Lauren along with her mom & sis joined up with me to do a fashion style bridal portrait earlier this week.  I love it when brides take advantage of a portrait session prior to the wedding!  It let’s me be really creative & get different shots than time allows for on wedding day.  It also helps practice posing & always looking fabulous for the camera.  You can clearly see that Lauren was a total pro by the end of her session.  Lauren & her sister, Lindsay, flew in from Texas where is was SUPER hot.  So even though we ended up with the hottest night in KC but 85 degrees was a relief for the girls!  We had such a great time running around downtown, finding neat spots for different portraits.

Ashlee came along to help me with some creative lighting.  The portrait below is shot just before sunset with a little pop of light from the side.  I gave just enough ‘pop’ to highlight the right side of her face & create a little ‘drama’ shadow.

I used a little creative lighting for these two images as well.  The sunlight was fading fast because of a storm that was on our heels!  In fact, we finished just in time.  The sky began to light up as Ashlee & I walked back to the van.  Once we hit the highway, the skies opened & absolutely poured on us!!