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Heidi Abbott — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:11:27 +0000

kansas city engagement photography | jason + amanda

Heidi Abbott — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:45:05 +0000

I could hardly stop myself from posting more and more pictures of this adorable, madly in love, couple! Jason and Amanda will be getting married in July and I am so honored to be their photographer. We had a spectacular day yesterday for an engagement session and after spending a couple hours with them, I am even more excited about their wedding. Check these lovebirds out for yourself….

Blessings to you until next time…..

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february favorite four {4 photos I love each day}

Heidi Abbott — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:00:39 +0000

The last week of my February Favorite Four. This turned out to be more work than I thought. It’s definitely not hard to find 4 photos I love each day, but remembering to take the time to post them has turned out to be a little tougher. Once my Senior Portrait season starts to heat back up here in March, I will be posting almost every day. This month, my shoots have been a bit more out of the ordinary for me; a 21 member family group, some real estate agents’ business card pictures, and coming up an orthodontics office, a huge volunteer event at the Salvation Army and two events at my church. You may find me blogging about these in the coming weeks.

I hope you have a great week! Happy Monday!!

Rachel is a Thrive Spokesmodel from Blue Valley West and is a truly amazing girl – from the inside out.

This is another gorgeous “Rachel” from Shawnee Mission Northwest. The day we did her pictures was so beautiful and way before the leaves had turned and fell, but we found this ONE tree at Loose Park that had turned and we gathered up as many leaves as we could.

Doesn’t this picture just make you happy? It’s one of my all time favorites. Laura was so fun to work with.

Ahhhh….Jessica and Chris again. I had one of them from their engagement session laying down in the grass as the sun was going down and now another but in the snow on a super cold day in January. We got together for a real quick snow shoot and I can’t wait for their wedding in May!

Blessings to you until next time…..

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phone: 913.526.9991

february favorite four {4 photos I love each day}

Heidi Abbott — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:37:32 +0000

Today, my words shall be few. I’m working so hard on finishing my new website.

Chris and Jessica will be getting married on May 8. We had an amazing engagement session and got this shot as the sun was about to go down. I love it!

Kylie is stunning. This picture captured that so well.

I was so pumped when I saw Justin brought his skateboard along for his senior pictures. This is my favorite from his shoot.

I will close with my sweethearts with me while we decorated for Christmas. They may not like this picture much, but it is my desktop background. I simply cannot put in words how much I love these kids!

Blessings to you until next time…..

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phone: 913.526.9991

February Favorite Four {4 photos that I love each day}

Heidi Abbott — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:29:11 +0000

Today we are adding a member to our family. A little puppy is coming to live with us. I am sure I will post pictures of her soon, but I thought I better get my favorite four posted now before things get crazy around here. Without further ado…..today’s Favorite Four….

Because I thrive on uniqueness and creativity, going to a race track and posing a gorgeous girl with a dragster was ubber exciting! I love shooting on location. Sometimes when I think about having a studio, I think I would miss the excitement of going someplace new and creating portraits for clients that really are original and capture the essence of who they are. This senior, Hannah, was not only a dragster champion, but an honor student and cheerleader and in her session we were able to capture all sides of her. I love it!

Every time I go back to Greg and Amy’s engagement session pictures, I am always drawn to this one. They are all amazing in their own way and really captured the playfulness and fun of their relationship, but this shot in particular, at least to me, gets me right in the heart and puts a lump in my throat. I loved the location, the setting of the sun streaming over them and the snap of the shot just before the kiss.

I guess I really like sunset pictures because this is another picture that I go to in my love pile. Morgan, one of Thrive’s Senior Spokesmodels, had her session on a smoking hot day. We tried some shots with a colorful ice cream cone and it melted in seconds…not exactly my best idea ever….but, you would have never known by looking at her portfolio that she was in the least bit hot. She is a strikingly beautiful girl and you can see her entire portfolio here, but this is the one I’m choosing for a favorite of mine. Doesn’t it look like it should be on the cover of Seventeen magazine or something?

For Katy’s shoot, we went a couple of places and we finished up on some railroad tracks with her guitar in hand. I have some other favorites of hers that include her on the tracks with her guitar as the sun streams over her, but since I think I’ve pretty much worn out the sun flare pictures today, I picked this other guitar shot that I am crazy over. Katy has amazing blue eys and she shines so bright in this shot.

Blessings to you until next time…..

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Senior Pictures - www.thriveseniors.com

Love | Marriage | Baby….Life - www.thrivecreativestudio.com

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CONTACT ME AT:

email: heidiabbott@thrivecreativestudio.com

phone: 913.526.9991

chris + jessica | kansas city engagement portraits

Heidi Abbott — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:31:01 +0000

I have been away for over a month from my blog. Did ya miss me? I was intentional about focusing on my family and the holidays. I thought about blogging some of the wonderful pictures I took over Christmas, but it was “no work” for me. I’m trying hard to hang onto these moments with my children heading from adolescence to adulthood because things are changing fast. My second child is about to graduate from high school and in three short years, all my children will be out of high school and who knows where they will land?

TO THIS POST….

I already did an engagement session with Chris and Jessica in October, but Chris had mentioned that he really wanted snow pictures. So, I was itching to shoot and hey, the temperature had reached a warm 25 degrees (with windchill I think it was still in single digits). Well, it turned out to be pretty darn cold, but we smashed out a quick 20 minute snow session and I got these fun pictures of the soon to be Mr. and Mrs. McClendon!

First, their slideshow!

chris & jessica | kansas city engagement photography

Heidi Abbott — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:12:48 +0000

I super excited about shooting Chris and Jessica’s upcoming wedding in May next year and had a great afternoon with them hanging out in their hometown of Tonganoxie, Kansas! This was my first time to Tonganoxie and I have to say, it was quite a beautiful area. The downtown strip looks like most small towns, but provided some really fun spots to shoot. Chris and Jessica have probably driven past that broken down truck a million times, and never dreamed they’d take engagement pictures in front of it. I threw in a funny picture at the end of this post from that spot too. First, they took me to what used to be the oldest bridge in Tonganoxie, but it wasn’t the bridge we were after, it was the view from the bridge. Chris and Jessica climbed down this amazing rock cliff. Unfortunately, weather forced us to reschedule our first appointment because we missed a lot of the amazing Kansas fall colors. It was still a gorgeous day and really fun. I can hardly wait for May 8th!

I couldn’t resist this shot! Everyone knows the man is the king of the house, right? Well, at least one room!

greg & amy | e-session | kansas city engagement photography

Heidi Abbott — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:28:23 +0000

These pictures speak for themselves….and they say LOVE! Greg and Amy are getting married in April and we had an amazing engagement session on Saturday. I can’t even begin to tell you how hard it was picking out just these nice pictures for their sneak peek.