My life has been punctuated by documenting love in its many forms. My work is an open invitation to see people through kind eyes, with warmth and heaps of humor.

After nine years with a camera in my hand, I’ve photographed hundreds of weddings, couples, families, businesses, and artists. In short, I’ve witnessed a whole lot of life. I want to be where the memories are being made, camera in hand and heart open.

Growing up, I dreamed I would be an artist. Now I get to live it. I intentionally fade into the day, becoming an observer with the lens of a friend. I want each person to step away and think, “She saw me.” Without this work, I wouldn’t have been able to witness so much joy, sadness, bravery, grief, tenderness, and each unique experience that makes life worth living in your full, soulful humanity.

You lead, I listen. Discover heart-led storytelling with my approach and experience your life documented truthfully.

Documentary Film Photography with a Slow and Intentional Approach

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INQUIRE

I believe ALL love is welcome here. You and your favorite people will find a safe place to land and advocate.

I am honored and delighted to work with all people regardless of gender, sexual orientation/identity, race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, disability, or economic background.

I believe a wedding can be whatever you say it is, no traditions needed, just a whole lot of love.

Discrimination of any kind is unacceptable in my business and goes against my core values as a person and business owner.

I believe no wedding, elopement, union, or ceremony must look a certain way to hold value.

Integrity, humor, service, high-quality work, kindness, hope, courage, & creativity are the values I look to as a guiding light in my life.

I fervently believe your humanity is the best thing about you.

I hold humor in the highest esteem. I want to laugh with as many people as possible.

I choose to be a part of the messy, real, wonderful life around me, and make something outrageous of it.

Delaney Hady, smiling, wearing a brown sweater and blue jeans, seated against a plain white wall

Photographer and Therapist

I’m a Kansas City based photographer using both analog and digital mediums. With formal training in fine art photography, my work is defined by humor, light, and tenderness. I blend a photojournalistic approach with a bit of editorial photography for those who want to slow down, and be witnessed.

These are once in a lifetime moments where you center your love and share it with the people you care for most— a day worth remembering in its entirety. When I think of the 200+ weddings that I have photographed over the last 9 years, I think of all the love I have witnessed and couples I have been lucky to document.

What a gift it has been, becoming so intimately acquainted with joy.

Alongside photographing weddings, I have my Master’s Degree in Marriage, Couple, and Family counseling. Being a trained therapist for individuals and couples brings along a great capacity for presence— my ability to truly see others is one of my favorite qualities.

I bring all of myself into this work. It is what makes working with me so different. I want you to bring all of yourself too, because that’s where the good stuff lives, and how the best work is made.

Photograph of a couple walking together. Groom is holding the brides dress.

Warm

Thoughtful

Grounded

Playful

Curated

35mm film photograph of a couple kissing during their wedding ceremony

I encourage you to embrace your true selves. Whether that’s silly, contemplative, joyous, or even a little cranky, because photographs mean the most when they are telling the truth. The soul of documentary photography is presence.

A couple celebrating getting married with their arms stretched wide in front of the Nelson Atkin Museum.

I invest wholeheartedly in the people I photograph, offering support before, during, and after each session, wedding, or elopement.

A bride in a white dress wiping a tear from her eye while her wife, also dressed in white, looks on. She is holding her vows and listening to her wife share what she's written.

A bride and her bridesmaids holding bouquets walk outdoors in a sunny park, one in a white lace dress and the other in a floral dress.

My work is a reflection of that dedication. I craft images that speak to the heart of your unique story. I want to partner with you. Ready to start the journey together? Learn more below.

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INVESTMENT

Couple entering into their wedding reception at La Villa in Kansas City, MO.

Your wedding day isn’t a performance. I want to help you be fully present and open, something I especially love about intimate weddings and elopements.

My goal is for you to be so immersed in the moment that you forget I’m there, capturing it. As an analog photographer film encourages me to step back and let the people in front of me take the lead. Documentary style photography relies on observation and willingness to stay completely in the moment.

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From the small smiles while you’re getting ready, to the buck wild dance party, you want to be present for it all and bask in the joy of the day. I want nothing more than for you to look back and relive those feelings. Where it wasn’t perfect, but it was full of love.