Sarah and Daniel's Wedding - St. Louis Wedding Photographer

Sarah and Daniel's wedding took place on Sarah's family farm on a beautiful fall day. I didn't know what to expect before I got there. What would be available for me to take pictures in front of? A big red barn? A corn field? A grassy field? Would there be trees everywhere? Would there be no trees? Turns out, Sarah's farm was the kind of picture perfect farm that you read about in a book. Which is probably why Sarah and Daniel decided to have their wedding there. I had a great time with Daniel and Sarah, and the fact that they are both also photographers made the day go even smoother. The reception was held at the Feasting Fox in St. Louis, MO.

My brother needed a new headshot. He came to me. What a good brother. : )

Jamie and Lee's Wedding - St. Louis Wedding Photographer

Jamie and Lee were fortunate to pick the most beautiful weekend of September to have their wedding. I was fortunate to be asked to photograph their special day. : ) The wedding was held at the Jewel Box in Forest Park, and the reception at Andre's West in Fenton, MO.

Rikki and Ron's Engagement Foto Sesh - St. Louis Photographer

Being a photographer is a cool thing. You get to look at different situations and figure out how best to capture them, freezing a moment forever, for it to be stared at and (usually) cherished for many, many lifetimes. I really dig it. What I find very frustrating though, is that I can't really ever take cool pictures with myself in them. :( That's why Rikki, from Rikki Lauren Photography contacted me. She knew that if she came to me to take her and her fiance, Ron's engagement photos, they would not only be cool, but they would also all be sans my face. :) We took all these pictures in and around St. Louis city's oldest public park, Lafayette Square Park.

Norah Ann's 1st Birthday - St. Louis Photographer

I got to document baby Norah's Pretty in Pink first birthday party! The family spent all day putting up decorations, grandma spent all day creating the cake (which was delicious), and Norah Ann was a site to see in her little pink tu-tu!

Family Reunion

With our families growing, it hasn't been as easy to get together for the holidays as it has been in the past. This year, Aunt Karen orchestrated a family reunion at Drace Park in Town and Country. It was great to see everybody! See the entire gallery of pics here.

My Son - Henry Ryan Haupt

View the flickr photo slideshow of his first month here.

Biggest Moon of the Year

March 19th was apparently one of those strange days where the moon is closest to planet Earth for once in like... years. I thought about this for a while I laid in bed watching Jimmy Fallon... I thought about how I've never taken a picture of the moon before... and finally, I mustered the energy to get up, dig my tripod out of the closet, and attempt to capture this astrologic phenomenon.

I used a tripod, an intervalometer (for the external shutter release), a 70-200mm lens, and camera settings - iso 200, f/5.6, 1/800s

The resulting picture is below. I am pretty pleased with it! It's amazing to see so many details!

Jenn and Jamie's Engagement Video Sesh - St. Louis Videographer

This is White Kite Foto's first Engagement Video Session! Hooray! Jenn and Jamie were so patient the day we did this, and I thank them for that! It was a beautiful evening, with a slight bit of hot. But they kept on smiling, and we got everything done on schedule! Thanks guys!

Gregan's EuroTrip

My wife and I recently took the vacation of our lives. We flew to London, took the Chunnel to Paris, flew to Rome, took a train to Sienna, then Florence, Cinque Terre, Pisa, then back to Florence to grab an overnight train to Munich for Oktoberfest, then ended it all with a night in Dublin. Needless to say, it was both fantastic and extremely exhausting. I schlepped the Mark ii every step of the way, which resulted in over 1500 photos, which I've narrowed down to around 1200 for your viewing pleasure :)

My wife was shooting snapshots with an Olympus Stylus 1030 SW, and I have included those pictures as they were taken chronologically throughout the gallery also.

Instead of posting one monstrous gallery, I broke everything up by city. You can view the photos in the order they were taken by viewing the galleries from top to bottom. My favorite gallery is probably Cinque Terre :)

London, England | Paris, France | Rome, Italy | Sienna, Italy | Florence, Italy | Cinque Terre, Italy | Pisa, Italy | Munich, Germany | Dublin, Ireland
If you have any questions about any of the pics in the gallery, feel free to shoot me an email at greg@greghaupt.com. I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Katy and Kent's Engagement Foto Sesh - St. Louis Photographer

Katy and Kent are two of me and my wife's very good friends. I was excited when they contacted me to take their engagement photos. It was my first official session, and there was a lot of experimentation going on, but Katy and Kent kept the situation on cool. It helped that they are a very photogenic couple, and that I've been best friends with Kent since the 5th grade :)

ZAC ATTACK!! Zac Efron in St. Louis for Charlie St. Cloud Premiere

Zac Efron was in St. Louis on July 21st for the St. Louis Premiere of his movie, Charlie St. Cloud. I took a ton of pictures. These are the ones that tell the story.

To see the entire photo gallery (41 pictures) of this event, visit my mobileme gallery at: http://gallery.me.com/gregoryhaupt#100190   Or visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3NC-XdOJDk to see the short video I took of the event.

Julie and Ryan's Engagement - St. Louis Photographer

Two of my very good friends just got engaged! They came to visit over the Fourth of July weekend, and my wife and I took them out to celebrate. I had fun creating this 'Red, White and Blue' photo set.

Miles (the cat)

Miles is my sister and her BF's cat. He's hypoallergenic, and yes, he's single.

To see more super cute pictures of Miles in ultra high-res, please visit my mobileme gallery at:  http://gallery.me.com/gregoryhaupt#100166

Ed Rader's Surprise 60th Birthday Party - St. Louis Photographer

Ed Rader is my wife's best friend's father. We were already going to attend the surprise, so snapping photos while I was there was no problem at all. This was the first event that I shot using my new 70-200mm 2.8IS ii lens.

The Montgomery Home

My mother and her husband have an amazing place in Mahomet, IL. I felt like Snow White the entire weekend I stayed there. I took pictures to give you an idea of what I'm talking about.

To view the entire gallery in beautiful high resolution, please visit my mobileme gallery at:  http://gallery.me.com/gregoryhaupt#100141