Eric & Jodi Wedding

On Saturday I got to hang out with two awesome people and their friends. Eric (Murph) & Jodi's wedding was just beautiful, taking place at St. John's Lutheran Church in Des Moines. The architecture is gorgeous and it was just what Jodi wanted. Following the ceremony we headed out to Glen Oaks Country Club for the reception. I love to take pictures there it's such a wonderful venue. I think I saw some of the funniest and most original toasts yet, needless to say they lasted quite a while and most of them poked fun at Murph in some way! Following dinner we headed outside for the dance. The hot weather of the day gave way to cooler temperatures and a very comfortable breeze. Jodi and Murph had a great time partying with their friends and I had a great time capturing it! Here are a few pictures from their day.Thanks again for everything guys, you were awesome to work with and so so laid back! I hope you are having a great time in Mexico and can't wait to hear all about it. Talk to you soon!

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Heather & Jay's wedding

On Saturday I had the privilege to take the wedding photos for two great friends of ours Jason er...I mean Jay and Heather :) With the way that storms were popping up daily last week we were very happy that the rainy weather had taken the day off though the heat was still there big time! It put a damper on some of our outdoor picture opportunities but we got as much in as we could. The wedding was beautiful taking place in Wyoming, IA with the reception following in Cedar Rapids. They had a great band at the reception called The Swing Crew Seriously if you want to have a good time at your reception you should look into hiring these guys. They played a great variety of music and even had some hilarious crowd interaction. One of the best parts was when they asked for a 4 year old volunteer to come up and my little buddy Wyatt quickly raised his hand. While the band had wanted him to pluck a string on the violin for the "Pop" in Pop goes the weasel, he had other ideas and sang the greatest version of Red River Valley that I have ever heard! It was so cute. Here are a few pictures from their day.
Bling - I can't say how happy and proud that we are for you guys! We love you so much and wish you all the happiness in the world! Thanks again for allowing us to be a part of your wonderful day, and we hope you are having a wonderful time in Nashville!

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Shane & Marcy

With Shane and Marcy coming into town from Ohio for a wedding and me leaving town for a wedding in Eastern Iowa we had very limited time to take their engagement pictures. We made it work and were able to do them at 8:00 in the morning. I was worried that we may not be able to get them in with the very thick fog that had settled in the night before but throughout the shoot the fog continued to burn off giving us some great light. Shane and Marcy were great and didn't even mind that I took them down some muddy paths to get to the lake, of course I was the only one that lost my sandals and had to go barefoot the rest of the time! Here are a few shots from our shoot.

Thanks again guys for making arrangements to make it here before we had to head out! I'm really looking forward to your wedding and hope that you had a safe drive home. Talk to you soon!

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Nick & Michelle's wedding

I had a great time at this wedding last Saturday, Nick and Michelle are such fun people and have friends that are just as fun. The wedding was held in Halbur with the reception following in Carroll. I had remembered from their engagement pictures that Nick wasn't big on being on the receiving end of my camera and during some of the pictures at the church it was apparent again. The pictures that we took after the wedding were a different story though, now I'm not saying that the goings on in limo ride to the park had anything to do with it, but it probably didn't hurt! :) Here are a few of the post wedding shots!

Thanks again guys, it was awesome hanging out with you. You are a great couple, good luck with all of your ventures! I'll look you up this fall and we'll have to tailgate at some IA games. Talk to you soon!

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Kevin & Jennifer's wedding

Kevin & Jennifer got married today in a great little church located in the Living History Farms in Urbandale. It was a great location and we were able to take advantage with the weather giving us a break as well. Outside of it being extremely humid we lucked out and the rain that fell in the morning held off the rest of the day. Their wedding was beautiful and made even better by a fun group of friends and wonderful family. Here are a few of the shots from their day.

For any of you future brides out there, be sure to check out Cynthia Betts at Weddings in Iowa, she did a great job with the planning at Jennifer and Kevin's wedding!

Thanks again guys for everything, we'll talk to you soon!

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David & Kendra's wedding

The first time that I had talked to David and Kendra they were thinking about a wedding date of June 6th, and in the time that they were thinking about it another couple booked with us. I was pleased that they were still flexible in their date and were able to move it back to this weekend! They are such a great couple and totally in love. It's a ton of fun hanging out with them and we were able to get some great pictures today at their beautiful wedding in Des Moines. Today's weather was quite different from the rain and clouds that we had experienced during their engagment shoot, today there wasn't a cloud in the sky. It was a picture perfect day for a wedding. Here are a few of the shots that we got!

Thanks again guys, I hope you have a wonderful trip to Colorado! I can't wait to hear about how you liked white water rafting! Talk to you soon.

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Cale and Trisha's engagement pictures

I don't know what's going on with this weather but it's starting to get annoying. On Saturday night I had scheduled an engagement shoot with some old friends of mine from back in high school, Cale and Trish. About an hour prior to our shoot a big storm rolled through and dumped a bunch of rain, but it didn't last long so we thought that we had a chance to get out and shoot. We went out and of course it started to rain again. We were able to get a few in but decided that since they were going to be in town for the weekend that we would just try it again in the morning. Fortunately it was sunny and nice on Sunday and we were able to finish out their shoot. Here are a few of the shots that we got from our multiple sessions.

Thanks again guys for making the trip out from the Quad Cities! I had a great time taking your pictures, but an even better time hanging out at our party on Sunday. I'll talk to you soon!

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Nicole & Ryan's engagement

Third try is the charm I guess as an unfortunate softball injury and then weather had postponed two of Ryan and Nicole's prior scheduled engagement shoots. We were able to get out on Monday and the weather was great, even a little bit on the warm side. We headed to a local park and had to work around seemingly the rest of the metro population that was there at the same time. It felt good to be out and about though and we were able to just take our time and hang out. I found that Ryan and I both share a love of the outdoors so I'm sure that we were boring Nicole with our hunting and fishing talk. It was a nice time though and we were able to get a nice mix of shots, here are just a few of them.

Thanks again guys and I'm glad we were able to find a time that would work. Ryan, be sure to let me know when you want to go fishing and we'll head out. Talk to you soon.

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Ryan & Christy's wedding

I got a call about 45 minutes prior to when I was supposed to meet Ryan and Christy to take some pictures prior to the wedding. It was Christy, "What do you think about all of this wind, are we going to be okay"? I said lets go for it down at Valley Junction and see how it goes. We had to duck into some alleys to try to get out of the wind, and other than some goosebumps and eye watering gusts we made it through and the pictures turned out awesome! Christy was a real trooper, who would have thought that it would have been cold in mid-May?

They had a beautiful ceremony at Valley Church in West Des Moines, and the reception followed at the Science Center downtown. We didn't have a lot of time to get pictures in between the wedding and reception but we did sneak outside during the reception to get a few under the street lights. Here are a few of the pictures from their day!

Thanks again guys, I hope you have an awesome time in Italy and I can't wait to see some pictures! Talk to you soon!

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Maegan & Rich

I looked at my watch as I saw the dark clouds rolling in, 4:15, my shoot with my good friends Maegan and Rich was scheduled for 5:30 and wasn't looking too promising. At 4:30 the rains came and they came hard with a substantial downpour. Thankfully they passed through quickly and before I knew it the sun was back out. We decided to go for it to try to get them in before more weather came through. Even though it was very windy we made it work and the pictures turned out great. It was fun hanging out and walking around some of the local parks. Here are a few shots from our shoot.

Thanks guys, we'll see you soon!

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Phil & Lindsey's wedding

We had just an absolutely perfect day for a wedding on Saturday, and thankfully we had a lot of extra time to take some fun pictures with Phil and Lindsey. Following the ceremony we headed to downtown Des Moines and hit a few of the local spots and took advantage of the beautiful flowering trees in the area. It was fun hanging out with the wedding party and I had a particularly good time goofing around with all the the Gooding girls while trying to get them to pose! We finished up with the the outdoor stuff and headed to the reception at InPlay. When we walked in the door it was a nice surprise to see that we were going to be working with Urge Entertainment again at this wedding, we knew they always keep the guests dancing which allows us to get some great action shots. Stephanie East of An Elegant Affair coordinated the wedding and did an amazing job and kept the day running completely smooth. It was the first time that we had the pleasure of working with her but if anyone is looking for someone to help them out you should check out her website! Here are a few pictures from this extremely fun wedding.

I just had to add this picture of Lindsey's grandparents at the reception!Thanks again for everything guys, it was such a blast. To see a few more pictures head over to Kelly's blog. Talk to you soon!

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