We are thrilled to announce that we have just been awarded Best of by the Knot for 2012! We are very grateful and would like to thank our wonderful clients for making this possible!

Although I greatly enjoy and feel fortunate to manage such an amazing photographic team, I am looking forward to taking off my management hat and working along side my team again as a photographer starting this upcoming weekend for Lindsay and Kevin’s Wedding.
Just 4 weeks ago, I gave birth to another adorable little girl and [...]

St. Louis, MO- June 28, 2011- WeddingWire, the nation’s leading site for wedding reviews, just announced that Artistic Soup Photographyis WeddingWire Rated 2011 for Wedding Photography and Open Air Photo Booth Photography. WeddingWire Rated is an annual award program for wedding professionals based on hundreds of thousands of recent wedding reviews.
WeddingWire Rated, the industry’s first formalized [...]

To a professional wedding photographer the work for a couple’s wedding just begins after the wedding day is done.  Many don’t realize most of a professional wedding photographer’s time is spent in front of the computer processing and editing for hours on end.  For example, for an average 8 hour wedding with one photographer 900 [...]

This blog post is a result of a common correspondence that we often have with prospective clients before they book with us.  Therefore we decided to share it as a friendly educational tool for those looking to work with a professional wedding photography company.
Prospective Clients Comment:
I’ll be real honest – I thought your wedding photography [...]

We at Artistic Soup Photography are excited to be a part of a national project that has just opened a local chapter in St. Louis for Wish Upon a Wedding www.wishuponawedding.org.
As the World’s first nonprofit wedding wish granting organization, Wish Upon a Wedding provides weddings at destinations across the United States for individuals facing life-threatening [...]

Every year about this time we receive a desperate phone call from a bride that selected an amateur photographer (have heard similar stories regarding other amateur wedding vendors as well) that has backed out of shooting a wedding (every year the reason is different but the situation is the same) and unfortunately although we would [...]

This dynamic and super hip Portland, Oregon couple is giving Artistic Soup Wedding Photography the honor of photographing their special day in June at the City Museum in St. Louis and we are ohhh so very excited even more so after photographing their engagement session this past weekend downtown. Their energy…great! Their location choice…awesome! And [...]

Artistic Soup Photography had the privilege of photographing Kelly’s Bridal Shower this past Sunday, March 14th, 2010.
Sarah created an amazing tropically themed Bridal Shower for her sister Kelly including a cabanna hut, seashells, palm tree cupcakes and Hawaiian skirts.  The party was clearly cherished by all family and friends invited as they laughed, ate well [...]

Often as we are photographing weddings guests ask us what is with all that stuff attached to you and why?  So here is a full dissection of gear as well as the reasons behind “The Stuff.”
You will see differences amongst professional photographers’ gear.  Every person has their own individual way to work.  Some prefer Nikon [...]