Updates

Greetings, I know we've been bad bloggers lately but with good reason. As you know from our last blog post, we are in process of moving our studio.

We are currently working hard on getting the new studio remodeling finished up at night after we edit during the day, along with any shoots we have booked. There are a number of debuts and edits we are working to get caught back up on and want to thank everyone for their patience with us as we work on finishing up our move. October has been a crazy month as a studio with:

60 Junior cheerleaders
18 - engagement sessions
11 - weddings
6 - corporate shoots
5 - kids sessions
3 - senior sessions
1 - pre-school shoot
1 - school shoot
1 - moving studio :)

We are so humbled by our friends and past couples who have stopped in to say hi and have offered to help with the move. We honestly feel we have the best customers anyone could ask for. Here are a few pics that Steph and Barry have taken so far.













Feel free to keep tabs on the progress of "the move" at our blog and on Fat Cat's blog.

Also wanted to let all of our photographer friends that check our blog from time to time know that we have another announcement to be made sometime with in the next week - week and a half. Larry you know what it is already and Mike you'll be seeing the beta soon. Till then later all.

jw

Brittain-Warren

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Erica started her special day at Sami Halaesh Salon with her bridesmaids, friends and family to get their hair done. Make-up was done at the church which was the beautiful St. George Orthodox Christian Cathedral. Erica's bridesmaids wore black strapless dresses with a champagne sash that went around the girl's waist and down to the floor in the back. Erica's dress was a champagne color as well that had a really long train. As I was following and documenting the ladies Jeff was spending time with the guys documenting them as they shot clay pigeons in Goddard. Jeff even was able to not only shoot with the camera but join in the manly fun of shooting a gun as well. He enjoyed that Dave, so, thank you for allowing him to be part of the fun. Jeff also had some time to take some pictures of Dave and his groomsmen in Old Town. As he was documenting the guys having a good time he saw a man driving an old 1929 truck and flagged him down to get some shots of the guys hanging out by the truck. Then it was time for the guys and Jeff to head to the church to start with Dave and his family pictures.



The ceremony was absolutely beautiful as their was the Right Reverend Bishop Basil, Very Reverend Paul O-Callaghan and Reverend James Shadid who performed the holy matrimony ceremony. The Orthodox has a lot of history to it and with the detailed ceiling paintings and the pillars that ran up both sides of the long aisle made for great photos. Afterwards we did family photos together with both Erica and Dave. I bee lined over to the reception which was held at the Olive Tree and documented the details and guests visiting as Jeff rode on the trolley with the wedding party to Bradley Fair to grab a few more candid shots.



As guests waited for Dave and Erica to arrive they were served orderves as they mingled and socialized. Once Erica and Dave were announced into their reception the buffet lines were opened for guests to enjoy. After dinner Erica and Dave had their first dance as husband and wife to "At Last". Then Erica and Gary, father of the bride, danced to "What a Wonderful World". Dave and Milna, mother of the groom, danced to "One Sweet World". The dance floor was officially open for the guests to take part in having fun. The evening was very elegant and a chance for Erica and Dave to thank all their guests for coming.



We want to thank Erica and Dave along with both families for allowing us to be able to document their special day.



Stay in touch Erica and Dave!

Tyff and Jeff

KSN Threw a Wedding

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On October 26 was a big day for Maggie and CJ, winners of the KSN Throws a Wedding Contest! What a whirlwind day! We started out at Platinum Salon and Spa with Stephanie of Fat Cat Productions. Maggie and all her bridesmaids had their hair styled and make up applied by the very talented stylists. Maggie's hair looked great with the winning style and she kept mentioning how no one from work would recognize her! Afterwards, Maggie ran to get lunch and take a break until the afternoon when we all met back up at the Patroleum Club to prepare for the actual ceremony.



When Maggie arrived, she went to check out all the floral arrangements provided by Susan's Flowers and the cake donated by Artistic Cakes. When the dresses arrived, Maggie wasted no time and got ready with the help of her bridesmaids. The winning dress looked great on her and quite unique. It was an Alfred Angelo white gown but with a splash of color around the waist and a split up the back opening to a swatch of color around the waist and a split up the back opening to a swatch of color that matched the light blue bridesmaids dresses. A semi-cathedral length gown flowed behind her. The flower girl's dress was also a winning choice by KSN viewers, white toule with matching blue flowers around the waist and a bow in the back.



Once the girls were ready, Maggie went to meet her groom for the first time prior to the wedding so they could get many photos out of the way before guests arrived. CJ was poised at the front of the room with his back to the bride as she walked down the aisle and tapped him on the shoulder. He had the biggest smile on his face when he turned around! After the photos Maggie retreated to the dressing room while guests started arriving and CJ greeted and thanked them for coming.



Once the music started for the ceremony, the room came to a hush, the bridesmaids all marched in and the crowd stood for the bride as she entered through the french doors. Her father escorted her and gave her away. A judge, the couple knew from their Law Enforcement careers, performed the ceremony and in record time! They were husband and wife before they knew it and off to the awaiting limo from A-List Limousine for a few more pictures off site.



With the sun dipping down below the horizon so quickly, we headed to the Keeper of the Plains for photos for some extra lighting. We were able to get some killer shots of the wedding party and the newlyweds.

Then it was time to get the wedding party, Maggie and CJ back their reception. They were announced by DJ Mark Mazur and promptly cut the cake and were toasted by the Best Man and Maid of Honor before they had a chance to sit down and have a bite to eat themselves. Soon after Maggie threw her bouquet, CJ removed her garter (like a gentleman!) and they danced their first song together as husband and wife. The parents dances followed and then the dance "snowballed" into a very nice party for them. They spent the entire night dancing, visiting with friends and family and just enjoying each other.

It was really a fun day to be a part of. Thanks to KSN for allowing us to be a part of the contest and Lacey for all the guidance along the way. Thanks mostly to CJ and Maggie for being so open and willing to allow their day to basically be planned by the public! You were great to work with and get to know, please stay in touch!

Moving Our Studio

It's now time we get to officially announce we are getting a new studio and will be relocating very soon. Seems like everywhere we go we get asked, "When are you moving?" It is humbling when we don't always know the person that asks. We love our current location, however, the way we are growing we will need more space. We hope to be up and running in our new space by November 4th. There is a bit of remodeling we will be doing at the nehttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifw place and are excited about. One of our grooms this year owns Texturite and will be refinishing the cinder block walls that are inside to give a nice textured look. We are proud to say that we will be sharing the 6,000 sq. ft. with Fat Cat Productions. Barry and Stephanie from FCP are in charge of remodeling one of the rooms to be a movie theatre. So we are really excited about that! Even though FCP is moving up with us, we will be still be separate companies and will simply be sharing space.

Now you might be asking yourself where? Well, we aren't moving far. We still will be in Valley Center and actually just around the corner - next to Sonic! Our New studio address will be 142 S. Meridain in Valley Center. We will be having a Grand Opening/Open House sometime after the first of the year. We would like to invite all our previous brides, future brides, vendors, family and friends. Stay tuned for pictures of the building before, during and after the remodeling.

We also want to thank those of you who booked your Christmas session early this year. We are all full and will no longer take appointments for the Christmas Season.

We have even more "news" to share at a later date not pertaining to the building, but want to keep it a secret till it is ready to announce when the time is good, perfect and ready. Stay tuned!

Jones - Hampel

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We started by arriving at the Airport Hilton where Julie, her bridesmaids and little angels got their hair done. Julie and Nate had a parade of angels that were in the wedding instead of the traditional ringbearer and flowergirl. The parade of angels consisted of Savannah, Destry, Olivia, Madelyn, Jackson and Peter.



They had a total of seven attendants on each side including a junior bridesmaid and junior groomsman. The ladies wore black floor length dresses and carried yellow lilies and roses designed by Moore Flowers. The men wore black pinstripe tuxes with yellow vests to go with the Wichita Shocker colors black and gold.



The ceremony was performed by Father Jim Billinger at St. Elizatheth Ann Seton Catholic Church. Julie looked stunning as her father escorted her down the aisle to Nate for the first time. After the ceremony we finished up with pictures The wedding party along with friends hopped on the Green Unified Party Bus to transport over to the reception which was held at The Airport Hilton. After arriving Julie and Nate wanted to take a peak at the room as it was all nicely decorated while their guests were in another area for cocktail hour. The groom's cake was decorated all in WSU decor including 2 rowing boats and ors that were exactly what they used to row with when they were on the rowing team but in a smaller scale of course. On the back was a green shamrock with ILU on the back. The wedding cake was very tall with many layers of different kinds of cake.



There was chocolate, lemon, confetti and strawberry to satisfy any taste bud. In one of the corners of the room they made sure they had something to keep the kids busy. They had miniature pumpkins and foam stickers to attach to the pumpkins. This made for a wonderful idea and kept the kids busy for awhile. Before the guests entered the room Julie and Nate went out in the area to visit and socialize for a bit and take part in the cheese fountain with warm pretzels and chips. Then it was time for Scott with AMM to announce the entire wedding party into the ball room. They all were announced into the room by their height and name in the mimic to an announcer at a basketball game announcing players to the floor towards the beginning of a game. To start the evening Julie and Nate went over to the cake and cut into it as newly weds. Lets just say it got messy and up someone's nose. "Way to go Julie!" After Julie did some clean up on aisle Hampel they did their toast and followed was a slideshow and dinner. Following dinner was the toast by the best man and maid of honor. Many tears of happiness and laughter were shed reminiscing child hood on both behalf's. Followed were the formal dances and lots of fun hanging out with friends and family.



We want to thank both families for having us there to document Julie and Nate's special day. Also we want to thank Tinley with Jubilations for the day going so smoothly and all her hours of planning. We also had a blast with the crazy crew over at FAT CAT Productions. Every wedding is unique in its own way and this one had many little things that made it special to them as a couple: The parade of angels, WSU theme, The entrance to the ballroom, pumpkins for the kids, quotes from movies that Julie and Nate have seen placed randomly around the reception location, cheese fountain and many more.



We took many pictures so everyone that is reading and are anxious to see pictures from the wedding please be patient with us as we are in the process of moving our studio and we do open up every photo to edit and so please make sure you register and you will get an e-mail to see the rest of the pictures when they are available. I will be working on the debut slideshow this week to post to help relive the day and be a teaser before all the other photos are posted.

Congrats Julie and Nate and stay in touch!

Tyff and Jeff

Mays - Gouge

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Jeff and I met Missy at Edgez Salon on the East side of Wichita as she, her bridesmaids and flower girl got their hair done. One of the bridesmaids provided Panera Bread bagels for breakfast. We then headed to the church where the ladies finished getting ready and into their dresses. Missy's dress was a strapless A-line gown with pleated band at waist and apron back with a red edge and chapel train. The main color of the wedding was red.



The bridesmaids wore strapless all red fitted dresses with a train. The guys wore black tuxes, red vests and red ties. Missy's dad escorted her down the aisle for the ceremony to Robbie. This was the first time he saw her. Following the ceremony we finished up with pictures of the families and the newlyweds together. The way they had planned out their day they had allowed plenty of time between the ceremony and the time they wanted to be announced into their reception. The extra time allowed for pictures of both families, 45 minute ride in the limo and additional 20-30 minutes time to take more pictures in the Old Town area of Wichita. It went very smoothly and was very relaxed. After being announced by the DJ they went around to their guests thanking them for coming and saying a quick hello. Then they were seated for dinner, which was served to them. The wedding cake was white with words that were special to Missy and Robbie like the words Just Married, Love Together, She's His Always, Two Hearts etc...



The groom's cake was a Cub's uniform shirt, with Robbie being a HUGE Cub's fan was very fitting. Then they had their toasts and the wedding march. The wedding march started inside then went outside and came back inside to finish and then start their first dance. They did have an unique way to starting off the money dance. Robbie took off his tux shoes and gave one to the best man and the other to the maid of honor and the shoes were what the money was collected in. The best man and one of the ushers had a good time yelling "NEXT!" when it was the next person's turn to dance with Robbie. The maid of honor had a blast making sure that everybody either donated money and/or danced with Missy. It will always be a running battle who one but it is probably a guarantee the ladies won! Everybody had a great time on the dance floor and seemed to have a blast!








We want to thank you for coming to us Missy when you got engaged. It was special to us to do your wedding photography after doing your senior pictures a few years back. You are a super sweet couple and were such a joy to work with. Please keep in touch.

Tyff and Jeff

Hink - Niedens

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Friday afternoon I met Megan at Al A Spa on Douglas and documented as she got her hair done by a friend from college. Then I followed her to John's sister's house as she met up with her ladies. Not more than 2 minutes after showing up at the house Katie, one of her bridesmaids, mentioned that it looked like it was going to rain, but not to worry because she had heard it was good luck if it rained on your wedding day. Well, it rain for a bit but cleared off beautifully and a little rain didn't dampen Megan's spirit. After getting a bite to eat of sandwiches provided by Corporate Caters, Artistic Limousine came and picked all the ladies up and took them to Magdalen Church. Shortly after Megan arrived at the church, John got his boutonniere on and headed to the front of the sanctuary to get prepared for his beautiful bride to come and see him for the first time. The plan was to get all the pictures done before hand. After spending about a half hour getting lots of photos of John and Megan by themselves we were told that Friday night mass was going to start and we had to leave the sanctuary. With the weather clearing off we took the wedding party outside and were able to get lots of fun pictures. We all carpooled across the street from the church where there was a bridge and a stream for a nice backdrop.



Then it was me to get back to the church and prepare for the ceremony. Afterwards, family met us back in the sanctuary to wrap up the rest of the pictures. The reception was also held at Magdalen. John's family has a unique tradition for couples entering into the reception location. He wheeled Megan in on a wheelbarrow! The wheelbarrow was passed down through generations. Corporate Caterers provided food, "The Source" band provided excellent music all night.



Megan and John started their party by visiting with all their guests first, then they cut their cake and had their first dance. Following was the garter and bouquet toss. Before the night ended John took the microphone and asked Megan to come forward. He sang to her a song that they heard a lot while on a trip to Texas.



We really enjoyed documenting your wedding day and we hope you were able to get away on your honeymoon and relax.

Tyff and Jeff

Mueller - Bartel

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We started our day Sunday morning at Planet Hair as Chelsea and her four bridesmaids got their hair done. Chelsea's hair looked very nice as it was half up and half down with curls. Before leaving she had her make-up done. Then it was time to head to the church where lunch was catered by Jimmy John's providing roast beef, turkey and ham sandwiches with chips as the side.



The colors they chose were fall colors containing cinnamon, oranges and greens. The bridesmaids dresses were floor length strapless with a broach that swooped the dress to the side and cinnamon in color. Chelsea's dress was very special as it was given to her by her aunt and altered by Jonathan's aunt. It was a Maggie Soterro that was sleeveless with intricate embroidery that lined the bodice and laced up the back. Chelsea also carried a six pence in her shoe for good luck, wedding rings from both her and Jonathan's grandparents as well as borrowed pearl bracelet.



Jeff started the formal pictures with Jonathan while I was downstairs documenting the ladies getting ready. Once it was time for Chelsea to come upstairs and do her formal pictures she told me she really wanted to see Jonathan but still wanted to wait till the ceremony but could she do a picture where they were both holding hands but standing on opposite sides of a door? "Of course!", I said. This made for some really cool pics and it will be a great memory for the two of them in years to come.



As guests started to arrive, the guest book was a unique experience with a Polaroid picture of each and every guest attending and then signing underneath their picture. This was really unique and fun. During the ceremony Chelsea's brother escorted her down the aisle to Jonathan. Jonathan was all smiles when he saw his bride and how beautiful she looked. Instead of a unity candle they shared in pouring of sand together into a vase. After the ceremony, guests were ushered out by the pastors and they lined up outside with bubbles. When everyone came outside lots of hoops and hollers were yelled along with being showered with bubbles as they made their way to the River City Trolley. Jeff hopped on with them as they went around the block and came back for more pictures at the church.



After finishing all the pictures we followed the trolley over to East High School where Chelsea and Jonathan first met. They started dating eight years ago. We got some pictures in front of the sign of the school and on the front lawn in front of the tower. Then it was time to go to the reception which was held at the Petroleum Club on the top floor of The Bank of America building. After being announced into their party Chelsea and Jonathan cut their cake and received toasts from the maid of honor and the best man (Jonathan's brother) and then Jonathan's dad. They both shared happy tears as they gave their speech leaving not a dry eye in house. As some background music played we captured memories as Jonathan and Chelsea went to each table greeting their guests and thanking them for coming. The first dance as husband and wife was Jack Johnson's "Better Together". Then on to the mother/son dance and the step-dad/daughter dance, which was a song that Brian had written and sang. The reception was a special occasion for the newlyweds as they caught up with friends and family.



We want to thank you all for allowing us to be part of your big day. Please stay in touch.

Tyff and Jeff