Ethnic Enrichment Festival in Swope Park

Pictures from my trip to the Ethnic Festival in Swope Park. Put on by the Ethnic Enrichment Commission, this "Taste the World" festival features more than 66 different cultures selling their native foods and crafts and performing ethnic music and dances. The festival is held during the third full weekend of August near the front entrance of historic Swope Park. All but the bottom picture are Instagram pictures.


The crowd walking toward the Ethnic Festival.

The Wedding of Jamie and Mark Roberts - 11 June 11

This past weekend, I assisted my friend, Stacy, in covering the wedding of Jamie and Mark Roberts. Held at Powell Gardens in Kingsville, Mo. (in the Kansas City Metropolitan area). Powell Gardens is a 915-acre botanical garden featuring 6,000 varieties of plants, with 225,000 plants in seasonal displays. The wedding itself was held with the garden's small lake as its backdrop, and thankfully, there was a nice breeze and it wasn't too hot. (Most outdoor weddings I've been to have been on the warm side.)

Here are some of my favorites from the day:

  
One of the things I love to do when I cover a wedding is capture those unposed moments. These two images really highlight the playfulness of their relationship.

  
While we were walking around the garden, Jamie caught sight of a statue and decided she wanted to imitate it. And then Mark followed suit.


As part of the ceremony, two of their friends, Lisa and Jeff, read some scriptures that had special meaning for the couple. This was taken while the reading was happening.