Amber and Brian

Last week Ashley and I photographed Amber and Brian's downtown Des Moines wedding. The weather was exactly how you'd like for a wedding day. Beautiful and sunny. As photographers we would prefer partly cloudy to give some intermittent shade to shoot in, but we work with what we have. What we ended up with are some amazing photos of a beautiful couple. I've known Amber for quite some time as we graduated in the same high school class together.


The wedding and reception were held downtown at the Des Moines Convention Center. This location provided us access to some of downtown's best photo locations. One being just outside the convention center. We started photos at the sculpture garden before moving back the convention center. Amber and Brian had a great timeline and left us more than enough time for photos. Which we certainly took advantage of. With the sun high in the sky midday it creates some challenges with shadows on faces and hot spots on hair, etc. So we do our best to position them for photos and take care when shooting. That doesn't mean that we take 5 minutes to get one shot, it means we know what we are looking for and slight adjustments to head position or the direction they are looking make a huge difference. We ... just know.


We had an amazing time with Amber, Brian, friends, and family. The wedding was fantastic and the photos show the love these two have for each other. Congratulations Amber and Brian!