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here are the vendors who helped make ashley + tyler’s wedding spectacular enough to be featured!:
event planning ~ Lyria Bartlett
floral design ~ Kent’s Floral Gallery
ceremony venue ~ First Baptist Church
reception catering ~ University Club
reception styling ~ A-1 Party Perfect
video ~ Gebbs
band ~ Galaxy
cake ~ Edith Hall

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~ kim, amy, annika

Only one month to go until Mike and Mackenzie are married! they met on the University of Missouri campus, so we headed there for their engagement session. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our campus stroll. Check back in June for pictures from Mike + Mackenzie’s wedding!

~ kim

~ kim, amy, annika

congratulations, whitney + shane! these two were a textbook case for our “Silver Nuggets” . . . those little pieces of advice we share with clients to help their day AND their pictures turn out beautifully. Here’s what we mean. One of our favorite silver nuggets (future brides and grooms take note!) is this: get ready in a comfortable (i.e. not cramped and cluttered) light-filled space. And we were completely giddy with excitement that whitney chose to dress in our STUDIO!!! It was only a block away from the First Christian Church where she and shane were to be married, so it was perfect! Whitney brought her grandma’s mirror and her grandpa’s bible and all of her bridesmaids to our studio. SO MUCH FUN. and SO MUCH LIGHT!

These next series of shots were all taken in our studio before the ceremony (and hey, can you see evidence of another silver nugget? it’s this one: dress for comfort and joy  . . . i.e. shoes you can dance and spin in and feel like you’re walking on air ALL NIGHT LONG . . . be sure to check out whitney’s choice of shoes):

another silver nugget: step away from the altar for family, group and couple portraits. And boy did they! whitney and shane were raised on farms and now work in the agriculture industry, so they were particularly eager to get out to the countryside for photos. these first few shots were taken outside the church, and several following were near their reception site (the Knights of Columbus Hall):

and yet another silver nugget: your day your way! don’t be afraid to make your wedding unique to you. we love shooting “firsts” . . . as in: this was the first time a SilverBox bride has give a groom this on his wedding day . . .

and yet another silver nugget: twinkle and glow! Be sure to add special lights and other touches that transform your reception hall into an even more lovely space and that give the photographer some extra light to play with:

love these next two photos by annika. hats off to whitney and shane for emphasizing family throughout the wedding day . . . it was a joy to see them be so adoring of their parents and grandparents and other loved ones!

these next two reception shots were taken by angelina owino, a photojournalist from Denmark who is studying here in columbia and assisted us that day (THANK YOU, ANGELINA . . . you are a joy to work with!)

we sure did enjoy photographing whitney and shane’s wedding!!! congrats again, you two.

~kim, annika (and angelina!)

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Morgan

student of • Southern Boone High
self-defined as • artistic, nerdy, analytical
dream job • professional graphic novelist and dabbler
spends free time with friends • discussing theoretical physics and old cartoons and shopping at dollar stores
super power • drawing crazy critters
loves SilverBox Seniors because • Annika is a great photographer and I trust her to produce wonderful results. I compared with other local photographers and they don’t compare in regards to lighting and the emotion captured in each picture.

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Love LOVE LoVE this time of year! i met amanda + gary at cedar creek resort (the site of their upcoming june wedding) to make some engagement pictures. I cannot wait to photograph this wedding! . . . picture a creekside tent for the ceremony and a dance floor patio perched overlooking the lake at sunset. aahhhh! congrats you two . . . see you in june.

~ kim

congratulations, miki + eric! if you haven’t heard how eric proposed to miki, be sure to ask them for the story. and guys take a page out of eric’s book: a little bit of creativity and pampering is a pretty sweet start to a marriage.

miki and eric’s wedding was delightful from start (a private moment between miki and eric, their faces lit by HUGE smiles) to finish (a sparkler-inspired exit from the Kimball Ballroom). And speaking of the Kimball, it’s possible that the ballroom has never looked better! Take a peak at a few of our favorite pictures and moments below.

And CLICK HERE TO SEE miki + eric’s wedding slideshow with a BIG surprise! (shhh…miki and eric don’t know it yet, but eric’s sister and her fiance recorded themselves performing “don’t stop believing” ~ the song they played while miki made her way down the aisle. And we were able to use that recording for the slideshow. Thanks leslie, mario and scott at the crossing for getting that recording to me)!

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Columbia, Missouri

vendors who helped make miki + eric’s wedding wonderful:

ceremony venue ~ The Crossing
reception venue ~ Kimball Ballroom
reception music ~ The UltraViolets
flowers ~ Les Bouquets
catering ~ Fresh Ideas

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- kim & ashley

extra bonus: kristen of hoot design co (who shares the space with us) provided custom holiday card designs to folks wanting personalized, professional cards.

if you missed this first round of “short & sweets,” do not despair! we are planning on another round in several weeks, along with a few delightfully playful surprises . . . we promise to keep you posted. here’s to a happy HApPy hAPpy 2012!

~ team silverbox (a.k.a. ~ amy, kim, annika)

the picture of happiness! that’s heidi + tyler on their wedding day. love. laughter. wildflowers. WHITE PUMPKINS! a well-loved wooden swing that got lots of use!

a wagon with HAYBALES:

And a backyard flower-filled tent:

AND the most adorable children you’ve ever seen.

oh AND the BEST most AND the most MEANINGFUL, INSIGHTFUL ceremony readings on record.

and wait…the FOOD (thanks to Columbia’s own The Catering Kitchen) tasted even better than it looked!

Words simply cannot describe the JOY and SINCERITY of this celebration!

[so let's see if pictures do the trick... CLICK HERE for LOTS of them, set to MUSIC. or scroll on down for a few highlights]

and now, roughly in order of the afternoon, from first glance, to evening moonbeams:

dear dear heidi + tyler ~ we LOVED every single minute. THANK YOU THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts!

~ amy (and annika, too!)

and also on the list of awesome things about Pittsburgh: it’s currently home to missouri natives corinne and russ. i knew right away that corinne was a “silverbox” bride. she wanted engagement pictures at her and russ’s favorite pittsburgh haunts, she loves pictures AND dogs (and had encouraging words that helped me through the first few weeks of potty training izze, our chocolate lab pup), and she has her own blog to help her stay in touch with loved ones.

so we took a tour of pittsburgh spots, made some pictures and celebrated that fact that russ and corinne are engaged and coming back to missouri next june to seal the deal.

THANK YOU, russ + corinne for hosting me in pittsburgh. see you next summer!

~kim