Okay, this engagement shoot was totally different than what I normally lean to and I LOVED it! Annie came to me with a unique idea for her and Caden’s engagement shoot. She showed me a photo of a couple dressed in black/white suits against a black backdrop in a studio. Now I will say, I […]

Ugh. These two. There are times at an engagement session that you can tell your couple is just wildly in love. They click naturally, they’re not afraid to show their love to each other, and they have such a fun time in front of the camera. That is Emily and Colton. I love these photos […]

At the time of Ellen and Robert’s wedding, I was 37 weeks pregnant. I know, I know. I was probably crazy for thinking I should be shooting a wedding while soooo pregnant! Looking back now that I have some experience with the whole pregnancy thing, I’m like… “Shelby, really?” I knew from the start of […]

Sometimes you get clients that simply make this job feel like a dream– Tori and Michael are those clients! These two always had a smile on their face, showed so much love and appreciation to their family and friends, and had one of the most fun wedding days we’ve been a part of!   Scroll […]

You might think that an August wedding would be nothing but sweltering heat– but not with Kelsey and Ben’s day! Kelsey and Ben were married at Greenhouse Two Rivers in Highlandville, Missouri alongside their family and friends (and their dog, Jax!) A day filled with joy and fun, we were honored to capture both photo […]

Hey there, photographer!   If you’ve ever caught yourself scrolling through Pinterest dreaming of hosting your own in-person workshop or event for other creatives, you’re not alone.    I know what it feels like to imagine your dream get-together of like-minded entrepreneurs getting creative and connecting with each other–– all while you get paid to […]

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.” -Neil Gaiman   I’m a Type A […]

With the sun high in the Columbia, Missouri sky, bride Kaysen Gregory stood looking into a mirror surrounded by her bridesmaids in a quaint bridal cottage disguised quite romantically with ivy nearly covering the white-washed porch (complete with a traditional Southern blue ceiling, of course.) Kaysen knew prior to beginning wedding planning that she wanted […]

Work = crazy hours, long nights, chaotic to-do lists, running by the seat of your pants, finishing as much as you can as rapidly as possible only to fall into bed wondering, “what did I even get done today?”  Have you ever felt this way as a business owner? I know I have!   I […]

Years ago when I was the #styledshootqueen (aka spending wayyyy too much money I didn’t have on styled shoots prior to understanding my business’s numbers) I wrote a blog post about how to get the most out of your styled shoot. With our new Workshop Course for Photographers in the works, which of course goes […]