My name is Michelle Ross. I'm a wedding and portrait photographer based out of Saint Louis. I graduated in 2000 with a BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design. Shortly after graduation, I traded paintbrush for pixels and started documenting love. I have in the past year been featured in the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Missouri/Kansas Knot magazine as well as the Southern Illinois Knot online splash page.
I have one husband, one daughter, and eight cameras. I like to cook. I am a mama. I will beat you down at Wii Cooking Mama. I don't own a pet, but if I did I would dress it up in little outfits. Don't tell, but I love working Wedding Receptions just for the cheesy dancing music. Left to my own devices, I would listen to the Footloose soundtrack all day. I love Mystery Science Theatre 3000, listening to acoustic guitar, rainy days, the smell of patchouli and the taste of Earl Grey Tea.
Ben and Kelly were quite unique and arty (wedding day album here)! Their personalities shone through every aspect of the day. I had written before about Ben’s ‘Clink Eastwood’ stare and wanted to play it up for a photo or two with the guys. How about this for tough? If he made you an offer, could you refuse???
My FAVORITE moment of the day. The wedding dress symbolizes so much about her new life to come.
Laura and DJ were SO much fun! Laura is very silly and outgoing, and DJ is (in public) quite reserved and stoic. They are the PERFECT combination. Plus Laura is smokin’ hot!! Check out this dress! And check out their wedding day album!
Click ‘more’ to see more pictures of them!
A special monogrammed hanky for Mom to wipe her tears!
Doug had his senior session taken Saturday at Tower Grove Park. Halfway through the shoot, his girlfriend Whitney mentioned that he had modeled for Ambercrombie&Fitch last year. No pressure! I did pull out of my bag of tricks the old “smell a fart” prompt so Doug could have some posing inspiration, as immortalized by Joey from Friends:
(watching Joey’s soap opera)
RACHEL: Did I miss it? Did I miss it?
JOEY: No, I’m on right after this guy shoots himself.
CHANDLER: Whoa, she’s pretty.
JOEY: Yeah, and she’s really nice too. She taught me all about how to work the cameras, and smell-the-fart acting.
RACHEL: I’m sorry, what?
MONICA: What?
JOEY: It’s like, you got so many lines to learn so fast, that sometimes you need a minute to remember your next one. So while you’re thinkin’ of it, you take this big pause where you look all intense, you know, like this.
CHANDLER: Oh, ok.
JOEY: There’s my scene, there’s my scene. “Mrs. Wallace, I’m Dr. Drake Ramoray, your sister’s neurosurgeon.
MRS. WALLACE: Is she gonna be all right?
JOEY: I’m afraid the situation is much worse than we expected. Your sister is suffering from a..subcranial hematoma. Perhaps we can discuss this over coffee. *looks like he is smelling a fart*
CHANDLER: Nice!
RACHEL: That’s great!
ROSS: Excellent!
CHANDLER: For a minute there I thought you were actually tryin’ to smell something.
I think he looks like Ewan McGregor here-
A little off camera lighting!
Ryan and Allison were more than I could have asked for! The wedding guests got an early preview of Ryan and Allison’s wedding album by picking up secret event cards from me at the wedding. If you see me at a wedding, make sure you ask to get one!
An email a few moments ago:
Awesome. Amazing. Beautiful. Exactly what we were hoping for and more…. Perfect. Spiritual. Classical. Romantic. Sexy. Very Sexy! You are just awesome. We really appreciate you so much.
More compliments to come….
-Ryan and Allison Gallagher
Wheee! Details from Ryan and Allison’s wedding!
Hair/Makeup- Salon Prive
