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Lalumondiere Mill & Rivergardens Fall Wedding | Bridget & Trey

My word! This day at The Lalumondiere Mill & Rivergardens Fall wedding with Bridget and Trey was truly the most beautiful day. If you have never been to this wedding venue, it is truly a must see. This venue is owed by a couple who also live in the home on the venue. They graciously […]

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A Pocket Full of Sunshine Wedding

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A Pocket Full of Sunshine Wedding | Samantha & Nicholas

I am still smiling from ear to ear from Nicholas and Samantha’s A Pocket Full of Sunshine Wedding! Introducing the newest newlyweds, The Becks! Their day was full of so much love, laugh, (happy) tears, and fun!! It was truly a day to remember and I am just thrilled to share more from their wedding […]

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Tower Grove Park Engagement Photos

Engagements

Tower Grove Park Engagement Photos | Maddy & Tony

I am still on cloud nine from Maddy and Tony’s Tower Grove Park Engagement photos. These two cuties are getting married this fall and it is going to be epic! I was so excited to finally get these two in front of my camera. We laughed our way through Tower Grove Park and ended our […]

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Rose Oak Acres Wedding | Tina & Logan

Tina and Logan had the most beautiful July Rose Oak Acres Wedding! The weather could not have been more perfect for these two. I mean have you ever hear of a 75 degree wedding day in July!? It was beyond perfect with all their sweet family and friends and I am just elated I was […]

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Engagements

Busch Wildlife Engagement Photos | Shelby & Zach

Okay friends, serious question… is there anything better than summer light!? I mean I cannot get over Shelby and Zach’s Busch Wildlife Engagement photos! All day, it was calling for thunderstorms and in true STL fashion, we got 0 rain and the most beautiful, golden light! We may have been sweating, but nothing could steal […]

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Portraits

In Home Newborn Photo Session | The Roberts

I am so excited to finally share photos from sweet baby Natalie’s in home newborn photo session! The Roberts were referred to me from one of my best photographer friends and I am so thankful I had the opportunity to meet this sweet family! Baby Natalie stole my heart the moment I saw her squishy […]

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Engagements

Forest Park Engagement Session | Mallory & Justyn

Goodness, I am so thrilled for Mallory and Justyn and had so much fun at their Forest Park Engagement session! The morning was full of all laughs and smiles and I am just enamored with the thought that I get to be apart of these two’s love story! Mallory and Justyn reached out to me […]

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Weddings

Innsbrook Resort Wedding | Jane & Jerry

Jerry and Jane had the most joyful, Innsbrook Resort Wedding filled with love! One thing Jane shared with me from the start was how she LOVES color and wanted to have a colorful wedding day so I knew the day was going to be beautiful but my mind was blown away the second I walked […]

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bride and groom at pine hollow farms

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Pine Hollow Farms Wedding | Jade & Jack

Okay guys, I am SO EXCITED to share photos from Jack and Jade’s Pine Hollow Farms Wedding! It was truly the most perfect day for these two! Although this was wedding 2.0 (Jack and Jade said I do a year ago but still planned to have a big wedding with all their family and friends), […]

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Bride and groom at Sugar Spring Ranch wedding venue in Columbia, IL.

Weddings

Sugar Spring Ranch Wedding | Carlie & Nick

Wow, guys! The Kneppers did it! They are married! This gorgeous, Sugar Spring Ranch wedding was so much fun! (I am pretty sure I will be reliving moments from this day in my head forever) When I met Carlie for coffee to chat about me potentially being her wedding photographer, we clicked so well and […]

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ABOUT adara

Capturing love and timeless moments is a true passion of mine - I'm enamored with the idea that we can take the best moments in our life and freeze them to remember forever!

I'm a big believer that wedding mornings are best when you start with an iced brown sugar oat milk latte & end with an epic dance party at the reception!! In my free time (which is minimal with two sweet kiddos!) you can find me serving in my church, sneaking in a date night with my husband, or enjoying the outdoors!! I love the sunshine and being by the water is my happy place! 

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Your wedding day will be full of joy, love and FUN! I want nothing more but to be a third wheel and document every special moment of your big day! Let's be friends!!

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