Mason

Ashley shot these photos of Mason at Grey's Lake in Des Moines. The southeast corner of the lake has become one of my favorite spots. The lighting early in the evening rivals most locations in Des Moines. This area along with the west side of the Rose Garden and across the Raccoon River Bridge in Water Works Park are a couple of our favorite spots for golden hour shots. For those who do not know, Golden Hour is the half hour before sunset and the half hour after sunset. This is when the best lighting is for photos. The sun provides an even cast of light across the sky and lighting is both smooth and even. Cloudy days, not so much. Unless you are lucky enough to catch a day when the sun is sneaking under the clouds on the horizon using the clouds as the world's largest reflector.

Sierra and Justin

This photo shoot really shows what we are all about on an engagement session. We want to get you that one photo that you can show everybody and be proud of, we want to give you several images that you can post to Facebook, and we want to give you MANY images that you can remember how great of a time we had on the shoot and how great of a time the two of you had together. Sierra and Justin were awesome on their engagement session. We spent a lot of time downtown. I shot photos that they will be proud to print and I shot some photos, like #1 below, that you wouldn't print but really helped to tell the story of them. It gives them a great perspective on themselves and their relationship. I hope they had as much fun as I did....oh, and they are Hawkeye fans so...they are pretty awesome in my book.

Laura and Kasey

Ashley and I photographed Laura and Kasey's Ankeny wedding on August 6th. It was one of those days where everything came together perfectly and we encountered no problems. The wedding was in Ankeny, but the reception was at Kasey's family winery. Ashley and I found a field we really liked on the way to the winery and we headed there to take photos as well. Laura and Kasey were great to work with and the photos speak for themselves...not much I can say...