A couple weeks ago Ashley and I had the great pleasure to photograph Taunie and Toby's wedding at the Botanical Center in Des Moines. These two had a great wedding party and they were a ton of fun. We were pushing them to take some fun shots and they responded great. The guys were some of the best I've worked with. Congratulations Taunie and Toby!
Last Friday Brian and I photographed a wedding at Jester Park on Saylorville Lake. The location was beautiful but unfortunately the weather was not. The rain put a little damper on outdoor photos but we made the best of it and were still able to get some great photos. Below are a few of our favorites. Congratulations Emily and Bob!
On Saturday Ashley and I got to travel to Grinnell to photograph Kristen and Ben's wedding. We were anxiously anticipating this wedding. We knew we were going to be able to take some shots at a local pumpkin farm. However, the pumpkin farm was booming, as should be expected this time of the year. So we took some fun shots right near the farm. Below are a few of our favorites. Congratulations Kristen and Ben!
On September 27, Brian and I photographed Ranae and Caleb's wedding at the Botanical Center in Des Moines. Brian doesn't get a lot of opportunities to photograph weddings with us, but he does a great job when he gets the chance. Both Ranae and Caleb were great with taking pictures. We had a great time because they were willing to keep snapping away. Below are a few of our favorites, most of which Brian took! Congratulations Ranae and Caleb!
On September 20th, Ashley and I photographed Andrea and Rick's wedding in Pleasant Hill. These two have matching personalities and are a ton of fun. We had a great time at their wedding, which was completely expected after we did their engagement pictures. Below are a few of our favorites. Congratulations Andrea and Rick!
For the second weekend in a row, Ashley and I found ourselves at Ledges State Park. Meg and Jerry are originally from the area, but live in picture perfect Colorado. So Ashley and I had a hard time understanding getting married in Iowa. The pictures below say it all. Ledges is a beautiful place and we captured some fantastic photos. Congratulations Meg and Jerry!
This past Saturday, Ashley and I photographed Amber and Pat's wedding at Ledges State Park near Boone, IA. The reception followed on the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad dinner ride. The park was perfect for many different pictures. The train ride was just a great bonus. These two had a lot of fun and we had a lot of fun. Below are just a FEW of the great shots we got. (8 is a lot for us to post in the blog, but we just couldn't cut them down.) Congratulations Amber and Pat!
On Saturday, Ashley and I photographed a wedding at the Paul Knapp center on the Iowa State Fairgrounds. The location was great. The building is huge and there were a ton of places to take pictures. It was a little warm out but we were able to get some great shots. Below are just a few of our favorites. Congratulations Jenny and Trae!
On August 9, Brian and I photographed a wedding at the Living History Farms church. The location was awesome and the church was great. Dawn and Scott both have great personalities and they were ready and willing for pictures. We took a ton and below are just a few of our favorites. Congratulations Dawn and Scott!
Before Ashley and I went on vacation we photographed a wedding on 08-08-08. Tina and Jason were a bunch of fun and we had a great time photographing their wedding. We were able to help train a future photographer as you will see below. The wedding was a blast and the reception turned out great. Below are a few of our shots. Congratulations Tina and Jason.
On Saturday Ashley and I photographed a HUGE wedding. Lainey and Dominique had 20+ members of their wedding party. While this can be challenging for taking pictures, we got some really good shots and had a lot of fun. These two have been great to work with. From their engagement pictures to the wedding itself we have taken some great shots and got to spend some fun times with them.
On Saturday Ashley and I photographed a wedding at Egnacio's in Cumming, Iowa. The location includes a chapel and a reception hall. The chapel was great inside and setup perfect for a photographer. Rhonda and Brad were fun and everyone had a great time. We captured a lot of great shots in the time we were there. Below you will find a few of our favorites. Congratulations Ronda and Brad.
On Saturday Ashley and I had the opportunity to photograph Ashley and Ryan's wedding. The ceremony was held in Adel. The church had some great natural light for pictures. The reception was at the Lake Robbin's Ballroom. What a fantastic place for a reception. It is located in the middle of some fields, but the building is incredibly nostalgic and looked beautiful. Below are some of our favorite shots. Congratulations Ashley and Ryan!
On Sunday, Ashley and I were able to photograph a beautiful wedding at The Cottage in Des Moines. The wedding was perfect and the garden at the location was great for a lot of good pictures. Christine and Tom were a lot of fun. Below are a few shots from their day. Congratulations Christine and Tom.
This past weekend Ashley and I had the pleasure of photographing Sarah and Jeff's wedding. The ceremony was at the amazing St. Ambrose Cathedral in downtown Des Moines. The setting could not have been more perfect. The reception followed at the Holiday Inn. The view from the tower level was beautiful. Below are a few of our favorite shots. Congratulations Sarah and Jeff!
What a great wedding. These two were really fun and we were able to try some new stuff with them. They not only were up for whatever, but the wedding party was very creative as well and had several ideas of their own. Aside from mosquitoes and some rain.....things turned out beautifully. Here are some of our favorite shots. Congratulations Nikki and James!
Saturday's wedding provided us our first oppurtunity to photograph a wedding at Smith Chapel in Indianola, IA. Smith Chapel is set on the Simpson College campus and provides a beautiful back-drop for some amazing pictures. The chapel itself has a great simple design with a balcony which provides us an eagle eye view of the ceremony. Ashley was also able to photograph from the floor level in the back of the chapel providing an extra angle. Below are a couple of our favorite shots. Congratulations Jill and Michael.
On Friday Brian and I shot a small wedding in Altoona, IA. The couple were clearly in love and had a beatufiul wedding. St. John and Paul is a great location for a wedding. The church is very open with lots of natural light available. Congratulations Rusty and Heather.
It was a great weekend and a beautiful wedding that not even a 500-year flood could stop. Although travel around Des Moines, and the entire state of Iowa, was a bit tougher than usual, this wedding went off without a problem. An energetic and enthusiastic wedding party made for some exciting pictures. We took a ton and here are a few of the ones that we really enjoyed. Congratulations Angie and Brad.
This past weekend we were able to photograph an awesome outdoor wedding. The wedding took place near Woodword, IA at Camp Matigwa. The camp was beautiful and the view from the amphitheater was amazing. The couple was a lot of fun and we got some amazing shots. The weather was a bit warm, but with plenty of water we all made it through. Congratulations Erica and Stephan.
Another fantastic wedding this weekend. We shot this wedding in Ankeny, IA. The church was in the style of "in the round" so the ceremony took place in the middle of the church. It was an interesting setup but made for easy picture taking. The photos turned out great and here are a few of our favorites. Congratulations Sara and James.
Over the weekend Ashley and I had the opportunity to photograph a really fun wedding in the small town of Taintor. The town may have a population of 50 at most but it was an awesome place for a wedding. Beautiful Iowa landscape, scenic barns, and a great couple. The reception took place in Oskaloosa which made for some driving and an opportunity to regain the appreciation that must exist for the small towns in Iowa that support not only the Iowa economy but the world food supply. If we weren't on our way to the wedding reception I probably could have run off a couple hundred pictures of the Iowa country side and some small towns we passed through. In the end we turned out some beautiful pictures.
Ashley and I photographered our first wedding of the year. It was on the Iowa State campus in Ames, IA. While the weather was chilly and windy at times, we were still able to create some great outdoor shots. The wedding was for a bride we knew from high school so it was a lot of fun. We are excited to get the shots touched up and turned over to the couple. It was a great weekend and a beautiful wedding. Here's to a great year of the same for all our brides and grooms.
We are moving quickly towards our first wedding of the year. We will be shooting this weekend in Ames, IA on the Iowa State Campus. The location is beautiful and the couple fun and outgoing. Should be a spectacular weekend with great results. After this wedding things really pickup heading into the summer. This year promises to be a true test of endurance. Certainly great photos await the hard work.
