
Catching up on blogging so many fun things! Another great family session with a past wedding client of ours and their sweet fur babe. What a gorgeous night!
I had the pleasure of capturing a local Des Moines Northwestern Mutual office recently for group photos of the entire office and headshots of each individual for marketing images. We lucked out with the weather and it ended up being just the perfect sunny morning for photos. Thankful for clients that also are interested in...
Two quick favorites from a recent commercial headshot session for the current and new Presidents of Iowa State Bank here in Des Moines. What an honor to have so many fantastic on-gong commercial clients! If you are in need of new social media marketing images, website photos or simply some updated headshots feel free to...
I had a blast covering the 2018 Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament for IA Wrestle again this year. What an awesome atmosphere! This is my 6th? (gosh I’ve lost count!) year covering the tournament and I can’t say how much each year it’s SUCH a rush to photograph! Sports is like nothing else, and...
Hands down the coolest event I’ve ever photographed!!! A list celebrity and all! Alec Baldwin was beyond kind. I’ve got to say that was probably the most nervous I’ve ever been to photograph something. I even had the pleasure of snapping a photo with him after the step and repeat! I had the privilege of...
Over the years we’ve probably had 15 inquiries for proposals on ice at the Brenton Skating Plaza here in downtown Des Moines. They were INCREDIBLE for one of our winter engagement sessions and opened up the rink to us alone at sunset. In exchange we did some fun marketing photos for them for proposals! I can’t...
Holiday parties are such fun events! I had the pleasure of photographing the 2017 holiday party for ILC at the West Des Moines Jordan Creek Holiday Inn this past week. Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse as always does such a wonderful job catering for events at this venue and I had the pleasure of snapping some couple...
Thankful for repeat clients and amazing friends! Year 4 for this adorable family and their fur kids. This fall was just a whirlwind of weddings, commercial shoots, family photos, engagements and event photography for us. So many great sessions to blog! Thanks everyone for all the support and what a great family session this was!
We have been so lucky to have several wonderful banks and professional institutions to be their primary contact in 2017 for commercial images. What a great headshot session in West Des Moines last week! Feel free to reach out if you are in need of some updated marketing images be it office photos, product photography,...
Oh my goodness can we just talk about what a perfect wedding venue the Salisbury House and Gardens is here in Des Moines?! Tanner and I finally photographed our first wedding there in 9 wedding seasons a few weekends ago. What a PERFECT garden wedding venue. And so much greenery, I can’t say enough great...
We have an absolute marathon of fall engagements, family shoots, weddings and commercial sessions this October so going to start it off with the amazing W family here in Des Moines! It’s always a pleasure meeting new people, this family literally laughed the entire time. I had so much fun with you all! Thanks for letting...
Jess and Taylor had a picture perfect wedding day at Sticks here in Des Moines. They started out getting ready at the new AC Hotel by Marriott in the East Village. I can’t say enough great things about the AC Hotel, what a great venue for getting ready! I highly suggest all wedding couples pick a getting ready...
I had the pleasure of taking several corporate on location head shots and group shots for Iowa State Bank here in the Des Moines this week for new marketing materials and social media marketing. If you are in need of new commercial images feel free to reach out! We would love to update your social...
Taylor and Billy had the most beautiful Iowa barn wedding at Red Acre Barn just a few minuets south of Des Moines. The night even ended with quite the bang! They went all out on florals with the amazing Shelly Sarver Designs, as always her arrangements blow us away! Despite the 93 degree day they...
Always a great time catching up with old high school friends! I had the best time with these two and their little bulldog Drake taking family (and pregnancy announcement!) photos a few weeks ago. Thanks for having me and so excited for your next adventure with twins in a few short months! Drake is going...
Rachel and Sam had such a fun June wedding day surrounded by their closest family and friends. You can truly tell so much about a couple by spending their wedding way with them and they have some awesome people in their lives! They were actually married by Sam’s father (the first ever father we’ve had...
SO excited to see this in person finally! I had several commercial shoots for the wonderful new Central Bank of Waukee over the last few weeks. This lovely mailer (amazing magazine!) with my landscape images of Waukee went out all over the area this week! Thanks as always for being wonderful clients to work with and...
Always fun getting e-mails saying we won things! Thanks Des Moines, Iowa Center Award Online Awarded for selecting Tanner and I as your “Best of 2017 Des Moines Awards” for the Wedding Photographer category! How fun is that! Tanner and I have had a great adventure being wedding photographers together since summer 2009, meet some...
Oh my goodness that SUNSET WAS EVERYTHING! I had a great maternity session this week with one of our very first wedding couples here in Des Moines. And it was perfection! I can’t tell you how long it’s been since I’ve had a wedding/session/etc without working about the RAIN! So YAY! Thanks for having me...
I had a wonderful little commercial photo-shoot today in Des Moines with Garman Partners. If you are in need of fresh fun images for your companies marketing and social media needs in the Des Moines, Iowa area feel free to reach out. We would love to chat about photographing new headshots for your employees, group shots...