They are a husband and wife photojournalistic team, who travel nationally to photograph anything. They do more then document your wedding; They capture the essence of the day. Shooting as a team they give you thorough coverage while capturing the candid and major moments at the same time. Professionalism and creativity are the hallmarks that Kracke Photography strives to give all their couples, all the while maintaining a a unique male and female perspective to your wedding. Professional and unobtrusive, they give you the freedom to enjoy your day.
Kurtis
Kurtis has an extensive
career as a professional photographer. After receiving his Bachelors of Fine
Art in Photography from the internationally acclaimed Kansas City Art
Institute, he went to work for the prestigious commercial studio of Vedros and
Associates for six years. Through out his varied and extensive career he has
faced many situations from celebrities to products to locations to animals. His
clients have included; Kodak, Corning, Columbia Records, Sony, Hallmark,
Purina, Mars Candy, and many other fortune 500 companies. Today he enjoys
working on his personal fine art work in between the hectic schedule of a
professional photographer.
After graduating from high school in Lawrence Kansas, Julia was invited to study at the world famous photography school, F.A.M.U., in Prague, Czech Republic where she worked with some of the world’s finest photographers. This experience led her to the Kansas City Art institute where she received her Bachelors of Fine Art in Photography. She continued her education and received a Masters of Fine Art in Photography from SUNY Buffalo. She also worked, for 8 years, as Manager of Exhibitions and Program Design at George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film. She has had the opportunity to work with many of today’s top photographers and has curated exhibitions for, Jeff Bridges David Byrne and Jessica Burstein from Law and Order. She also developed an award winning lecture series working with some of the most notable photographers of our time from National Geographic, Magnum Photos, VII Photo Agency and The Associated Press.
We were in Portland OR for a wedding last week. Neither one of us had been out there so we went a few days early to see the sites and the coast. Here are a few picks of what we did.
We stopped for a beer and saw this bottle of The Kraken Black Spiced Rum…....
Catie and Mark are an amazing couple. We had a blast photographing them in their soon to be new loft in downtown!! It was really cool to be in the rough space. We are going to take pictures of it as it progresses and I can’t wait to see the progress!!
We had a awesome opportunity with Catie and Mark. We designed their Save The Date card. They supplied the images of them over the years for the front of the card and we put three images one the back from the engagement shoot. It came together really really well (if I do say so myeslf...
We had a great time photographing Matt and Mallary’s engagement session! They are so much fun, silly and in love! They were in town so we took an afternoon and went out to the park, thank goodness we didn’t photograph the next day as it snowed!! Thanks Matt and Mallary!! We had a great time...
Found this article on gizmag.com The Dissolvable Wedding Dress!! It was created by students at Sheffield Hallam University.
It’s a very interesting twist and idea on green wedding dresses. …- just don’t spill your champaign on it! ; – )
“Aiming to address the issue of “throwaway fashion” and its impact on the environment as landfill, students...
We had a blast photographing Mallary and Matt the other day out by her parent’s house and in Power Mill Park. They were in town visiting and I am so so glad we picked the day we did as the next day is was SNOWING! Here are a couple of the great picks we got...
We love to photograph at Sonnenberg. It is one of Upstate’s hidden treasures. You can have your wedding there and or take your pictures there. We were really lucky this year to take some pictures during the fall when normally Sonnenberg isn’t open.
We just got the nicest note from Rachel Dewey, the events manager for...
Kurtis and I were like dueling computers in our race to get as many of our weddings up on The Knot for their My Real Wedding Contest. We worked until the 12 midnight deadline, our fingers were sore and our eyes were bugging out of our heads. Here are the weddings that we were able...
I have a Boarders Rewards card and got this update from them.
“This week’s theme is Wedding Planning. From Bridal fashion and jewelry to wedding invitations and honeymoon plans, you’ll find everything you need for that special day at amazing prices.”
You need to be a member to take advantage of the offers, it is free to join....
We here at Kracke Photography (meaning Kurtis and Julia ; – ) are very concerned about the economy and the recession. Money is tight for everyone but that doesn’t mean you have to have a cheap wedding with cheap products and end up feeling like you had a sub par event. Being on the “vendor...
