Cease Fire Studios - Maryville Missouri Photographer

660.927.0491

My passion is photography.

My name is Lana and I am a Cancer (aka Moon child). My favorite ice cream is Butterfinger by Edy's but I never buy it, mainly because I'll eat it all at once. LOL. I love shoes but you will rarely see me in the summer in anything other than flip flops. I live in the country on a make believe ranch. I don't herd cattle, just chickens.

I am funny and have been known to resort to voices and weird faces to make people laugh.

The stupidest thing I've ever done was break my foot - on a shoot. (Because I'm cool like that) :p I pushed through and shot 6 weddings in a walking cast. (Because I'm insane like that).

One of my bestest friends is my little sister, we're like twins only 16 years apart and a whole lot of pounds. My other bestest friend is a stinky boy. I married him, and he follows me around and lovingly carries my equipment, if I bribe him with butterfingers.

I'm a former mommy - now just "Mom" or "Mother" to two young men. One is out in the big bad world on his own, and the other is a quickly growing teenager in high school. Neither one of them think I'm cool.

I'm ok with that.

I am based out of Maryville, Missouri (northwest corner), but am willing to travel anywhere on this planet a plane will take me. We cover Kansas City, St. Joseph, Missouri, Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska and Des Moines, Iowa. I have a special fondness for Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, UT.

I take photos because I'm driven to create.

I really like making normal people look their best, so you probably won't see any gorgeous models in my portfolio. Just regular people who look like gorgeous models. For many people, my images will be a defining point in their self-image. I take that seriously, and I treat them with a respect befitting the beauty I see in all people.

**Beauty * Respect * Love * Appreciation**

That's what I strive to create and the spirit with which I approach those for whom I'm privledged to make portraits.

That's not just something flowery I say to make people feel good. It's real and it's also our mission statement. I will add that some of it came from a wise photographer I found somewhere on the 'net but now can't credit. I read his words every day to remind me where I'm trying to go and what I'm trying to accomplish in my work.

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Do visit Cease Fire Studios' official photography blog for all of our latest sessions. I'll share some of my favorites from recent shoots.

To see more of our photos on a personal level, visit my blog Mz-Cellaneous

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