and I love photos!

Yes! It’s true. As cliché as that may sound. But I really love photos. I love taking them, I love looking at them, I love putting them together in a book, I just love everything about them!

I have a Bachelors Degree of Studio Art with an emphasis in Graphic Design and Photography from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. However, my love for photography didn’t fully blossom until I had my kids.  This is when my obsession for documenting our life began. It’s like I didn’t want to miss a second of my babies’ life. Through the constant practice of photographing my family I fell in love with photography and wanted to learn more and more.

In 2010 a neighbor asked me to take family photos for them. This blew my mind since I wasn’t a professional and didn’t even consider a photography business at that time.

I explained that I wasn’t a professional, but she persisted saying how she loves all of my personal photos on Facebook. After a lot of thought and being nervous having never done this before, I did the session and was completely obsessed! I couldn’t believe how fun it was for me! Slowly, over time, I developed my photography business. A business I love!

For me, photographing life feeds my soul. A few hard life lessons has taught me how precious life is, and has made me understanding and grateful. I know that life isn’t always happy smiles in a perfect house. Life is CRAZY! Life is MESSY! Life is BEAUTIFUL! When I look at photos I want to remember the feeling. The feeling of how life was at that time: the realness. Photographs are our visual memories, and I am so obsessed with artistically documenting life.

We absolutely loved every photo from Pearl’s work on our wedding and engagement pictures. Pearl has an amazing talent of being able to capture moments that feel so genuine and special. I love looking through all of her photography because she so beautifully highlights the simple moments in life. It also should be said that her and her husband worked so hard all day at our wedding, physically sprinting along the wide open space around our outdoor ceremony just to get every angle and shot. We are so happy we chose Pearl to photograph our special day and we throughly recommend her!

I met Pearl through work, where she was photographing new construction homes, and liked her immediately. When my husband and I were planning our wedding and looking for a photographer, I looked Pearl up and was blown away by the style of her photos. Her creativity shines through everything she does. And when we met her and did our engagement photos with her, we clicked right away! Pearl has this incredible ability to make you feel comfortable, even when she’s taking photos of you, which can seem awkward. And then on the big day, it was an absolute joy to have her there. She’s calm under pressure, has amazing ideas, worked super well with a very large and very rowdy wedding party, and just overall helped make the day run smoothly. I am so amazed by her vision and by the way she made our day come to life! I couldn’t imagine having worked with anyone else!

Pearl and Heath were amazing! Pearl went out of her way to get to know us and every single picture she took (engagement and wedding) reflected my husband and I. Pearl was friendly, easy to go work with, and beyond talented! I could not have asked for anything better from Pearl’s photography services!

We could not have been happier. Felt like she had been doing it forever. The pictures were perfect, not one family member was missed and the entire process from start to finish couldn’t have been easier nor more fun. Highly recommend.

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