★ GOLD Patoka's featured Photographer
I photograph weddings around the St. Louis Metro East, from Lebanon and Belleville out to wherever the day takes us. I want the real moments: your dad fumbling the tissue, the flower girl who refuses to walk, the quiet minute you two steal before the reception gets loud. I work calmly and stay out of the way until you need me. When the day is over you don't get a folder of raw files to sort through. You get finished work: prints, albums and art meant to hang on your walls and get handed down.…more