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Iowa & Destination Wedding Photographer | Margeaux + Denver

Amanda — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:42:12 +0000

Last weekend I had the honor of photographing Margeaux & Denver’s wedding. Although he is not in uniform for the wedding, Denver serves in the navy as a pilot. He just got back from deployment about a month ago. What is even more amazing is that 2 of his 3 brothers (all the groomsmen are his brothers) also do the same for the navy. They all have wives and families and yet they feel the need to serve and protect our country. So firstly, I want to thank them for EVERYTHING they do. Also a big thank you to Margeaux and all other military wives/families for sharing their families for our freedom.

Their wedding was at St. Ambrose cathedral downtown and reception was located in the AMAZINGLY beautiful Embassy Club in the Ruan Center. It was a cold winter day, but they braved the weather for photos and I think it paid off! Margeaux and Denver, thank you again for letting me share in your special day. It truly was beautiful!

A look back at 2011 Weddings

Amanda — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:43:51 +0000

Creating this post was one of the hardest things I’ve had to do in a long time. I shot so many weddings in 2011 and I am so thankful for all of them. At each wedding I shoot 100′s and sometimes 1000′s of photos. How do I possibly narrow all of them down into one blog post? Well I tried. It’s still pretty long and there are so many more photos I WANT to post. To see a better re-cap of every wedding you’d need to go back through each blog post of the year.

Thanks again everyone! I had such a wonderful 2011!

These are in no particular order.

A look back at 2011 Engagements

Amanda — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:41:50 +0000

Every year I have made it customary to do more than one “Best of” post. I photograph so many people and so many types of events that I don’t feel like it’s right to lump it all in together. 2010 was an amazing year and I thought it couldn’t be beat, but I was wrong. 2011 somehow got even better and the people I met and experiences I had were some that I never dreamed I would have, especially living in Iowa. I want to thank each and every one of you who have touched my life in some way over the last year. May 2012 exceed my expectations once again!

With that, here are the best of 2011 engagement sessions. As usual, it was very hard to pick favorites. I’m learning by looking at these that I tend to love the up close and tender moments between couples the most.

Iowa & Destination Wedding Photographer | May & Brad Rock the Dress

Amanda — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:12:47 +0000

A few months ago I photographed my friend May and her husband Brad for a Rock the Dress session. They wanted me to photograph their wedding, but unfortunately I was already booked for their wedding date. So we settled for this instead. He wasn’t able to make the first shoot, so we split it into 2. Isn’t she gorgeous!?

Iowa & Destination Wedding Photographer | Allison + Adam Engaged

Amanda — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:20:45 +0000

I don’t normally make 2 blog posts in one day, but now that wedding season is over I am going to catch up on all of the engagement sessions I never got a chance to post. So first up is Allison & Adam. They were so much fun to work with, I can’t wait for their wedding!