Carl and Natalie have been good friends of ours since college. They got married several years ago when Hawes Photography was Aaron Hawes Photography and I would ocassionaly go on a shoot to help. Oh how things have changed! Luckily there are constants. 1. We’re still great friends despite the distance between here and St. Louis. 2. They’re still in love and want us to take their picture. 3. At least three of us can carry on a coversation about fonts (sorry Carl!). So here are our friends - being the bubbly and cool people we have come to love.

Behind the camera – LOL! Aaron looks like … well a dork…  Then he gets his model on … and looks like … yeah….

This has been a long time coming but it is finally time for you all to meet Ashley and Jeremy Parsons. Amazing friends, wonderful parents, and fellow photographers.

Heather and I have had the extreme privilege of getting to know these guys over the last few months and are truly honored to have become friends with such wonderful people. This business can be pretty cut throat and it’s such a release to spend time with people that understand that.

This weekend we had the opportunity to go out and have some shooting fun with both couples (yes, pictures of us exist out there too). They were amazingly easy to photograph and we’re just happy that we could give them some great images of themselves. Ashley was stunning in that amazing dress and Jeremy simply glows around her.

In honor of Ashley this is also my first post of textured images. It is a technique that I’ve been struggling on whether to embrace and she has slowly convinced me how wonderful it can be. Watch out! Now that I’ve opened that can of worms I’m sure there will be plenty more to come, it just fits our style

Thank you guys for being such wonderful friends. Keep up the wonderful work, the sky is the limit!