Some of these people had not been in the same room for years.
A family reunion on a golden summer evening at Deer Creek Club in Ladue. We photographed it the way we cover a wedding: the hugs at the door, the kids on the deck, the toasts, and one portrait with every generation in the frame. This is what that looks like.
The Evening
A reunion is a wedding without the ceremony.
The same things are true. People travel a long way. Generations who rarely stand together are suddenly in one place. The light is short and the night goes fast. If no one is documenting it well, the only record is a few phone photos and a memory that fades. A reunion deserves the same care a wedding gets.
So we covered it that way. Candid through the arrivals, when the real emotion happens at the door. Organized and quick through the family groupings, so no one stands around while the light disappears. One full group portrait with everyone in the frame, the photo a family keeps for decades. Then a finished gallery and a film, delivered so the whole family can relive the night, not just the people who remembered to take pictures.
The Gallery
One evening, start to finish.
The reunions at the door, the moments between generations, the laughter at the tables, the portraits in the last of the light, and the whole family together.
In Black & White
The documentary set.
“The phone photos disappear into everyone's camera roll. The photographs are what the family still has in twenty years.”
Henry David, Photographer
Celebrations We Cover
The gatherings that only happen once.
Family reunions, milestone birthdays, anniversaries, retirement parties, and the dinners around them. We also photograph intimate weddings, rehearsal dinners, and vow renewals for families who want the same calm, documentary approach without a large production.
If your gathering is in the St. Louis area, including Ladue, Clayton, and the private clubs around the metro, tell us the date and the venue and we will put together a plan.
Planning a celebration? Let's document it.
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