shari & jim eshoot.

shari & jim play ultimate frisbee with us. shari's team beat us by one point in the championship this past league... i may or may not have threatened the quality of her wedding photos on her personal play... just kidding. i would never do that. but on the other hand... maybe i should have! muahhaah. seriously- she is becoming a kick butt player and we lost by only one point!

enough about ultimate let's talk about these two love birds... they're pretty adorable together.

we met up at papago park's disc golf course, which is where they had their first date. very appropriate & very fun!

here are a few of my favorites!




i had just watched great expectations & had this vision stuck in my head. they were nice enough to oblige :)

love this one.



& these next two show how fun they are!


& then back to the romance.



their wedding pictures are next! & i am having so much fun editing & toning them!

mary & bryan

are married!

my first wedding of the year & they did not disappoint :) fabulous day, weather, family & friends. the whole kit & kaboodle was fantastic!

mary went to grade school with my brother... she was always so cute & tiny! now, many years later on her wedding day she was simply stunning. bryan was very handsome & is by far one of the sweetest guys i've ever met.

please enjoy a few of my favorite images from their day.


mary likes pink. loves pink. her room is pink. lots of pink, everywhere... so when i was looking for places to take the detail shots i got so excited! this may be my new favorite ring shot. but i mean check out that ring!
having fun in her dress!
-see stunning!

they were married at st.louis bertrand church, which is such a beautiful place.
last time i was at a wedding here i was a reader- so the one up front with wobbly knees!
bryan's stepdad... such a sweet moment.
bryan's nephew. so stinken cute.
the boys.

the wedding party having fun pre-reception in the trolley!
we were able to squeeze a few portraits in before the reception on the golf course at Audubon.
aw.
father daughter dance :)

i don't really remember what was going on here, but i laugh everytime i look at this photo! get em' mary!
i love it when guys aren't embarrassed to get down on the dance floor. bryan was an awesome dancer.
must be where his nephew got it from!
what a great party!

thank you mary & bryan for letting me be there!!!! such a beautiful day.

mother's day.

what an important holiday- and i'm not just saying that because i'm a mama now. but seriously. one day a year to honor the woman that brought you into this world. that held you when you were sad as a child, that listens to your complaints as a teenager & loves you even when you're ten times more difficult than you were in your terrible two's... that when you're an adult is your best friend.

here's a big shout out to my mama. i love you. thanks for being a fabulous mother.

women are special. there's no way around it. their bodies are amazing. they're in tune with the world in ways men just aren't capable of... not that they can help it. but women. i use to wish i'd come back in my next life as a guy- they seem to have it so much easier. but now after becoming a mother myself- i respect being a woman so much more. i respect other women SOOOO much more.

bryan made mother's day incredibly special! he made me breakfast & took me out to eat at my favorite restaurant for dinner & then arranged for us to have our first family portrait session, just the three of us. our friend jill met up with us to do the honors. jill was also the one to document finn's birth. kinda cool that a year later she'd document another awesome milestone in our lives. (we're actually one month early, finn wasn't born until june 11th.)

we have made a pact to get a session done every year. on mother's day or around there. as a gift to our family, so that our history is remembered, documented & cherished. i know this is going to sound like a sales pitch, since i'm a photographer but. now, more than ever i realize how important that is. i believe in that even more! sure we have a ton of pictures of finn, of finn with bryan, of me & finn. but we have very few good shots of the three of us together. and that's what's important... us as a family. visual documentation of us interacting together. laughing together, hugging one another, chasing after the little one, wrestling with him to sit & smile when what he wants to do is explore that patch of grass over there. i know these are the photographs i'm going to cherish most when he's off to college. i'm going to stop with that because now i'm sad. he'll go to college one day!!!!

so. i wanted to share a few of my favorites that jill took. thanks jill... you're the best!




ah. life is good.

some exciting news...

megan resch photography has a new look!!!!!

my web designer/programmer & i have been working so hard on it and we couldn't be more excited. thanks jeff, you're the best.

please check it out & let me know what you think!

www.meganresch.com

the blog's new look is coming soon :)

one day without shoes.

details here: http://www.onedaywithoutshoes.com/learn.php

everybody cool is doing it. finn's doing it, i'm doing it... i'm working on bryan :)

cute family.

i had the pleasure of hanging out with this cute family this past weekend.

julie, doug, jacob & their newest addition abby! i did a session for them when jacob was just a babe! ( julie is my insurance rep & she is amazing!)

here are a few of my favorites:





and the sweet baby girl. she was hungry/tired, plus mom had mentioned she had a doctor's appt & well, she wasn't excited about it. abby is one month old... and soooo tiny & sweet.




tehee. mom was right there to grab on if we tipped ;)


sweet big brother.


jacob has the coolest toys.


i love his lil tongue in this shot. giddy up.


i love this one...


this one is soooo cute! all the smiles... tickles, happiness.


we got jacob & mama & daddy happy here, but now abby wants attention!


this tree was just too cool.


this face. is too. cute!


sweetness.


& here is my favorite family shot! we're all in & looking good!


jacob sharing his num num (ice cream bar!)




childhood. yum.


& now some of ms. abby. happy girl.


mama!


much better.


night night little one.


congratulations on the arrival of your new sweet pea!