Three month photos are the toughest of the newborn first year set. Babies aren't quite strong enough or active enough to get photos much different than a newborn, but they aren't as sleepy or pose-able as a newborn. Ashley still does a great job with them. The key to good three month photos is in the outfits. The more the better to give some variety because the posing and photo options are limited. Cute outfits, cute photos.

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Another baby photo shoot that I recently shot. We took little Jolie out to Valley Junction for some more interesting scenery outside of the studio...we pretty much always recommend heading outside over being in the studio. The day of the shoot was one of Jolie's non-smiling days. She was as serious as could be. We tried and tried but she did not want to smile. We got some great photos...but only caught a couple smiles.

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I shot Heather and Kevin's engagement photos on a Sunday afternoon. We had already rescheduled once due to extreme heat. No one wants to be real sweaty in their photos. Even calling it "glistening" doesn't help. We had a great time and covered a lot of downtown space. We also shot some photos on the new pedestrian bridge downtown. It was a great time and glad we waited out the heat.

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Recently I have been shooting most photo shoots including babies, which normally Ashley would shoot. It is a nice change of pace for me and I have had a ton of fun with it. I shot Hayden's one year photos at Ledges State Park shortly after the recent floods. The lower canyon road was closed and for good reason. Once we hiked down into the park we found the park to be a mess. The creek had flooded severely and caused damage to the roads and surrounding land. We found a small space and shot what we could down there before hiking back up and catching a few more along the way. Below are a few of our favorites.

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This past weekend Chad Doty, of Harpoon Photo, and I photographed Kellie and Brian's wedding in Ames, IA. Most people are aware of the recent flooding that took place in Ames. As we can all understand, it caused some stress for our bride and groom. The reception was held at the Iowa State Alumni Center which just one week ago was lake front property to Squaw Creek Lake. No damage or much interruption to the wedding at all. Although, I did manage to get stuck on the wrong side of the tracks...literally. We ended up on the wrong side of a construction dead end. We could see the church on the other side of the train tracks, but had to back track around the tracks to get to it.

Kellie and Brian did a great job of planning for photos and allowing us plenty of opportunities and time to get some great shots. I was able to ride along on the party bus, which lacked air conditioning , and get some fun photos. I did however forget my water along the way. It was hot. We made stops at Moore Memorial Park, Lagomarcino Hall, and Sips(which you will have to ask the bride and groom about). We also stole some time to get shots at the Alumni Center.

Kellie and Brian planned an amazing wedding and you can see some of our favorites below. Congratulations Kellie and Brian!

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Let's clear somethings up...

1. the photo station is unmanned. We check on it, but you take your own photos.

2. we bring a few props, but the beauty of the photo station is in the creativity of your guests

3. no shirt, no shoes, no service doesn't apply

We will call him...Shirt Guy...



































Just clearing up our roles on the big day





Chad....not the bride. But maybe one day....

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Kaylee, Chad, and I photographed Christine and Derek's wedding in Madrid, IA. It was the first wedding I've photographed in little Madrid, and also my first visit to Snus Hill Winery. Snus Hill Winery provided a beautiful backdrop for their reception. We also had the photo station outside at the reception allowing us to use mother nature as the backdrop for it. It was an amazing day.

Derek and Christine wanted more casual photos and not too many posed. We can definitely handle that. We would prefer to take less formals and more informal candids. AKA, the fun ones. So we spent a lot of time outside the church and at the winery taking candid formals.

I can't start to describe the love that these two share. I was in awe of the way the treated each other and the way the looked at one another. I made sure to tell them that before we left. It was simply beautiful. Congratulations Christine and Derek!





























































And now for a few shots from the photo booth...

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Ashley and I have decided to start showing more photos in our blog posts to help share in the entire day's experience. Starting with this blog post below...

Brian and I photographed Emily and Kurtis's wedding on July 31. You may remember them from their engagement photos blog post. As far as wedding's go this one went amazingly smooth. Hiccups occur all the time, but these two did an awesome job planning and there was a ton of time for photos. We stopped at the Capital building downtown, as well as the old train depot, and in downtown Des Moines. I think at some point in there we made a stop at Hessen Haus as well. We had a great time and turned out some great photos. Below are a few...only 48...of our favorites. Congratulations Emily and Kurtis!

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I have known Vic for a long time. I had to change schools one time and Vic was the first person from my new school that I'd met. We lived just a few houses from each other so it was easy to hang out all the time. It was also easy to fight in my front yard, which we did on more than one occasion. Or fight on the school bus, which we did on more than on occasion. It also provided the opportunity for our families to get to know one another. Which lead to many good memories through the years. That was many years ago. Vic now has a beautiful family and awesome kids. Vic and Libby recently welcomed a little girl into the world. Ashley had the opportunity to photograph Team Moreno. Below are a few of our favorites. Congratulations Vic and LIbby.

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I don't even know where to start with this wedding. There are so many amazing stories to tell. Jennifer and Justin were married in Sully, Iowa with the reception in near by Lynnville, IA. You may remember Jennifer and Justin from this snow filled engagement session. Ashley was just a few days away form delivering Parker, so she was not able to make the trip. Brian and Kaylee were along and did an amazing job shooting this wedding with me. It's no secret that some weddings turn out better pictures than others. There are many factors that effect the overall final images. In this case, it was a perfect storm of many little things. First, the couple made photos a priority. Second, the location was amazing. Third, we had great weather and beautiful cloud filled skies. Fourth, we had an amazing couple.

I will tell my favorite story of the day. Brian, Kaylee, and I were heading to the reception and the bridal party got a little jump on us as we were tearing down equipment. The drive from Sully to Lynnville is not that far and I know my way around the area so we weren't concerned about getting lost. We get into Lynnville and see the limo sitting at a convenience store. Pretty typical on a wedding day for the bridal party to stop and partake in some drinks (alcoholic or not.) So we headed down the road to the reception site where we could still see the limo and be able to capture them as they were arriving at the reception site. After a few minutes the limo starts to take off and goes the other way.... ok .... think fast. What's going on.... so we head to the reception site to find that the limo had gone STRAIGHT to the reception site to drop off the wedding party. So for the first time in 90 weddings...I chased an empty limo.

Congratulations to Jennifer and Justin. Amazing. Beautiful. Without equal.

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Liz and Erik's engagement photos were my first shoot since Parker was born. I thought I might be a little rusty...but that was definitely not the case. It was a little warm the day of the shoot, but nothing we couldn't handle. We shot all over downtown from the sculpture garden, to court avenue, to the science center. Erik is a singer who apparently can't go out of the house without being recognized. We weren't even 5 minutes into the shoot before a couple of people had stopped Erik having recognized him from a recent performance. Of course I just kept shooting. No reason to stop, we shoot it how it is. Below are a few of our favorites from the shoot.

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Here are some of our favorites shots from all our photo shoots right before Parker was born...hope you enjoy. Also, be sure to check us out on Facebook. Wanna be friends? Find Steve here and Ashley here.

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Shea and Eavan






Wood Family

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