Artistic Soup Photography met Stephanie & Chris on Sept. 12th, 2010 at a spot in town very meaningful to them — the Kirkwood Train Station.  For over a year they met each other there as one traveled in to town to see the other when they lived apart.  It was this long distance relationship that endured that illustrated to both of them that they were meant to be.   As captures of love and die hard romantics, we loved their story and this engagement session pays homage to it.

Look forward to capturing the big union on June 18, 2010!

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On September 4, 2010 family and friends flew in from around the country including Florida, Virginia and Maryland to celebrate Rachel and Alexander’s special union.  Artistic Soup Photography had the wonderful opportunity to photograph this fun and ohh so in love couple during this beautiful holiday weekend. A big thank you for the honor!

Rachel’s gorgeous dress and the beautiful church.

Getting Ready.

The Ceremony.

Romantic Moments.

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Lauren + Brian married under the new canopy known as the Alton Ampitheater on August 28, 2010. For those of you that love art as we do at Artistic Soup Photography we loved the beauty and uniqueness of this open air space.  Reminding us of some of the Beautiful open air fabric artwork by Christo http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/, this setting made for a dramatic special union.

The couple’s reception was held at the Woodlands Golf Course. And with the fun group, great grounds and zooming around in golf carts it was a great time.  One of the shots we did was one of our signatures, commonly known as the ring around the rosy pose stop action with the couple in the still in the middle. This was inspired by Henri Matisse The Dance. We originally thought of and created this pose back in 2007 and Lauren & Brian’s Wedding was near its anniversary date.  Since then many wedding photographers locally and abroad have copied the pose and we find this to be a great honor and biggest compliment. The later rendition of the running wedding party was conceptualized roughly 6 months later.

Lauren and Brian thank you so much for allowing us to have fun with you on your special day, capture it beautifully and we wish you many many wonderful for years together!

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A little girl’s fun day at the “Castle”… Washington University but not before doing her “chores” at the Missouri Botanical Gardens Children’s Garden.

A fun day for mommy and her little girl.

A super sweet family – The Spencer Family – met us at Tower Grove Park on Thursday for their annual family portrait session.  Despite the heat we received all smiles and had a chance to photograph family fun.

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