An Officer And A Doctor And A Wedding

 Mary and Scott were married on June 9th at Our Lady of Sorrows at 31st and Gilham Road.   Mary takes her Boards next week for both MD and DO and is a student at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences here in Northeast.   Scott is a former Marine, Iraq War veteran and currently a member of the Kansas City Missouri Police Department working out of Metro.  

 The day began at the Bride's Uncle's house where the family got ready.  Her colors were gorgeous.  

 Next stop was at the church to do family pictures with the Groom's side and, of course, the full Mass.  A beautiful string quartet provided music in addition to the great organ they have there.

 After Mass some posed pictures inside and outside the church and then off to Kauffman Gardens.

 The wedding party was a great group of individuals... family and friends.

 The bride and groom received close to 900 shots along with the rights.   We also shot video all day and that has been edited into a 2 1/2 hour DVD......two Sony cameras were used, one stationary in the church balcony and one hand held throughout the day by my excellent helper Leslie.

 Rama Sola made the cake.   Rama and I went all through school together starting with kindergarten at Gladstone.

 The Ballroom at the Embassy Suites KCI was elegantly decorated with drapes.  The use of LED lights allowed the changing of colors throughout the evening and even in time with the music.

 Above, cocktail hour from 6-7pm... before the grand march, first dance, cake cutting, and plated dinner.

 It was a beautiful presentation in the hall.

 Above and below, the first dance and cutting the cake....

 Above, the head table and below the toasts.....

 Above, Mary sister Lisa was not to be out stretched for the grabbing of the bouquet.

 Above and below.... the garter was equally contested.

All shots taken with either the Nikon D3  (ceremony shots)  or the D800.. all remaining.    ISO set on AUTO.   File type varied depending on what I was shooting... RAW for posed shots and jpegs for the rest.  Jpegs were shot in Nikon Portrait mode.

Green Grass/Blue Grass

 Saturday  night at the Colonnade was the first in a series of Summer Concerts presented by Northeast Arts.   The inaugural group was Phantoms of the Opry... playing a mix of country and blue grass.    There's a sample of their music at the end of this post.

Northeast Portraits

 Above, the Scarritt House circa 1907, below the Palazola Home circa 1880s.

 Mystery home.... guess it correctly and win nothing.

All Nikon D800, 24-70mm lens...  ISO 100, multiple images merged.   Aperture F13-16.  All images converted using a super secret filter in Photoshop CS6...

A Northeast Portrait

Jay and Jennifer Bergman's home in our Historic little part of town.   Gladstone boulevard and Sunrise Drive.  Rendered in oil from a photograph using a top secret process .   Nikon D800, 7 photos merged,  ISO 100,  F13, 24-70mm lens.

Taya A Teen

Top picture is Taya two years ago..... just starting her pageant work.  Now she is the ripe old age of 13 :)

 Now she is a pageant winner.  Missouri Perfect Junior Teen.  We did another series of portfolio shots as she gets ready for Nationals.

 Great fun to work with her... she has a great personality and loves taking picture.

 Some application of digital powder. Slight lightening of eyes and teeth.  Removal of fly-aways... and that's about it for post processing.

 Studio shots with the Nikon D800 and 105mm macro lens.  ISO 100, F16-18, 1/200th shutter.  Two lights to four lights depending.

 Kauffman Gardens.  Nikon D800, 70-200mm lens for all shots, F56 mostly, ISO 400.

 These two above and below used fill-flash... most others available light.

 Above is Taya's favorite.  I can't pick a favorite.

 Although I really like the one above and the next two.