Mitchell & Dean!

Yesterday I got to photograph two of the cutest boys I know (2nd & 3rd to my own son!). Their parents, Justine & Jeff, are great friends of ours. It’s a special honor to photograph a friend’s family. So before I get sappy, let’s get to the boys…

Mitchell is 4 and Dean (below) will be 2 next month. Where has the time gone?

The heat was so bad we knew we wouldn’t have much time outside, so we did some shooting in the studio as well. I’m glad we did, got some nice moments.

 

I love when kids are comfortable enough to show me how they really feel.

And then we went outside…

Justine, thanks for your time! I not only love shooting the boys, but I love seeing you parent – you rock! Best, ie

AFQ wedding

A few weeks ago I photographed a wedding reception catered by my brother (Chef Andrew, from Andrew’s French Quarter). The reception was in Farmington at a banquet facility called Alexander’s which is part of the Farmington Factory. The building use to be a school, it’s huge and has a wide variety of retail space as well as the banquet facility and an art gallery. I only have photos of the banquet center, but you can learn more about the whole building at www.farmingtonfactory.com.

Enjoy these photos.

The term “banquet facility” is really misleading in this case.

Flowers by Connie Schwent, and they were fabulous!

Andy with the bride groom. As always, it’s a pleasure to work with you Andy!

Francis & Tony engaged!

Today I shot engagement portraits of Francis & Tony. They’re getting married at the Cathedral Basilica in October. They live in New York but Tony is from Chicago and Francis is from STL. In fact, Francis’ parents live just up the street from me – small world! So we met today and had some fun at Laumeier Sculpture Park. I’ve shot at Laumeier several times but never at the locations you are about to see. That’s one of my favorite challenges; shooting multiple clients at the same location but still making each client’s images look unique. Does that make sense? It does to me. Anyway, enjoy these images. We shot in several areas of the park, the birdcage graveyard was my favorite.

Of course I couldn’t resist the red.

Fracis & Tony, thanks so much for your time! I know your schedule is crazy when you’re in town so I appreciate you making time for our session. I hope you had a great visit with family. Travel safe & I’ll see you in October! Best, ie

Stephanie & Eric married!

This is going to be super-DUPER fast. Tonight Stephanie & Eric got married at Peace Lutheran in South County. Here’s some ie trivia: Peace Lutheran was the site of the first wedding I shot in STL… 10-ish years ago. Whoa. Enjoy these images, I’ll post more next week.

I love details…

Stunning.

And he adores her.

Stephanie & Eric, thanks so much for sharing your wonderful day with me! It was beautiful and I look forward to sharing more images! Have a great honeymoon, travel safe & I’ll see you when you return! Best, ie

Erin & Matt engaged!

This evening I shot Erin & Matt’s engagement photos. These two are so kind and clearly so in to each other. Matt absolutely adores Erin and Erin obviously loves Matt, seeing them interact was really fun – and I got photos! Enjoy these, I’ll try to keep my comments brief…

Great doors, great couple.

Great moment. Worth the risk, right Erin?

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

Matt & Erin thanks for your time this evening. You guys are so great and SUCH great sports! I look forward to your wedding! Best, ie