Heather & Kevin - Wedding

Heather & Kevin's day was a blur of fun, love and laughs!

Thank you so much for letting me spend the whole day with you as your photographer! I had a blast!

Here are some of my favorites from their big day...


Getting ready


The dress


Dress details were amazing


Heather and her mom sharing a last minute together before the ceremony. Love this.


The ladies!


The groom (top, far right) and his men!


One more of the guys...


Getting married!


Husband and Wife!


Ooo la la! Romantic!


Kevin was the sweetest guy! Can't you just feel the love?




When we got to the reception, the hazy clouds seemed to have melted... it seems like we never see bight blue skies here in KC... so when Larissa (my assistant photog) and I saw this we dropped everything but our main cameras and started shooting! It only lasted for another hour then everything went all hazy again.



I have to post this photo because Heather and Kevin were the first couple I've ever had do the whole... cake in the face thing!


Which was apparently a big crowd-pleaser!


For some reason, I love this shot.


The location was gorgeous outside... Heather loved this spot, so we grabbed a quickie here!


First Dance


Love this... so sweet!











THANKS HEATHER AND KEVIN! You guys rock!

Wedings Season!

October has been the busiest month for me this whole year! I'll be blogging lots of weddings in the next few days...

Here are two sneak peeks!

Heather & Kevin...


Leann & Wes...


Stay tuned ;)

Theresa & Nick

Wow... where to start with Theresa and Nick?

Theresa was the first bride to book me as her official professional wedding photographer! I had only shot 1 other wedding in the whole history of my life... but somehow, someway... Theresa just knew that I was the one for her. When we sat down at our first consultation, she asked to see some more of my wedding images. I didn't have a website, blog... or anything except a few photos on a myspace page. Embarrassingly, I said, "Here are some shots that I took at my last (only!) wedding" .... We scanned the images on my lap top and after a while she replied, "Do you have any more?" .... "Um. Nope!" But because of my rediculously good looking good looks and amazing personality (Whaaat?!) she just couldn't say no to me! And with that, she booked for her wedding to come the next fall.

So a long time past, and Theresa watched me finally get a blog... a website... and quite a few weddings under my belt.

And here we are tonight! The beautiful, bubbly, cheery, silly, quirky Theresa is now married happily to the genius, goofy, exploding ball of energy... Nick.

I can't thank you enough T, for having faith in me, trusting me and believing in me... even when there wasn't much to believe in! I'm so glad we've become friends and I'm excited to see the good things to come for you and Nick! Congrats!!!









This shot captures Nick in a nutshell...






Get'n wild with the ladies...






It rained pretty much the whole afternoon... Look at these troopers!



Fortunately, Theresa had bought all the girls parasols as a gift! Those definitely came to good use... and made for some super cute shots!



Back at the church things were a little warmer. The flower girl was adorable... check out those big blue eyes! I could have shot this cutie all day!



The ceremony was absolutely beautiful...


And Theresa left no detail unplanned.
I love how she chose this very pure, clean, bright organic look for the reception...





Thank you so much Theresa and Nick! I'll see you soon!

PS: I still have your umbrella you let me borrow that day!

Ashley and her men! ;)

A couple Sundays ago, I spent a couple hours or so with 6 wonderful people... And even in that short period of time, I experienced an overwhelming amount of unconditional love, passion, playfulness... and a very deep connection intertwined with a familiarity only found in the closest of families.

Here are just a few of my favorite shots! Trust me, it was hard to pick just a few.


This shot just happened when I wasn't really looking for it! these boys are BOYS... all caps!!!






Woo Woo! We had to sneak off away from the kiddos for a little...



Can't you feel the llooooveee! :)



One of my most faves!!! I love Tanner is kicking is boots up in the air!


THANKS SO MUCH!!! I had a blast with you all... Thanks for giving me a glimpse into your wonderful, crazy, love-filled lives!

xoxo
Claire Elizabeth Ryser

Family Time!

The Porter Family
Lee's Summit

OK. Let me just start this post off by saying that this is seriously one of my most favorite shoots ever! This family was sooo up for doing anything and even threw tons of cool ideas at me. I had a blast all afternoon with you guys. Check out some of my favorites (it was sooo hard to choose just a few!) and you'll see why I LOVE what I do.

THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU GUYS... this shoot was super fun. Enjoy your delicious family photos!


The next few photos amaze me!
These photos were not retouched... just a little bit of contrast here and there... those eyes are the real deal!!! What cuties!

Maddie


Evan






Love these yummy colors!!!.... Wrong end Evan!


I saw these huge lollies at the store and totally couldn't pass them up. Over a pound of beautiful solid sugar. mmm hhmm. lol




OMG! Look at these eyes! I LOVE this father / son shot.



ARE YOU SERIOUS? Cuteness overload!



This is another FAV of mine. I have so many from this shoot.


You guys ROCK! Seriously, Nathan had so many fun ideas and these guys were willing to try ANYTHING.


I LOVE THIS! Ahhh!


I'm so jealous of your adorableness! Could these two be any sweeter?


Another favorite...


AWWWW!!!