February and March Special!!!

There is no better way to say "I Love You" than having pictures taken with your loved ones. It is a moment in time that can last forever. For the months of February and March, I am offering a Mini "I Love You" Session. This includes whoever it may be that you love...your family, children, or significant other for only $14 for a 30 minute mini session. Included with your session is a 5X7 of your favorite image. There are just 14 slots available! Contact me now for more information on the dates, times, and locations available!

Wedding Preview!

Here is a quick preview of the wedding I shot with La Brisa Photography on January 23, 2010 in Scott City! I will do a full post when I get the chance, but for now here are some of my favorites:

Boyce Family

I had the pleasure of taking pictures for the Boyce Family. They wanted to capture little Natasha turning 6 months old and they wanted to also take a couple family pictures. Natasha was so easy going and just could not have been happier. It was super cold outside, but they were troopers and we went out and snapped a couple quick pictures and then hurried back inside into the warmth. Thank you Angie and Nathen for letting me take your pictures! Natasha is a beautiful little girl...good luck with everything! Here are some of my favorites from the day:

There is nothing better than family....

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun! It's one of the few days of the year that I don't have to work....even though I did work the next morning at 3:45 am! But anyways, on Thanksgiving my cousins and I decided we wanted to take some pictures. We opened up our salon, MAL Hair Salon. MAL stands for McKenzie, Amanda and Lea...it also means bad in Spanish...so Lea designed a logo for us and made a sign, I curled Carly's hair, and McKenzie painted Carly's nails! Then we went outside to take pictures! It was a little cold, but not horrible out. These first ones are of Carly...isn't she just adorable!

Lea was up next for pictures! As I mentioned above, she was "part owner" of our salon. She is here from Germany as a foreign exchange student. She may not be one of my cousins, but she is a lot of fun and fits right in! Thanks Lea for letting me take your pictures!

Lea loves shoes....as do I....I asked her to stick her shoe out and she laughed at me...this is what I got! :)

Mariah and McKenzie were my last "shoot" for the day. Their Mom wanted a couple pictures to pick from for their Christmas Cards.....we ended up with over 200 pictures! They were super fun and had a great time. I can't wait to take pictures again sometime! Thanks Mariah and McKenzie for letting me take your pictures! Here are some of my favorites from the day!

My favorite!

Project Wedding!

A.Staats Photography is officially on Project Wedding! For those of you who are not familiar with Project Wedding, let me give you a little overview of it....Brides everywhere can use project wedding to help find ideas for everything ranging from bridesmaids dresses to centerpieces to hair styles for their big day. You can find vendors in your local area as well as see what other real brides are doing! It's an amazing site...check it out... http://www.projectwedding.com/

Make sure to search for A.Staats Photography! Here is a badge I received for my first review!

Wedding Preview--Ray and Ashley!!!

Ashley and Ray got married on December 31, 2009. It was a beautiful day filled with lots of love! Here is a quick preview of the day... I will post more later! Thank you Ray and Ashley for letting me be part of your big day!

Goodbye 2009!

So I just wanted to quickly recap my year in 2009! Thank you to everyone who helped me with my business in 2009! A huge thank you to Chris of La Brisa Photography (http://www.labrisaphotography.com/) ....thank you so much for all of your Aspiring Photographer Workshops...I started out not knowing if my camera even shot in manual to only shooting in manual.

Also, thank you so much to Kim of Kim Kravitz Photography for helping shoot Jeremy and Krystal's big day and thank you to Kyle of K.Dehn Photography for helping shoot Ashley and Ray's wedding. Thank you to Tj for all of your help and support over the past year....your photography has come a long way since you have started :) Love you Tj.

Here is what I did over the past year:

7 Fun Family and Children Sessions

6 Fantastic Just for Fun Sessions

5 Exciting Engagement and Couples Sessions

4 Extraordinary APWs

3 Super Senior Sessions

2 Amazing Weddings

1 Awesome year of Photography!

Thank you to everyone who booked sessions and let me take their pictures this past year!!! I'm looking forward to taking many more pictures in 2010!