This picture I hope gives you a sense of the beauty we were able to enjoy during Brett and Sierra’s engagement shoot. This area of beautiful Manhattan, Kansas is the Konza Prairie and is also the location where Brett proposed to Sierra. They have a great story about this, as in some of the coming pictures you will see to get to the point where the proposal happened some hiking is involved! Brett and Sierra were a lot of fun and were willing to do what I asked of them even when that meant getting covered in little green pods from the variety of prairie plants. Without further hesitation here is a series of photos from our time together.

I love this tree! I’m not sure what it is about the tree, it’s not large, it doesn’t have anything really special about it; but it stands alone there, and it’s unique. Every time I come out to the Konza I think about how I want to photograph someone by it, and I finally got my chance!

On the left you can see the hill you have to climb to get to the highest point in the prairie (which isn’t terribly high but it’s still quite a hike!) and on the right you can see the spot where Brett proposed!

The view from the top!

On the left here, I told them to give me the ‘what now!’ pose…Epic! On the right you get to see their true personality.

From the prairie we went off to a railroad bridge where unfortunately the light was fading quick, we did manage to grab a few shots before we lost all light.

When I met with Brett and Sierra, I asked them what they loved to do for fun; what they enjoyed and often did together. Their answer was that they loved to watch movies, so we decided to set up a movie night to finish things up!

I hope you enjoyed the photos, and congratulations Brett and Sierra! May God bless your marriage and your lives!

Our location after the afternoon shower, a little wet but we can work with that!

A little water can create a great reflective surface, these are a couple of my favorite shots!

I hope you enjoyed the photos, I truly enjoyed capturing them! Thanks again Russel and Erin for choosing me to capture your memories!

I debated on whether to start on this one or end on it. I absolutely love black and white photographs and so these were a couple of my favorites.

and for one last set…

I hope you all enjoyed the pictures. Kyle and Jacqueline you both are very dear to my heart, thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of your wedding day! The entire collection of images will be up at the end of the day.

You can view all the photos from the day by clicking here to visit the prints page!

I’ll have the main post up soon with many more images!

Janelle B and Family

We got to play a little on this session and there was plenty of laughing and silliness!

And here’s a couple of my favorites from this Families session.

Shaunta M and Son

Thanks to both of these Families for a fantastic time, I hope you too enjoy these photos!

I am definitely looking forward to doing some more of these shoots. The men and women of our armed services, and their children as well, sacrifice so much for this Country and for each of us who enjoy the benefits of their hard work. I hope this is a little something that I can give back to them!

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Kerry A and Family

And a silly Picture to end the session

Michele C and Family

Thanks to both of these Families! I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them!

Part 2 coming up with  the next two Families!

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The love between these two is so evident.

Some more fun on the tracks.

The inside of this church with its large glass windows made for some great shots.

I think this is one of my favorite from our time together.

Thanks Kyle and Jacqueline for allowing me to be a part of this special time in your lives. I can’t wait for the wedding!