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I am Kate. A dog momma, daughter, sister, aunt and loving girlfriend. I am a chaser of light, a moment protector and an imagery artist. I love Harry Potter, country drives and a tall glass of sangria - red please! Read More...

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May 31, 2022

Jessica and Jacob grew up together in a small town. They went to Kindergarten through senior year in the same schools and were always acquaintances, but it wasn’t until the end of their college years that they final decided to give dating a shot. They went to a St. Louis Blues game together in 2018 […]

May 24, 2022

I first met Katrina when I started photographing her adorable niece and nephew many years ago. I just always loved chatting with her and was so excited last fall when she told me she got engaged to the guy she met through work. I had never met Josh, but she seemed so happy, I just […]

March 25, 2022

I have already loved my time getting to know Alexis and Brady! When we first met, they told me about how they had known each other their entire lives as they both grew up in a small town. Brady’s mom was Alexis’s 3rd grade teacher and Alexis’s mom was Brady’s Jr. High teacher, which I […]

January 20, 2022

I loved getting to capture Ali and Dave the night before their wedding for their engagement photos! They live out of town, so it was so much easier to capture them when they were in Springfield for their wedding! It is so important to me to work with couples before their big day so I […]

January 14, 2022

Oh my goodness, I had an absolute BLAST with Chelsea and Dale for their engagement session. Seriously, these two (mostly Dale) had me cracking up the entire session, that I almost forgot it was like 30 degrees with a wind chill! Chelsea and Dale met on New Years Eve and I can just imagine that […]

January 11, 2022

I had so much fun photographing Emily and Jagger engagement session! I met these two when Emily was a bridesmaid in her friend Katie’s wedding and I was just so excited to finally get them both in front of my camera! Emily is a school administrator and she has a really cute custom boutique on […]

December 17, 2021

I loved meeting Kassidy and Bradley for their engagement session! Their sweet lab pup, Jack joined us in the beginning for some fun photos. He was more into playing than taking photos but I loved working with their adorable fur baby! Bradley’s sister is the one who introduced Kassidy and Bradley and they hit it […]

December 8, 2021

Casey and Sabrina had me laughing their entire engagement session! These two are SO sweet and they have the most infectious personalities. They smile so much together and really compliment each other so well. I just gushed so much at how cute they both are together! Casey and Sabrina met through social media, but it […]

November 30, 2021

Morgan and Brett are college sweethearts who met their freshman year at Heartland. Brett spotted Morgan at a party and the rest is history! Brett proposed at the beautiful Aeries Winery and surprised Morgan with an amazing engagement party shortly after with all of their friends and family! I became fast friends with Morgan and […]

November 10, 2021

I absolutely loved getting together with Jillian and Todd for their engagement session! These two are so much fun and so full of laughs when they are around each other. We checked out a beautiful park along the river for some end of summer engagement photos. Jillian and Todd were such troopers and even after […]

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