I had the amazing opportunity to be a part of a special group of about 30 photographers, stylists, retouchers and other
volunteers who all came together for one day in early December to donate our time to a number of different charities.
Help Portrait was started by international advertising photographer Jeremy Cowart. “Help Portrait is a movement of
photographers who are using their time, equipment and expertise to give back to those who are less fortunate”.
I was one of only 8 photographers and I think we all got more out of this experience than we could have ever expected.
Stay tuned for our behind the scenes video of the day.

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Congratulations to both Laurie & Craig on their wonderful wedding. What a way to
end our 2009 wedding season! Again these two were just amazing and so much fun
to work with. We started out at St. Elizabeth of Hungary and ended at the Randall Art Gallery,
with a few other downtown stops in between. Congratulations again and we can’t wait to start
designing their album!

Florist • Tina Berrera
DJ • Complete Music DJ’s
Dress • Simply Elegant Bridal
Transportation • GEM Transportation
Reception • Randall Art Gallery

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Well let me just start out by saying that I wish all weddings could run as smoothly as this one. Kim and Nick were so
easy to work with and they couldn’t have been any more pleasant. It also didn’t hurt that Simply Elegant Events did an
amazing job coordinating the day.
We began the day at The Immacolata Church and finished at Moulin and we were able to get some wonderful images
in between at Tower Grove Park with the 30 minutes of sunlight that we had.
Congratulations Kim and Nick!

Florist • St Louis Blooms
Cakes & Cupcakes • Knodel’s Bakery
Dress • The Ultimate Bride
Band • Downtime Band
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It is always fun when you get to photograph people that you have a prior relationship
with and this engagement session was no different. I used to coach Cole back in his
high school basketball days for the Gateway Basketball Club. Now Cole is all grown up
and marrying a gorgeous woman, Beth. They brought along their two dogs as we had
a blast with everybody on a gorgeous fall day in Forest Park.

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Danielle & Michael were great but I think we all agreed that the star of the day
went to their miniature English Bulldog Brooklyn. These two (I mean three) may
have been the cutest couple ever and it was so much fun photographing them all.
Hopefully Brooklyn will make an appearance on their wedding day, I’m thinking ring bearer!

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