Beth Berry Photography

Baby Parker!

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:05:49 +0000

I photographed Amanda and Brett’s wedding a few years ago, on the rooftop of the Hyatt overlooking the Arch. They are just the nicest couple, and I was so excited to photograph their maternity and newborn sessions!

Parker is a handsome little man, and he kept on my toes for his photo shoot. He must have been excited about it…because this dude did not want to go to sleep :) We cooed and rocked and warmed him up, but he wasn’t having it! The little guy was definitely happiest when mommy and daddy were holding him….who can blame him? At the end of the day we ended up with lots of lovely images! I have several photos I love…but my favorite below shows Brett lulling Parker to sleep with some guitar tunes….Enjoy!

Kelly + Mike: Married!

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:50:50 +0000

Hey everybody! Hope you’ve all made the transition from my old blog/website to the new blogsite! I haven’t made an official announcement (I guess “official” these days means spreading the word on facebook), because I still have a few details and galleries to add. But I believe it’s already looking fabulous and I might as well be showing it off! Now on to the show…Kelly and Mike were my first wedding of 2012! It’s still hard for me to replace the ’11 with a ’12! Going into this wedding I knew we wouldn’t have any time for outdoor portraits…so I had to think about capturing the day in a more candid manor. While I strive to have a good mix of candid and posed portraits on a wedding day, for this wedding I stayed in candid mode the entire time. And it was fun :)

Now usually in my blog posts I try to write some commentary on most photos, but for some reason I can’t do that yet on my new blog (I promise I’ll figure it out!). So today just enjoy the photos :)

Hey Kelly…I’m hoping after you see how gorgeous you looked in your dress you’ll want to take me up on a “Re-Dress” session…

Welcome Baby Matthew!

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:48:31 +0000

January 16th-2011

Little Matthew made his arrival right before Christmas, after a looong labor for his first-time mommy! He finally did arrive safely to the relief of Sarah and Chris. Sarah is my co-worker, whose style I would describe as classic and “put-together”…and it was no different when I arrived for Matthew’s session. “Hold up–you just had a baby a week and a half ago?” You’ll notice Sarah’s style in the hand-painted artwork in Matthew’s bedroom, and the fact that we wrapped him up in one of Sarah’s many gorgeous scarves :) Enjoy viewing this cutie pie and his family!

My New Meeting Space!

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:31:42 +0000

We moved into our new home this August, and we’ve been working on making it our own ever since. When we were house-hunting, a meeting space was very high up on my list. This room used to be the formal dining room, but we have such an open floor plan (already allowing for an open living/dining space), that the formal dining room was unnecessary. Every item in this room is new/new to us. I’ve had several meetings here already and I couldn’t be happier with it!

Couch/coffee table-IKEA
Pillows-Etsy
White chairs-Amazon.com
Chandelier-original to the house and repainted
Side table + photo frames-Goodwill and repainted
Rug-Garden Ridge ($50 bucks!!!!!!)

Kate + Kyle: Engaged! {St. Louis Engagement Photographer}

admin — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:36:00 +0000

December 30th, 2011-

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! It’s currently New Year’s Eve Eve and I’m blogging my last session of the year!

Kate and Kyle had to put their session off several times for various reasons, and when we ended up in December I was a little bit nervous! It was a little chilly, but the sun kept us warm while running around the city. Enjoy my last blog of 2011 :)

Sheesh…beautiful!

Again with those eyes! You will be a gorgeous bride!

See you all in 2012…hopefully with a new blog-site not too far in the future….

Happy Holidays!!

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:51:00 +0000

December 23rd, 2011–

I hope my family, friends, and clients all have a beautiful holiday :) This was our Christmas card this year!

I will be “out of the office” from now until January 2nd. I will be checking email here and there. Happy Holidays!

Marcy + Joel: Married! {St. Louis Wedding Photography}

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:56:00 +0000

December 21st, 2011- Marcy and Joel were married on December 3rd…my last wedding of 2011! I shot Marcy’s friend Julie’s wedding last July…so when Marcy got engaged, she called me right away! My favorite kind of bride :)

I absolutely can’t believe the weather we had on their wedding day. It was near 60 and the sun even peeked out for part of the day! Don’t think I’ve ever been that lucky for a December wedding.

I was able to convince Joel and Marcy to see each other before the ceremony. Since it gets dark at 4 in the winter, I knew we wouldn’t be able to fit in all their fun photos. I don’t think they regretted doing a first look!

…by starting early we even got to include their puppies!

Marcy’s veil flew off before we could even leave her parents’ house :)

We headed to downtown Webster for their photographs, just blocks from the church.

Marcy’s bouquet was so pretty and I love the simplicity of the bridesmaids’ bouquets made entirely with baby’s breath!

Love this!

I posted this on facebook a few weeks ago. I had them each write each other a message, unbeknownst to the other. They ended up writing the same exact thing. Think they’re meant to be? I do :)

Love Marcy’s reaction to the note she received right before going down the aisle!

and finally time for the ceremony!

They got to ring the church bell to celebrate their marriage!

After the ceremony there was just a peek of sunlight left…you can’t even tell it’s December!

I feel like Marcy should be in a wedding dress catalog in this photo :)

Marcy and Julie, last year’s bride!

These guys love Guinness, so the ring shot is very appropriate.

Reception was held at the Edge of Webster…

Toasts followed by a chugging contest…

The end! Thank you guys for an awesome end to my 2011 wedding season!

Here are some of their vendors…

Dress – Helens Bridal
Bridesmaids Dresses – Clarices Bridal
Invites & Paper products – Designed by the Bride
Flowers – Barb O’Brien – The Silver Garden
Catering – Westwood Catering
Brides sash – Sarah Walton – friend & bridesmaid
Music – Elite Pro DJs – MT Schmidt

Poole Family! {Queeny Park Mini Family Session}

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:18:00 +0000

I’ve been photographing these 2 ladies for going on 4 years now! They are so cute together and seem to get along better and better every year :)

Favorite!!

Hill Family: Mini Session! {Queeny Park Family Session}

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:33:00 +0000

December 9th, 2011-

I photographed the Hill family way back when I only owned one small camera and one small lens. At that point they only had one small baby :) It was great to see them at my mini sessions this year!

Queeny Park Mini Sessions: Davis Family!

admin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:47:00 +0000

December 2nd, 2011-

Just to keep things lively around here, I’ll be posting a few from each of the mini sessions I did a while back! The Davis Family is up first! Bonnie is a coworker of mine and has a gorgeous family!

Have a great weekend! I have Marcy and Joel’s wedding this weekend; last wedding of the year!