hand-off & hold tight | baby cam

As we prepared for this sweet sleeping baby photo, Eric and Ola got their little newborn all nice and tired, warm and relaxed. Two quick frames, and Cam's arms and legs popped right up. Going through the images after the shoot was done, his tiny little feet poking up ended up better than the photo with them gently tucked into Mom's hands.

You just never know. Ready, Fire, Aim...

shakespeare for kids | the tempest

Every year for the past four, we've helped document the impressive, and often hilarious, Shakespearean theatre productions by the Blazing Star Players -- a growing group of budding actors from the O'Fallon/Lake St. Louis, Mo. area. On this year's playbill, The Tempest. 

This year's makeup, costumes and staging blew away all of their past productions. For that matter, it far surpassed a great number of amateur productions we've ever seen. These kids and their director and coaches are seriously talented!

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to write love on her arms | denver 2013

solo portraiture | jenna

A simple, one-light, indoor setup was the perfect choice for Jenna, an account coordinator at CommonGround PR in Chesterfield, Mo.

happily ever after | the "a" team -- alex & alison oldroyd

A 2 min. 38 second stop-frame memory book of pretty much the cutest young couple in St. Louis, Mo. Married for time and all eternity in the St. Louis Missouri Temple in Town and Country, Mo., in October 2012.

Music by jewelbeat.com.

the gang's all here | tenney family

A tripod and cable release helped capture enough light shortly before sunset of this beautiful, colorful family in Chesterfield, Mo.