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Lindsey & Joe | 9.24.11

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:12:28 +0000

Who: Lindsey Naylor & Joseph Finger What: Wedding When: 9.24.11 Where: Country Club Methodist Church/The President Hotel Photographer: Doug

Lindsey & Joe | One Photo

doug — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:35:59 +0000

Who: Lindsey Naylor & Joseph Finger What: Wedding When: 9.24.11 Where: Kansas City Photographer: Doug

Here’s a photo as a quick sneak peek. I’ll post more next week.

~ Doug

Andrea & Mark

doug — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:08:35 +0000

Hare are a few pictures from Andrea & Mark’s engagement shoot in the West Bottoms. Mark may look familiar, as he was best man at Chynna & Andrew’s wedding last November.

Thanks for a fun shoot!

~ Doug

Patrick & Holly

doug — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:10:43 +0000

Photographing another photographer's wedding is awesome. I've had the honor to shoot several photographers' weddings and it's always fun. They think visually, of course, so typically the venue has great access and is beautiful. Last night was no exception. Patrick (p.binder.photography) and Holly's wedding was at The Jones, which is an uber-cool urban location, perched on top of a parking garage at 13th and Main, with green-space that is managed by the city.

Patrick has been a friend of ours for a while. But it just so happens that he is also the younger brother of our fabulous friend Elle of Elle Silverworks.

This wedding was also fun because all of Kdog got to shoot it. It was great to see what each of us took away from the wedding and it made for a very well-rounded shoot.

Holly & Patrick wore Chucks – but only Patrick wore what he called "cool socks".

The original wedding shoes in-hand, the Chucks comfortably on foot.

Philip helps give Patrick a boost so he can peer over the wall. Who says your photographer can't be helpful, too?

I absolutely LOVE this shot of Patrick tying his tie. Rachel shot this with a 50mm 1.2 — it is beautifully in- and out-of-focus in all the right places.

Holly's mom in the foreground with Holly in the background.

The ceremony space, which was adjacent to The Jones, was SO cool. It had such a neat urban feel, yet a neat and clean field-like feel. I love the buildings surrounding the space…

… and towering over it.

Such a cute couple!

I love this hugging shot and it wasn't until later that I realized it was my wife who was doing the hugging!

Philip did some really cool portraits (more on that later). This is one of his fun portraits of Elle, Patrick's sister.

There was a "pillow room" at The Jones. Philip did some portraits here, too. Looks comfy, doesn't it?

When you enter into The Jones, you go through what I call the Blue Room. It is lit by dozens of blue LED lights and was a fun place to do some quick portraits of the couple.

A portrait of Patrick in the bathroom, of course.

Well, you can't have a reception with a pool and not have people get wet… Here, Patrick, stripped out of his suit, take the plunge into the pool.

A friend of the groom's jumped into the pool in full-dress. Love it!

Patrick and Holly — it was loads of fun to document your wedding day. Thanks for making us a part of it! ~ Doug

Ashley & Atirek

doug — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:10:04 +0000

I think Ashley & Atirek have stumbled upon something GENIUS – a morning wedding!

Though it's been a cooler summer than most, morning weddings are awesome, especially in the summertime. This wedding was awesome for that reason and many more. Below are a smattering of some of my favorite photos from the day.

The dress was amazing – and, of course, Ashley looked AMAZING in it.

How cool is that?!

I love this moment – mom and dad watching their little girl as she gets ready to walk down the aisle.

Ashley's dad and little brother helped her down the stairs and walked her down the aisle.

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I love this, too – both Ashley & Atirek are playing with their wedding rings, right after the ceremony.

Thank you, Ashley & Atirek, for having me photograph your wedding – you all were so much fun to document!

~ Doug

Just for Her Expo

doug — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:58:40 +0000

We set up a Quickie Photo Booth at the Just for Her Expo last week and had a fabulous time shooting portraits of folks at the Expo. Here are a few of my favorites:

Swirling Tree

admin — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

While on a senior shoot I had a chance to make an arty photo as I was waiting for my subject to change into a new outfit. Using my lensebaby (a fun "old-fashioned" lens that lets you throw certain parts of the frame out of focus), I composed the photo below.

~ Doug

Ashley & Ryan – 09.06.08

admin — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:15:22 +0000

FINALLY! We teased you with one image a couple of weeks ago. We finally have the rest of the images to show. Don't worry — we won't post all 900 of them. (Friends and family will be able to view all of them in the couple's private viewing gallery when they go online.)

Ashley is my wife's cousin and a real sweetheart. I've known Ryan now for a few years – he keeps winning all my poker money from me at our annual Thanksgiving poker tournament (we'll stop "letting" him win now that he's family). Ashley & Ryan are a great couple and it was an honor that Ashley picked me to photograph her wedding.

Below are some of our favorite photos from the wedding.

Ashley chats on the phone before her make-up and hair start.

Hair prep – doesn't look great now, but by the time the wedding rolled around, everyone was perfect.

A detail shot of the dress.

I love this shot…

Ashley and her sisters walk to the elevator and head to the church.

While riding down in the elevator, the man jokes that it seems he's the subject of my photo. In a way he was, I used a fish-eye lens to capture the whole scene.

Detail of Ryan's jacket:

How cute is HE??!??!?!

Ashley arriving at the church.

Ryan watches as the wedding party comes down the aisle.

Ashley's dad, Kevin, waits to escort his first-born daughter down the aisle.

The Cathedral in downtown KC.

Ryan's mom hugs him after the ceremony.

Boy, the left-most flower girl sure is exceptionally pretty, isn't she My daughter loved getting to dress the part of a princess for the night.

I love shooting reflections and mirrors. Here Ashley and the gang are getting ready to walk the Sky Bridge to the reception.

OK, I rarely photograph in bathrooms, but this "portrait" of the groomsmen was just too funny to pass up.

Father-daughter dances are always special to me. This time, this one was even more so.

Ashley & Ryan, I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek at a small sampling of photos. We'll have more for you soon. Congrats!

~ Doug & Rachel

Molly

admin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:44:41 +0000

Here are some photos from a very special pet portrait I did. Molly is deaf, blind and very old. She's also very dear to her owner, so we spent some time at Loose Park playing ball, hanging out and photographing some great memories.

~ Doug

Point ‘n Shoot

admin — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:56:00 +0000

I try to take my little point and shoot camera on vacations with me for when I don't want to bring my "real" camera. My Olympus doesn't have the best photo quality, but it makes up for that in other ways. You can literally drop the camera from 6 feet onto concrete and shoot with it like nothing happened. AND, you can shoot underwater with it, which makes it the ultimate vacation camera. Here's a picture of my daughter from our Florida vacation:

Check out the previous blog for more shots taken out in the water. (I didn't get to go on the Girls Weekend – but my camera did.)

~ Doug