "business" ;)

Instead of passing out wallets this year to all of your friends, pass out cards with your contact info to keep in touch Senior year and into college!

Each card is custom designed to fit your style. Below are just a few examples.

Sold in packs of 100. You can find out more under the portraits / pricing tab here.

What a fabulous digital photo gift! (by kristie)

This is the coolest digital frame I've seen yet... It makes an AWESOME gift for Grandparents (or the digitally challenged). You don't even need a computer or the internet to have it change photos daily for the owner! This little baby hooks into a phone line, and other family and friends can upload photos straight to it. It really does make the perfect Grandparent gift, especially for those out of town. Every day they can wake up to their digital frame with new photos sent from the family. Check it out at www.ceiva.com

Cordes Family (by kristie)

What beautiful weather we've been having in St. Louis! I feel like my Grandma that I keep talking about it, but come on, it's crazy for August! And we had another beautiful day for this family session.

Which by the way, they have the coolest swing set - well, you can't call it a swing set - coolest playground I have ever seen in a backyard. Right when I pulled in the driveway I actually said out loud to myself... sweeeeeeet!

Little Maggie just turned one and is quick on the move. And her big brother Henry is showing her how it's done. They are so cute and so full of energy... I'm actually not sure how mom and dad keep up. I only had to try for an hour ;)

Hope you enjoy the preview...