November 2011
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Carrie & Ryan- Engaged!!!
It is fair to say that most engaged couples are looking forward to getting married. As someone who has worked with quite a few brides and grooms, however, I can say that few brides have ever been quite as eager as Carrie to share their excitement (at least with their photographer :). Nearly every correspondence I have had with Carrie, from the first email I received, to the emails back and forth...
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The Backes Pack
The captain of the St. Louis Blues NHL hockey team, David Backes, and his gorgeous wife, Kelly, are truly beautiful people, inside and out. This adorable couple (who met in kindergarden…. how cute is that?) have a huge heart for animal rescue and pet adoption. So when they contacted me recently to photograph them with their FOUR RESCUE DOGS, I was very excited, but prepared for quite a...
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Exciting news!
I was VERY excited recently to receive an email with this banner at the top:
Hooray! SUPER Exiting news!!! This is such an amazing honor because it is selected by REAL brides in the St. Louis area who have voted Julia Noack Photography as one of the leading wedding professionals in the industry! I am so thankful to all of my awesome clients who chose me to be a part of their wedding day and...
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Paige and Jay- Married! Part II
One of the most notable things about Paige and Jay’s wedding, to me, was the beautiful way that they included Jay’s son, Peyton, in so many components of the wedding. They were very, very intentional in acknowledging that their marriage would not just be a union of two, but rather the forming of a family of three. Not only was Peyton Jay’s best man, but he also walked up the...
Paige and Jay- Married! Part I
Not surprisingly, the beautiful bride from my last post had an absolutely beautiful wedding day! Paige is a dear old friend of mine- we go back 12 years (did you realize that, Paige? 12 YEARS!) to the first summer we worked together at YMCA Camp Lakewood as co-counselors. So I was beyond excited and honored to be asked to photograph Paige’s big day. The bride and groom both got ready at...
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A Beautiful Bride
In the south, and along the east coast, and definitely in the great state of Texas, there is an awesome tradition that, unfortunately, is not well-known in the midwest: The bridal portrait session. Now I have seen some born-and-raised midwestern girls do bridal portrait sessions, but a lot of Missouri brides don’t even know what they are about. So I will tell you! The most traditional...
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Josh and Ashley- Engaged!
I am often asked what my favorite kind of shoot is: weddings? family sessions? high school seniors? babies? The true answer is that I love it all! I love the variety, and I would never want to give any of it up! I love being with families through all of those exciting stages- getting married, their first baby, the toddler and grade school years, the high school seniors, and most recently (see my...
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50 Years of Marriage, a Beautiful Family, and a...
Meet Joan and Virgil. Joan and Virgil just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. 50th!!! In a world where celebrity marriages sometimes last only 72 days, I think a couple facing their 50th wedding anniversary, with love for each other still sparkling in their eyes, deserves a lot of admiration and celebration! So I was thrilled when the family contacted me to do a family portrait session...
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Sarah & Aaron and a little pumpkin on the way!
Just before Halloween I got to do a super fun maternity session with self-proclaimed Halloween fanatics, Sarah and Aaron. To give them a mixture of pictures showing the beautiful fall foliage and some a little more holiday themed, we split the session between Faust Park and Rombach Farms Pumpkin Patch. Tall and slender Sarah looked absolutely gorgeous in her 7-month-pregnant glow, and she made...
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Ann & Lance- Married! Part II
Ann and Lance were declared husband and wife, sealed their union with a kiss, and barely made it down the isle before they were surrounded by beaming, hugging, joyful well-wishers! I almost felt bad whisking them away from family and friends for our brief portrait session around the lovely Glen Echo Country Club grounds. Luckily we were provided with a golf car to get us around quickly (the...
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Ann & Lance- Married! Part I
Thinking back on Ann and Lance’s wedding day, the words that come to my mind are beautiful, intimate, elegant, joyful. Every choice they made while planning their special day spoke to to the love and closeness they share with their families and each other. For their very small wedding party, they asked only Ann’s sister to be the Matron of Honor and Lance’s brother to be the...
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Maddie's trip to the Pumpkin Patch
When I look back in my memory to my childhood and the season of fall, I have very warm feelings and sweet memories of going with my family to the Great Pumpkin Patch: drinking hot apple cider, the hayride out to the large field of pumpkins, walking with my sister and parents, examining and comparing each pumpkin until we found that perfect family pumpkin (and when we were older, pumpkins for each...
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Beth & BJ- Married!!! Part II
Beth and BJ’s ceremony took place at St. Ambrose Catholic Church on The Hill, and the service was beautiful, warm, and joyful. We had a very short amount of time after the ceremony for pictures before sunset, but we made the most of it at Tower Grove Park, near the Piper Palm House, where the reception was taking place, and we got some gorgeous images in the soft light right at dusk. The...
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Beth & BJ- Married!!! Part I
On September 30, I had the great pleasure of being with Beth and BJ for their wedding day. The festivities began with the girls getting ready at Beth’s sister’s house and the boys getting ready at Beth and BJ’s house. The guys were the picture of relaxation: hanging out with Beth and BJ’s dog and enjoying some cold ones, as well as some special single malt scotch...
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Teaser Post
I usually post teaser photos on my facebook photography page to give people a little something to tide them over and get them excited for their blog post sneak peeks. I’ve decided I’m going to start posting the teasers on here as well. So to get me all geared up and caught up with teaser postings… here are some teasers that have already hit the facebook page but have yet to be...
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Little Man Dane Turns 1!
My dad is a doctor, and he used to have his own family practice where he took care of families for generations, even delivering babies sometimes to the new moms and dads that he also delivered. He often told me that one of his favorite parts of his work was the relationships he built with families and the honor of taking care of them through the many stages of their lives together. While being a...
