Iowa & Destination Wedding Photographer - Amanda Basteen » Iowa Wedding Photographer – Amanda Basteen http://amandabasteen.com Professional Wedding and Portrait Photographer in the Des Moines, Iowa area Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:05:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Iowa Wedding Photographer | Tessa & Nick’s album – Bride’s Choice 2011 http://amandabasteen.com/products/iowa-wedding-photographer-tessa-nicks-album/ http://amandabasteen.com/products/iowa-wedding-photographer-tessa-nicks-album/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:42:51 +0000 Amanda http://amandabasteen.com/?p=3058 You may notice that my blog looks totally different.  This is just the beginning of a branding change, so bare with me as things may be changed or added to in the coming weeks.  It’s still me! :)  It’s also the reason why I haven’t blogged in a while because I’ve been working on the designs.

I won Bride’s Choice award for 2011!
Des Moines, Iowa – Jan. 26th, 2011 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Amanda Basteen Photography has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for  Wedding Photography

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

Amanda Basteen Photography stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Amanda Basteen Photography for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that Amanda Basteen Photography is among the very best Wedding Photographer within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

In other news, today I got one of my previous couple’s (Tessa & Nick) album in and it’s just beautiful.  I like to use FINAO for my flush mount albums and they are pretty much amazing.  I snapped a few photos before sending it on to her!  Check it out!  I may have to order one of these for myself, just of her wedding. <3

Just wanted to add a photo of an orchid my husband surprised me with yesterday!  He is the best!

]]> http://amandabasteen.com/products/iowa-wedding-photographer-tessa-nicks-album/feed/ 21 Introducing..Eco-Friendly Packaging!! | Des Moines Wedding Photographer http://amandabasteen.com/products/introducingecofriendly-packaging-des-moines-wedding-photographer/ http://amandabasteen.com/products/introducingecofriendly-packaging-des-moines-wedding-photographer/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:25:25 +0000 Amanda http://amandabasteen.com/?p=370 I am proud to introduce my brand new packaging for weddings.  The idea of eco-friendly packaging was inspired by fellow photographer Caroline and changed to be unique to me and my vision.  Everything in this packaging is either 100% recycled, or completely eco-friendly.  I think it’s very important that everyone do their part in going green.

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These are beautifully handmade Loktah DVD cases.
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Right now, I etch the photo onto the dvd using Lightscribe, but this may change to color label photos.
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It also contains an envelope with your printing rights and dvd instructions.
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