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Tara & Sierra // Joplin Family Photography

Oh what a fun session! We had plans of going to a field with horses, but on our way there I received a text saying it was raining! So Tara pulled into a restaurant parking lots right next to the highway we were on and right next to this little field of yellow! They were planning on moving out of state at the end of the week so we had to work with where we were before the rain came to us! We had about 20-30 minutes worth of shooting time before the rain caught up to us (while we were in the middle of the field, mind you!) I'm sure we all looked a but ridiculous as we scrambles back across the field and back to the car during the sudden downpour! It ended up being perfect anyways!

FULL SESSION HERE!

ENJOY!

Love,
Jessica Wagner // Beauty of Grace Photography

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Kelsey & Ethan // Joplin Engagement and Wedding Photography

When Kelsey told me about the location she wanted to use for their photos, I was so giddy! Big red barn, open fields, gorgeous rocky riverside. The weather was perfect, the light was perfect, Kelsey and Ethan were perfect! SO excited for their sweet little wedding coming up next year!

FULL GALLERY HERE!

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Susan Tate - MSSU 2014 Graduate // Joplin, MO Senior Photographer

So I got to do a first ever college graduate shoot with my sweet friend, Susan! Here are some of my favorites! ENJOY!

Cody & Brittany Schmitz 8.2.14 // Joplin Wedding Photography

I absolutely loved working with Brittany & Cody! Brittany is actually an old friend of my husband, David! They went to high school together, which is how they found me! I did their engagement photos a couple months back and they were beyond excited to work with me, which in turn made me beyond excited to work with them! I love it when people genuinely appreciate what I do. It's so refreshing! Cody & Brittany are so sweet, so fun, and are so in love! I'm sure you'll be able to see that in the photos! ENJOY!

Clay & Denise Kinman // 1st Anniversary // Joplin Wedding Photography

I loved getting to photograph Denise & Clay for their one year anniversary! They are so sweet and so much fun! Once again, getting up early for a shoot was was SO worth it! ENJOY!

 

The Smith Family // Joplin Family Lifestyle & Newborn Photography

Oh gosh, where do I begin?! So I posted a model call for an expecting family that would like to help me out by letting me do a lifestyle shoot with them. Melissa contacted me soon after the post and I'm SO glad she did! Aaron and Melissa are the sweetest people! They invited me over to meet and check out there house and get an idea of what to expect when little Ryleigh arrived and they made me feel like we already knew each other!
They were so easy going and so much fun to be around when I came to do the shoot. A Ryleigh is just the tiniest, sweetest little thing! At the end, she asked if we could try out some more pose-y type shots, so we went ahead and did them. I was a bit nervous, but ended up falling in love with doing newborns!

This is a new style of shooting that I want to weave in to my current work. I LOVE being able to capture you and your family being together doing things you love and just being YOU. This lifestyle approach is a little different and much more laid back than a normal portrait session. For this particular session, I came to their home and just hung out with them and took photos of them being together... feeding Ryleigh, changing her diaper, and loving on each other. All natural, no posing. It was around 1.5 to 2 hours of me documenting a simple day in their lives. I'm hoping to add more of these sessions in the future! Email me at beautyofgracephoto@gmail.com if you're interested in more info about having a session like this of you and your family!

Enjoy!