Baby Camdyn has two proud parents and one proud big brother. We were very excited to have the opportunity to take baby Camdyn's newborn photos after photographing his big brother over his first year. There aren't many words to describe what newborn babies are like...the pictures tell the story. A sleeping baby is a well photographed baby. That's for sure.

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Dan Gable is more important than wedding photos? Apparently in Iowa City that's the case. This past weekend Ashley and I photographed Emily and Zach's Iowa City wedding. It was the first time Ashley and I have shot a wedding in Iowa City, but hopefully not the last. Had it not been bone chilling cold, there are a lot of interesting and fun places to take photos in real close proximity. We first met with Emily and her family at her parent's home for getting ready and candid "day of" photos. The first thing we noticed when we met them was just how easy it was going to be to work with them through out the day. Emily and her entire family were amazing to work with from the start. They treated us as guest and like family. Emily has two sisters that look identical to her. It was easy to tell they were related, but a good thing she was wearing the white dress.

The wedding was held in downtown Iowa City with the reception following at the Coralville Marriott. Before the ceremony we took care of formal photos and also headed to two other locations, Hotel Vetro and The Old Capitol. It was pretty cold. We shot as fast as we could and took photos as we were walking. When I couldn't feel my hands anymore I knew it was time to be done. If the photographer can't take photos then we are just out there freezing. Everyone in the wedding party was great about it. Even though it was cold they were up for it and understood that we were working quickly due to the weather. We were still able to get some fun shots.

At the reception, however, we were delayed by one Dan Gable. Not his fault. We were setting up for a large family photo and everyone is looking around for a couple of the guys. So an aunt ran to get them only to find they were in an attached restaurant talking to Dan Gable. The aunt couldn't get them to come back for the photo. So....who should be sent...well the bride of course. Needless to say they came back after that.

Congratulations to Emily, Zach, and their amazing families, Emily's dad has given away all three of his daughters to marriage in the last three years. Including 2 in six months. Photo #44 below shows the results of that. Thank you for letting us be a part of your big day!

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Just noticed the squiggly lines, darn spell check...ignore them...they add nothing to the point of the photo.

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So not everyone has the equipment or know how to light their Christmas morning photos to look their best. They own a point and shoot or whatever they may have and capture the moment as it happens. With family photos capturing the moment is the most important thing. Once you are sure you can do that achieving optimal quality comes next. For our Christmas morning photos I followed the Strobist plan for lighting Christmas morning.

I had the lights setup a couple days in advance and practices shots from all over the room to get them right. Photos of them walking into the living area, opening, moving around, and just about everything in between. The setup is pretty simple. 2 Canon 580EX II's triggered by Pocketwizard plus ii's. Shot with a Canon 7D with the Canon 24-70L. They were setup on two light stands about 5 feet of the ground pointed up at the ceiling. Each light was in the perpendicular corner to the tree. The farthest light away was angeled at mid ceiling and the light closest to the tree was straight up. Below are some of the results...

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The blog has definitely been slow, but not because we haven't been up to anything...just really busy spending our slower time with our boys. They grow fast, can't waste a minute. On to the photos....

In December Ashley and I photographed Cosette and Jason's winter wedding. A week before the wedding we hadn't seen a bit of snow and Cosette was planning a snow ball fight and other wintry photos. We were all a little concerned. Fortunately mother mature delivered and we got some snow right before the wedding. It definitely made for some outdoor photos.

It was the Saturday before Christmas and Cosette's salon appointment was at Jordan Creek Mall, as you can imagine it was packed. People can get really feisty over parking spots. I wasn't even trying to park and they were still fighting me. Luckily the traffic and busy area didn't affect us at all.

I can not stress how great it was to work with these two in the cold conditions. They were up for everything we threw at them. Wedding party did an amazing job as well so we let them warm up in the limo while we finished up shots of just the two of them. With the reception following at the Botanical Center, we knew there would be time to warm up.

It was a great day and the photos, as you can see below, turned out great as well. I can only hope these two want to remarry each other a couple times and they invite us to photograph them. Congratulations Cosette and Jason!

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