New Website is finished!

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Hip hip hooray! It has been a long project, but it is finished! :) Welcome to the new website for Simply Beautiful Photography! I am so thankful for all of your love and support throughout the last year as this business has launched and taken flight :) Thank you for your prayers, your belief in me and your trust in my work to capture all of your family moments! A huge thanks to Ryan Edick, of ryanedickdesigns for designing and publishing the entire website!

Enjoy friends and family! Write a comment and let me know what you think about it, or add me on facebook, let’s connect! :) I’m excited and looking forward to this year and to see what the Lord brings :)

Love, Whitney :)

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Ashley and Ben | Engaged

Thursday, January 7th, 2010
When Ashley called me on Thanksgiving and said, “Guess what?” I knew what was coming…I just had this gut intuition as to what she was going to tell me. And then she said it, and I can just imagine her smiling ear to ear when she said, “I’M ENGAGED!” Ash and I met at K-State almost two years ago through work and formed a great friendship, that even lasts 1000 miles away while Ashley goes to school in Florida!

Ben told Ashley they were gonna take a little detour while she was home, and stop at her favorite place- her grandparent’s lake house. He said they had time and not to worry! I’m sure there was some cute stuff said, and he got down on one knee and popped the big question! :)

My good friend Laura and I had the great chance to double shoot their engagement session, and the pictures turned out great! It was a blustery 9 degrees out, but great lighting :) And I’m so excited to shoot their wedding on January 1, 2011 (my first booking for 2011! whoo!) Okay, okay, I’ll be quiet now…just look at their pictures :)




Okay, this next image just makes my heart so happy :)







Love this one :) Ash, you are beautiful!














Check out that beautiful ring! Ash wanted something vintage, but classic, and I think Ben nailed it on the head with this one!

Thank you again so much for asking me to come along on the engagement session and to shoot your wedding! I’m so excited for January 2011 :)

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Thank you!

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

To all of my new friends, new couples, new clients from 2009, thank you! Simply Beautiful began and took off in 2009 thanks to your prayers and encouragement and your investment in timeless portraits! I am so excited about 2010 with even more friends and some really exciting couples and events! Whoo! :) Enjoy the recap video with a few portraits from each photo shoot over the last nine months! What a ride :)

Untitled from whitney Neely on Vimeo.

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Hannah & Cody

Monday, December 14th, 2009
Hannah and Cody celebrated their 1 1/2 wedding anniversary just yesterday (December 12th)! I met Hannah and Cody through my dear friend Cassie when she brought them to bible study together at my house last fall! They are adorable, very in love and amazingly sweet people!! Cody loves Hannah so much and it is so evident when you see them together! The way they look at each other and are so in love kind it makes me feel a bit queasy :) They were so comfortable in front of the camera, it’s like I wasn’t even there :)

I will speak no more…just enjoy the pictures :) (You already know their will be commentary along the way!)




This next series makes me very happy! I asked Cody to give me his best sassy pose – and he gives me the pitchfork.. followed by Hannah’s :)




Seriously so cute :)

Love the dip! So beautiful :)
Maybe one of my favorites from the day!


Dear Ms Hannah – you are stunning :)

We did a quick scarf and shirt change and made our way out to Pillsbury Crossing :)

Oh, Hannahbel and Cody – I just love you too :)
This was unposed. They are just THAT stinkin’ cute :)
Did you know there was a bench in the woody trails of Pillsbury crossing?

Oh :)

Yes! Love this one too :)
This is their special “spot” out at Pillsbury where they went rope swinging quite often a couple of summers ago. Hannah said she even got her dad to go rope swinging :)

Okay, enough with the cuteness :)
Hannah’s foot just pops like that! CUTE! :)






Hannah – these next two seriously crack me up! Hannah wanted to run and JUMP!! :)



Lastly, we stopped at their adorable house all decorated for Christmas and grabbed a couple quick shots :)


And I’ll leave you with my first, and certainly not last, silhouette shot.
Mr. and Mrs. – you are adorable. Thank you so much for asking me to document your love and life together! I am so blessed by your friendship and will continue to pray for your lives together! P.s. – you are going to have some AMAZINGLY beautiful children :)

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Jordan | Senior – Manhattan High

Sunday, December 13th, 2009
Dear World,
Meet high school senior and rock star extraordinaire – Miss Jordan Priddle :) A couple months back I donated a photo shoot to Flint Hills Christian School in Manhattan for their annual auction fundraiser, and Jordan’s parents were the highest bidders! Lucky me!! :) When Jordan and I met I knew right away we would have been awesome friends in high school! She was energetic, outgoing, talkative, and a good listener – my kind of girl!

Okay, okay…enough with my rave about Miss Priddle – just look at these rock star shots!

Did I mention she sings? AND is going to K-State next fall? Yep…and look at those eyes!


This one above and this one below are fireplace mantle worthy :)


We started our shoot at Annaberg park, then Jordan started telling me about their house – no big deal. Just a beautiful house, in the country, with a wrap around porch overlooking the Kansas prairie lands…yes, please! :)

And check out some of the awesome wicker furniture that just so happened to be on the patio :)

My dear Jordan. You are gorgeous!


And I saved one of my favorites for last:

Jordan and the Priddle’s – thank you so much for helping FHCS raise money by bidding on the photo shoot! I am so blessed to meet such amazing families in our community and am so thankful for my time with you miss Jordan! I wish you all the best with your future plans at K-State – the education department will be ecstatic to have you! Merry Christmas, Priddle’s! You have a beautiful daughter :)

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