2009 Behind the Photos Part 2

Below are the first of 11 photos selected for a 2009 Behind the Photos story.  These are the first 5.  Next 6 to follow soon...

 

This first photo comes from Sara and Mark's wedding in October.  As you will see there are two photos in this one.  The first on the left is a photo of their cake topper...the second on the right is from their engagement session.....see anything.  Sara and Mark's cake topper was custom made and matched this engagement photo that we took.  The engagement photo has it's own great story.  We asked Mark to give Sara a piggy back ride and they asked why not Sara give Mark a ride.  And she did.  Definitely one of my favorites from 2009.

 

This next image comes from Maddie and Kyle's wedding in September.  What made this wedding so great was the location.  It took place at Maddie's parent's farm near Deep River, IA.  The wedding was held on top a wide open area over looking some of Iowa's famous rolling plains.  With light clouds dotting the sky it made for a picture perfect wedding.  This particular shot was taking with all natural light inside of a barn on the property.  We shot an entire series inside of this barn, but the flood lights are what made this such a cool shot. 

 

 Our next images is one of the more fun images of the year and one that Ashley and I had no prior knowledge of before we started shooting.  This one comes from Jetta and Joseph's wedding in September.  During the reception and shortly before Ashley and I headed out, Joseph grabbed a bag from under the DJ's table that he'd been carry with him for most of the day.  I assumed he was just carrying it around with his stuff in it.  Wrong.  Joseph proceeded to bust out his best Michael Jackson moves in front of all the guests at the reception.  We would later find out that Joseph had always done this when he was younger.  This was to be his final performance on his biggest stage.  It was an awesome moment.

 

Our next photo is from Robin and Cale's wedding in August.  This one was chosen simply because it was easily my favorite cake of the year.   The colors were so vibrant and the design was so much fun.  Robin and Cale were a truly incredible couple and without confirmation I think their goal was to make sure their guests had as much fun as possible at their wedding.  Complete with guests tables dressed with Monkey's in a Barrel, Hungry Hippos, and various other games and toys.  I know that we had a great time and even found a few moments to play with the Monkeys in a Barrel ourselves.

 This fifth and final photo of part 2 comes from Laura and Steve's August wedding.  This shot was taken downtown after the group had spent some time at Mickey's in Clive and on the party bus.  Ashley rode along as they relaxed and enjoyed the day.  Ashley caught this quite moment of the two of them together.  Small moments like this are usually tough to capture and shows the two of them together and away from all the busy things that happen through out a wedding day.

 

Part 3 to follow....