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.

Hattie

Ashley photographed Hattie at Water Works Park in July. It looks like she had a good time. We use very little flash. Every once and a while we will drag our Alienbees out to do a photo shoot, but it is rare. Natural light is so much better for photos. I can spot a photo using flash from a mile away and they never look real good. Let the sun shine and we will work right through it. Using it to our advantage.

Evalyn

Ashley photographed Evalyn at Water Works Park last month. Evalyn really liked her bubbles. This is an age where as a photographer you have to let them be themselves and just chase and shoot. It sounds crazy. But it's a lot more fun then you'd think. Two year olds are probably my favorite age to shoot just because of the challenge they present. You have to work with them and within their rules. If you are patient they will warm up and give you the exact shots you are looking for. For us that means we get shots of them acting like themselves in whatever environment we are in. Ashley and I are very lucky to get to work with all of you.

Nuzum Photo Mobile

We've made some big changes to our mobile site. Be sure to stop by on your mobile phone and check it out. Just visit www.nuzumphoto.com from any mobile device to see our new stuff. Here is a quick preview below.

Carolyn and Kamron

Waht do you do when the party bus air conditioner doesn't keep up? You suck it up. That is exactly what these two and their wedding party did. Ashley and I photographed Carolyn and Kamron's wedding in July. The ceremony was held in Muscatine, IA with the reception following at Hotel Vetro in Iowa City, IA. The ceremony location was beautiful. The church has a lot of history and boosts an amazing sanctuary. One benefit of traveling across Iowa for weddings is getting to see all the landscape and places of great history in Iowa.


Carolyn and Kamron choose a warm wedding day, not that they did it on purpose, but it was the way it turned out. We still did their first sight outside and it turned out perfectly. Although it was rather warm they were great throughout. During the ceremony I stationed myself up in the balcony for a little while before heading back down and shooting from the rear of the church. Ashley did her usual thing getting the coming in photos and then headed to the sides of the venue. Watching Ashley and i work must be interesting because I'm sure it looks like we are moving in unison and thinking as one. We never cross paths unintentionally and are always shooting everything from different angles.


We stopped for some outdoor photos at a park that Ashley and I saw on the way into Muscatine as well as in a couple locations in Iowa City. Carolyn and Kamron were great dispite the lack of cool air on the bus, or outside for that matter. She even got in the sand and sat on a swing set. Luckily the University of Iowa is not back in session or it may have been a little more difficult to get the shots we did in Iowa City.


Ashley and I pride ourselves on not being a distraction at weddings. We want all of the attention on you two. During the ceremony and reception it should be like we aren't even there. Carolyn sent me an email saying that she actually had guests ask if she had wedding photographers. I'd call that a success for us! Congratulations to Carolyn and Kamron!