Author Archives: Patrick Garrett

Time For Family | St. Louis Portrait Photography

It’s been a while since I’ve posted to the blog and even longer since I’ve taken any formal portraits of my family. Yesterday I decided it was time to take a photo of my daughter Libby to celebrate her recent birthday and record her growth officially. As always she was a joy to work with [...]

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Courtney & Dave | St. Louis Engagement Photography

I love taking engagement photos! To bear witness to a love so strong that it is leading up to marriage is a truly powerful thing.  When a couple asks that I be responsible for capturing their love in photos I consider it a tremendous honor and I do everything in my power to make the [...]

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A 50th Wedding Anniversary | St. Louis Event Photography

A few weeks ago I bore witness to something amazing. The 50th Wedding Anniversary of Richard & Patricia Gill. (Full disclosure – Patti & Dick are my wife’s aunt & uncle.) The simple truth is that you rarely hear of people celebrating their 50th anniversary anymore. So I consider myself lucky in that I was [...]

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St. Ann Dinner Dance & Auction | St. Louis Event Photography

I had the privilege of taking photos this weekend at St. Ann Catholic Church’s 2011 Sponsor’s Dinner Dance & Auction.  The dinner dance & auction is their primary fundraiser of the year & is a much anticipated event by parishioners and alumni alike.  I have to tell you it was a top notch event.  People were truly enjoying themselves [...]

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Portrait Session For A Cause | St. Louis Portrait Photography

I’m excited to announce that one of my portrait sessions is going to be offered as one of the primary oral auction items at this year’s St. Ann Sponsor’s Dinner Dance & Auction on April 30th. This event is the main fundraiser for St. Ann Catholic Church & School and I’m proud to be a [...]

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In Tribute Concert | St. Louis Event Photography

This past weekend I had the privilege of shooting the American Chamber Chorale’s In Tribute concert.  The chorale performed by candle light at Salem in Ladue Methodist Church.  The evening’s performance included Mozart’s Requiem and Arvo Pärt Stabat Mater – both of which were performed flawlessly.  If you love chorale music or simply great musical performances I recommend that [...]

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An 8th Grade Musical | St. Louis Event Photography

High school.  That’s what I think of when someone mentions school musicals to me.  It wasn’t until high school that was properly exposed to musicals and allowed to participate.  This association is so strong that when I learned that St. Ann Catholic School in St. Louis put on a yearly 8th Grade Musical I was [...]

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Portraits That Make A Statement | St. Louis Portrait Photography

Winter weather is always good for at least 2 things in my book: 1) an increased desire for warm spring weather & 2) it drives me to think outside of the box when it comes to shoot portraits. Doing a portrait shoot can be infinitely easier during the non-winter months as you get to use [...]

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Official 10 year Portrait | St. Louis Portrait Photography

Now that all the excitement of turning 10 years old has passed us by I thought it would be a good time to take a formal portrait of my daughter Elizabeth for her birthday. The weather still isn’t cooperating here in St. Louis so we headed down to our basement to do an ad-hoc setup [...]

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Capturing the True Christmas Spirit | St. Louis Location Photography

For the past several months my wife and mother-in-law have been leading the decorating committee at our parish church, St. Ann, located in Normandy, MO. They have been doing a wonderful job all along but when I saw how beautiful the church looked during Christmas Eve mass I knew I had to get a picture [...]

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