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amy + kim

new continent, new look, new site!

this is the VERY LAST silverbox BLOGSPOT post.
but don't be sad.
because we're in poland now with our "win our hearts, win your wedding" winners and thought geez what better time to introduce a new silverbox look?
click right here and you'll be directed to our new Silver Lining home page and get a glimpse of what's up this weekend in warsaw (as well as how we've grown.)

we LOVE your comments, so head on over and leave some love.

PS our first images from poland were posted only to amy's facebook site. take a look and just in case you're not already, hey, wanna be my friend?

Vivat Na Zdrowie
~ amy (and kim, too!)

amy + ryan :: i'm yours!

amy + ryan . . . married underneath a houppa perched on the bluffs at Les Bourgeois Vineyards overlooking the Missouri River.

amy and ryan's wedding day was as heartfelt and moving as a day can possibly be. rich in spirit,
rich in laughter, rich in love, rich in jewish traditions . . . their houpa, first outside:





and then, when the rain teased us, we moved inside:



signing the ketubah before the ceremony:



jumping over the broom (great action shots by annika) at ceremony's end:







and at the start of the reception, sharing bread:



followed by toasts from loved ones, including a moving tribute to ryan from his brother:





amy and ryan both got ready at the Schoolhouse B&B in Rocheport . . . it's a private, lovely spot
both indoors and out. this first shot of guys getting ready is by karen:



and then we took advantage of the B&B's beautiful grounds for a private moment:







and time with friends:



amy and ryan's day was glorious! It was difficult to choose pictures for this blog entry; there
was so much more to their day than what a handful of photos could portray. So be sure to
watch their wedding slideshow to see it all unfold.





~kim

adam + caroline :: here comes the sun!

adam is a true entreprenuer with more ideas up his sleeve than your average guy . . . he's practically a
household name in columbia . . . chances are the kids in your life have seen his magic show or you've popped
into one of his latest ventures on Elm Street: the Upper Crust and Cold Stone Creamery.

adam's claim to fame in MY world, however, was that he is ashley patton's (formerly ashley guy's) brother . . .
i shot ashley and chase patton's wedding 2 year ago, and adam single-handedly decorated
Stephens College's Firestone Baars Chapel so that his sister and chase's ceremony was set against a
wonderland of white flowing fabric.

so I wondered: how was someone as bright, creative and just-so-darn-nice as adam ever going to meet his
match?! well, of course, he's succeeded at that too! caroline shines bright! they'll tie the knot in St. Louis next
october.

but in the meantime . . . we went on an engagement shoot adventure:











the last part of our session took place during that sun-kissed "golden hour" just before sunset . . . brides and
grooms TAKE NOTE!: if you want the best possible wedding day pictures, plan your day so that we can make
pictures of the two of you just before sunset . . . it's a dreamy time and a dreamy look:









and a bit of sun flair fun:



adam and caroline, congrats on your engagement and thanks for choosing silverbox! oh, and I almost forgot:
see the slideshow for more golden hour engagement prictures!

~kim

elizabeth + wes :: engaged!

the conversation started the way it starts with so many SilverBox couples:

Q: is there a place you might like to go that's meaningful to you two? --

. . . a place where when you look back at these pictures, you'll have a story to tell your kids??

A: well for our first date, Wes took me to an outdoor play at Maplewood Barn Theatre.

PERFECT!

seemed even more perfect when they told me THIS:

the night wes proposed, he decided to "re-create" their first date;

BUT it was winter and there's not a whole lot of outdoor theatre in the colder months --

so what's a guy to do?

try this: how about set up an outdoor projector and screen on the lawn!

he had me at "outdoor projector" -- wow!

and that night on the big screen before an audience of 2: Singing in the Rain

[and you'll be "happy again!" when you take a look at this slideshow btw!]

and another wow . . .

. . . oh did it ever look like rain the afternoon that elizabeth and wes were driving into town for this shoot;

but nope, not until we had just finished our last bite of ice-cream and were walking out of Sparky's did the first drop fall.

but most perfect and wow-filled of all?

the joy and giddiness in their faces when wes rolls his eyes to the sky with a laugh and elizabeth wrinkles up her nose.

some couples just seem to fit together in the way they reach out for each other, cuddle close and snuggle in.

and yep, elizabeth and wes are most certainly this "made for each other and fit so perfectly" kind.

just call it " a glorious feelin' (as you walk down the lane!) "

~ take a peek at this slideshow and enjoooooooy the long weekend!

helllo summertime!!!

hugs, all!

amy

laugh and play with jeremy + tonya :: engaged!

oh my goodness it's hard to keep a straight face with jeremy + tonya around . . .

loving, touching, squeezing + laughter everywhere you look! 

colorful through and through!

and that tonya may soon have a second career as a meteorologist.

tonya + jeremy drove into columbia for this shoot and it had rained all week long, 

but with an eye on the sky, tonya kept me posted all day and true to her prediction, the world was no less than luscious!

[but JUST IN CASE we'd ended up with drizzles, i'd formulated a plan for under-cover sure-shot color.

and these 2 were totally game:

inspired by jeremy's racing hobby (and success!) they did THIS all on their own.

jeremy redefines spontaneity!!

[my goal here was simply to keep up]

kim and i look so forward to documenting their upcoming powell gardens wedding and bet our bottom dollar that it will be full of color, laughs, love and surprise!

what a hoot!

drew + sarah :: engaged!

drew + sarah . . . about to embark on marriage, an out-of-state move, an advanced degree for
sarah and . . . a photography career for drew! i'm so happy and excited for you two!

(if there's anything that could possibly make me even more excited to photograph a wedding . . .
it would be photographing a photographer's wedding!) check back in late june to see drew +
sarah say their "i do's".

but before that, check out a few of my favorites from their engagement session
AND
be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom 'cause we experimented with some "one-light" (off
camera strobe) pictures at dusk that were worth hauling tripod + umbrella across the creek for
AND
. . . there's a slideshow too ~ click here!

























~kim

brandy + aric :: married and best friends!

i knew from photographing brandy + aric's engagement session that their wedding would be both lovely AND spirited . . . and . . . I was right! I'm gonna keep the words brief, 'cause I promised brandy and aric I'd post pictures tonight! so scroll through for a sneak peak at a few photos, but then . . . be sure to click here to see their wedding slideshow.

brandy dressed at the Olivet Christian Church, where the ceremony was held, and these are a few of my favorites:









brandy and her friends have a flair for fashion . . .







and brandy's first wish, once she was dressed and ready, was to spend a private moment with her father . . .



also, we've had more and more couples opting to see one another BEFORE the ceremony. brandy and aric did that . . . it was a chance for them to breath deeply, to get out the pre-ceremony jitters, to connect with one another for the first time that day in an intimate, quite space AND to create pictures:



the reception? as lively as it was lovely! aric is a talented, hands-on DJ . . . in fact, he and brandy met at a friend's wedding that he was DJ-ing:







and one of my favorites pictures of the day . . . made by karen who assisted . . . is brandy's mom watching the father-daughter dance:



Congrats, brandy and aric!



And a note about their slideshow . . . lots more to see AND to hear . . . aric recorded the song he wrote and sang to brandy during the ceremony . . . here's aric singing "today I marry my best friend" at the ceremony (great photo, Karen!) . . . beautiful singing, aric!



Have you clicked on the slideshow yet with aric's very own song? . . . let me tell you, it is top 40 material!

~kim

wileyware for weddings . . . and birthdays, anniversaries, mother's day . . . EVERY DAY!

how about a little "love at first sip?!"

that's my daughter, sophie (above) checking out a brilliant, iridescent hand-blown glass designed (and this is the best part . . . ) by my dear DEAR friend and fellow artist conspirator, Marcia Wiley. Yep, marcia is a glass artist and she's created these incredible FUNCTIONAL works of art.

These glasses are AMAZING. I've now got a kitchen cabinet full of them and I'm still lusting for more.

Here's the scoop about these glasses:
~they are called "wileyware"
~they come in various shapes and colors,
~they make PERFECT wedding and anniversary gifts
and
~YOU CAN NOW ORDER THEM via Marcia's website at: www.wileyware.com
(or hey, if you want to place a special, custom order . . . like with gift wrapping or engraving OR if you want to set up a wedding registry, you can call marcia directly at 206-706-6051)

marcia and her son, north (i'm his proud godmama . . . and he's featured with sophie below), came to Missouri for a visit (she lives in Seattle and I try not to be too jealous about that . . . 'cause really, I DO love Missouri), and we hosted a little get-together so folks could see and touch the wileyware.

marcia, creator of wileyware, laughing out loud:



north (above) is holding a "mini" wileyware glass and sophie is holding a "fluted" wileyware glass. by the way, both these sizes are great for juice in the morning OR wine at night!

below are friends with some larger wileyware glasses:






thanks to everyone who came that day AND
thanks to friends catey and jim who lent us their beautiful kitchen so that we could hang out in light-filled space AND
thanks, with lotsa love, to marcia for bringing wileyware (and my godson, north) into the world.

~kim

karen + john :: sweet stolen glances

oooh the THRILL of documenting THIS kind of a glance between a couple in love right before saying their "i do's":



karen + john were full of stolen glances and BIG biG BIg smiles all the livelong day. and by the way . . . i was extra excited to photograph both ceremony AND reception at the historic Muelbach Hotel lobby, located in the Kansas City Marriott Downtown. amy and i have been adding a bit of indiscreet-but-dramatic lighting at receptions, and I was able to do the same during the ceremony:



karen + john made some delightful choices, including a sand ceremony (this shot was made by abbie brown, who assisted me marvelously that day):



and here is why the Marriott's Muehlbach Hotel can be a GREAT choice. not only is it lovely and historic, but you can do everything in ONE location:

~spacious, light-filled rooms where folks can get ready (and speaking of sweet glances, how about this one between john and his mom?!):



~classic old stairway, floor tiles, light fixtures that make a beautiful ceremony space:



~which can be converted into an equally lovely reception space:



~and here's what we were doing while the Muehlbach staff converted the space. guests enjoyed a cocktail hour in another part of the hotel, while karen + john and their bridal party explored parts of kansas city:







WOW! doesn't karen look luscious here?!



another great shot by abbie:



and while we sometimes hesitate to make posed, looking-straight-at-the-camera shots, I could not resist this one . . . I love how windswept and beautiful karen looks:



~and then, back to the converted reception space for food, friends, dancing and . . . CUPCAKES!





and one of my favorite ring shots . . . by abbie!



Lots more from the day to see . . . check out karen + john's wedding slideshow here!

~kim