Jack

Ashley has been into two things recently with kids shoots...the plexiglass mirror and black and white. So you have definitely seen some of that on the blog. Here are some recent photos of little Jack.

I Love Des Moines Contest

Welcome to our 2011 I Love Des Moines contest. Ashley and I are born and raised right here in beautiful Des Moines, IA. We love it here and you should too. Study the photo above. There are ten photos of letters from the Downtown Des Moines Area spelling out "Nuzum Photo." Then fill in our entry form on our contest page with your guesses as to the locations of our letters. Be as specific as possible. Name of the building, address, the business, ANYTHING to better explain where you think the letter is located. Don't worry if you only know 8 or 5 or 2. Someone is going to win, so you might as well enter.



RULES: One entry per person. Entry must be received by 03/31/11 at 11:59:59PM. The winner of the contest will have guessed the most correct locations. If more than one person has the most correct answers a random drawing will be held to determine the winner. Correctness of answers will be at our discretion. Our decisions are final.



PRIZE: The winner of the contest will receive a photo shoot (normally no cost anyway,) the digital negatives with print release, $100 print credit, and a 20"x30" metal print. (how cool is that?) The photo shoot could be a family photo shoot, a day after wedding, trash the dress, kids, newborn, boudoir, engagement....pretty much anything.



PRIVACY: The information you submit will ONLY BE USED if you are the winner. We will NOT spam you in anyway. If you want SPAM visit Austin, Minnesota for the SPAM museum.



Visit our contest page to enter.

Lainey and Billy

This weekend Ashley and I photographed Lainey and Billy's Des Moines wedding. Lainey and I actually graduated high school together and Lainey and Ashley grew up in the same tiny town. So we have known Lainey for quite some time. When Lainey contacted us about photographing her wedding we were excited and nervous. Sometimes shooting a wedding for someone you know can be more stressful than for someone you don't know very well. Luckily for Ashley and I we always feel like the people we photograph are our best friends so always have butterflies before a wedding shoot. If we didn't get butterflies, we shouldn't be doing this.


Lainey and Billy were married downtown at St. Ambrose with reception following at ZART1312. The weather was cold, we didn't get lucky enough to experience 60 degree temps, but we still made the best of it and got outside for some photos. We were looking for a warm spot to take photos and ended up stopping by Hoyt Sherman Place and hoping we would be able to take just a few shots inside somewhere warm. The mansion was open, but not many people around. We located the nicest lady and she allowed us to shoot some shots. She also made sure we did not damage anything. Not that we were trying. But she was very attentive. Even with me running smoke screen so we could hurry up and get done and get some great shots.


After leaving Hoyt Sherman we headed to the High Life Lounge where the wedding party could unwind a bit. We followed that up a stop at the Capital and an alley near ZART1312. The reception was amazing. Aaron from Parm's Porta Party was the DJ, we have an entire blog post coming up on why you should hire Aaron, and he kept the party going. The evening included a smashed chair. The photos below kind of explain how that came about.


We had a great time working with Lainey, Billy, both of their families, and all of their friends. We also got to catch up with some old friends and it all made for a great day and even better evening. Watch for our blog posts on the photo station to follow. Congratulations to Lainey and Billy!