Darrin Hackney Photography

Josh & Hannah ::: Studio Wedding Portraits

admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:15:38 +0000

Josh and Hannah came to the studio the other day after their small wedding ceremony for some formal and creative portraits. Josh’s uncle brought them to the studio in a limousine and patiently waited for them during their 2 hour session to whisk them away to dinner with their family. It was a very breezy Kansas afternoon but we moved into locations that seemed work well well for Hannah’s long hair.

I was very fortunate to be a part of their big day and to capture their beginning as husband and wife. Congratulations to Josh & Hannah.

Here is a sample of images from their portrait session….

Photo Walk ::: Beaumont, KS

admin — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:53:10 +0000

Met up with some local photographers in Beaumont, KS to have breakfast at the very popular Beaumont Hotel, snap some photos around the wind farm, and tour the town of Beaumont. Our second stop was Piedmont, KS. Another small community fairly close to Beaumont.

Here are a handful of images from the photo walk

Zac & Meghan ::: snowy fun engagement session

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:16:25 +0000

Zac & Meghan wanted snow to be falling during their engagement session and as we crept into February, we still hadn’t received any snow worth writing home about. But Sunday night it finally snowed enough to go out and have some fun with. We started texting each other Monday morning to set up a time and a location. We decided on meeting at Oak Park, which is in the Riverside area. Usually this park is loaded with people playing frisbee golf, but there wasn’t a soul around. After some fun images and a brief snowball fight we headed downtown to Naftzger Park for a couple of more images. We finished up the session with an image that Zac wanted which was the “Charlie’s Angels” pose.

Here’s a set of fun images from their snow session…

I look forward to their December wedding.

iPhone Photo Walk ::: Old Cowtown Museum

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:30:14 +0000

Recently met up with Ken Davis and Goob Anderson at the historic Old Cowtown Museum for a photo walk because we were having such beautiful weather here in Wichita. I haven’t toured this museum since I was little and it is really fun to tour the area. I highly recommend going if you’ve never been.

Here are some fun images I took on my iPhone…

Photo Walk at the Kansas Aviation Museum ::: Darrin Hackney Photography

admin — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:39:24 +0000

Photo walks are fun as they are a great way to get out and stay creative. I met up with fellow photo-walker Ken Davis of DavisPix Photography for a photo walk at the Kansas Aviation Museum. If you’ve never been there you should go. That place is pretty amazing. After lunch we thought it would be fun to stop by the Starlite Drive-In to see what interesting images we could come up. We had really blue skies for about 20 minutes, after that it was back to grey and yucky out.

Overall, it was a very fun day!

Damen & Jeff ::: Darrin Hackney Photography

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:34:45 +0000

Often times I get asked if a couple needs to be engaged in order to go on a photo shoot with me. The answer is no, but if you want photos like the images of Damen and Jeff shown below then the one thing I think you need is to be in love. Because what I look for during a photo session with any couple is how the couple holds each other, the way they look into each others eyes, and the way they laugh and play. That special magic between them is there and it’s up to me to capture that. Contact me either on my blog, my website or on my Facebook Fan Page if you’re interested in scheduling a photo session.

A big thanks to Damen & Jeff for withstanding the 38 degree and very windy weather we had for the outdoor portion of their photo session.

Jacob & Leah ::: Salina Engagement Session

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:24:30 +0000

Here are some fun images from Jacob and Leah’s very windy engagement session in Salina, Kansas. These were taken on the farm where they plan on having the ceremony and reception.

I can’t wait to see the difference in the landscape for this June wedding as everything will be really green and vibrant by then.

Images of Karen ::: Darrin Hackney Photography

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:00:41 +0000

Karen’s photo shoot today was a lot of fun. It was a spontaneous, last second decision to go out and play. It even started snowing in the middle of our shoot. The focus was to incorporate color and expression into Karen’s images while walking around the downtown area.

Here are some fun images from the photo shoot…

Don & Melissa are Engaged!!! ::: Winfield Engagement Session

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:16:49 +0000

When I was just getting started in professional photography, Melissa was one of the first seniors I photographed. She was very animated and made the photo session a ton o’ fun. Now I have the honor of photographing Melissa’s wedding to Don and I couldn’t be more excited. I traveled to Winfield to photograph their engagement session. Winfield is such a beautiful city with lots of texture. We photographed around Southwestern College’s campus and some fun areas downtown.

I’m looking forward to their 2012 fall wedding

Visiting Colorado…

admin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:00:22 +0000

Getting a chance to hike/photo walk in the mountains of Colorado has been one of just the many things on my wish list ever since I’ve become a photographer. I recently got the opportunity to make that trip with four other awesome photographers from Wichita: Tim Davis, Kevin Brown, Brett Schauf and Ken Davis. Brett & Ken were really the nomads of the trip as they have made this trip a ton o’ times and knew the area very well. I was strictly in tourist mode as I had never been to the part of Colorado that we stayed and hiked around.

I must say, the colors of the leaves were amazing and the view from 12,000 was breathtaking. I was in awe of the beauty around me.

A huge thank you again to Brett & Ken for being the coordinators of this trip. I look forward to any other trips in the future!