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Anne and Ryan {the video]

Anne & Ryan … Check out this gorgeous wedding. The beauty, the emotion… we got swept away we hope this takes you all back 🙂 (View with either IE or Chrome. Adobe has not yet fixed the Mozilla Flash plugin problem. There may be a slight pause before the video window appears. Enjoy!)

Jaya & Meghan {the video}

Jaya & Meghan … the beauty and pageantry (Caution: View in either IE or Chrome. Adobe has not yet fixed the Mozilla Flash plugin problem. There may be a slight pause before the video window appears. Enjoy!)        

Grace of the Letting Go {Anne & Ryan}

I try to pick up nuances during every wedding. There is almost always an underlying story, after all. And photographers generally try detect these. But sometimes, in the midst of the grandeur and pageantry of a wedding like Anne and Ryan’s, the story is obfuscated. Don’t get me wrong, this wedding had all of the...

Jaya & Meghan {another perspective}

I know a good wedding … Over the years, I’ve discovered a progressive satisfaction scale that conveniently describes the dichotomy between a fabulous wedding and mere event. It goes like this: A wedding is really just an event if I am moved to talk about sports or politics after the wedding. On the other hand,...

Love in the Time of Kodachrome

The break-up is always harder when you realize in later years … just how much you miss the relationship but not necessarily the girl. This distracting epiphany presented itself in the middle of a wedding a few years ago while shooting some bridal portraits. She posed for me in a fantastically rustic soybean field, mottled...

A Day in Second

It’s three o’clock and I am about to get caught. I am covertly sitting in the audience of Brooke and Jason’s wedding — an illegal vendor-in-the-pew sitting. Just three rows from the pulpit, ushers lead family members to their seats. The ushers see me but don’t seem too concerned. This is good. Taking a few deep...

Of Wedding Days and Bunny Tales

I broke two professional rules last weekend. One I can justify … the other? I’m not sure how to fit it into my professional perspective. As photographers, we follow many rules. Lots of them our customers know about — some of them are secrets. You know, never let a family member over rule our professional...

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Adrienne Maples

 

Kansas City photographer, Adrienne Maples, weaves together powerful narratives with her photographs to create mood and evoke emotion.

 

She's an AI enthusiast, passionate about teaching others how to use technology responsibly for the greater good. Known for her 'spunk & pizazz', she directs from behind her camera, finding impromptu designing to transform mediocrity into the extraordinary.

 

She a board member of AIGA and KCAC. As a committee member of KCDW, she organized the 2024 talks: The A.I. Asset, Creator as Curator.

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the Photographer

Adrienne Maples

 

Kansas City photographer, Adrienne Maples, weaves together powerful narratives with her photographs to create mood and evoke emotion.

 

She's an AI enthusiast, passionate about teaching others how to use technology responsibly for the greater good. Known for her 'spunk & pizazz', she directs from behind her camera, finding impromptu designing to transform mediocrity into the extraordinary.

 

She a board member of AIGA and KCAC. As a committee member of KCDW, she organized the 2024 talks: The A.I. Asset, Creator as Curator.

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