Iowa & Destination Wedding Photographer – Amanda Basteen

Professional Wedding and Portrait Photographer in the Des Moines, Iowa area

Iowa & Destination Wedding Photographer | Lauren & Dustin

Saturday, May 12, 2012

A couple of weeks ago I shot the wedding of Lauren & Dustin. It was a dark and gloomy day, but that didn’t stop us from having a great time and getting some great photos! Their wedding reception was at the downtown Marriot in Des Moines. It was full of win, even with smoke on the dance floor! Loved it! I will be double posting today because I am trying to catch up on editing and blogging before I leave for my Jamaica wedding in a week. I will have one more wedding to blog later this week before I go!

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mike - Love the little breakdancer : DMay 14, 2012 – 6:15 am

Jodi - beautiful pictures, beautiful bride and handsome groom…….May 16, 2012 – 7:07 am

Iowa & Destination Wedding Photographer | Andrea & Justin are married!

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Wedding season has begun in full swing and it started with a bang! The first wedding of the season was absolutely STUNNING. Not only that, it was so much fun. I feel like I know this family very well because I have shot 3 of the 4 girls’ weddings and the 4th was already married when they met me. So, it was bittersweet as they have no more daughter’s to marry off! But, now I get to begin the pregnancies and babies I know they will have! They held their reception at The Des Moines Renaissance Savery hotel downtown. It couldn’t have been a more beautiful way for me to start off my 2012 wedding season. Congrats again Andrea & Justin, thank you for allowing me to be a part of your day!

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Tall - Wow! You got lots of great portraits of them! Love the groomsmen pics, too!May 2, 2012 – 1:30 pm

Heather - I love love love the yellow!May 2, 2012 – 1:32 pm

mike - This wedding seems so alive! Love the shots of dancing at the reception, as well as those of the B/G kissing in the field. Top notch work, Amanda.May 2, 2012 – 5:55 pm

Kyle - You totally rocked the bridal portraits, she looks amazing in every shot!May 2, 2012 – 10:12 pm

Matty - Wow that bride is stunning! Love those close, beautiful.May 2, 2012 – 11:09 pm

Kellee Walsh - Stunning Amanda. Start to finish!May 2, 2012 – 11:54 pm

Dylan - The bride is so lovely and the portraits are perfect. Love the golf swing groomsmen photo!May 3, 2012 – 12:39 am

Teresa - First of all, I love how you’ve captured all the details, but my favorite is that you’ve also captured all the emotions and the fun personalities of the couple and their bridal party/guests. And my absolute favorite image is the one when bride and her dad saw each other for the first time. So sweet!May 3, 2012 – 12:52 am

heather nan - Stunning portraits Amanda! Beautiful as always!May 3, 2012 – 1:06 am

Shari - This couple have such a great sense of style. Love the gray and yellow color scheme! You did a beautiful job capturing the details and the emotions… That photo with the groom’s head under the dress made me laugh out loud.May 3, 2012 – 7:53 am

Brian - So good Amanda. These are great! Oh those bridal portraits rock!May 3, 2012 – 11:03 am

Jason - Wow Amanda, this is a post full of incredible images – love the creative shots of the guys, the ring is amazing and I hope yellow is this years colour, as it looks great!!May 3, 2012 – 11:47 am

pat Shaver /Lori's friend - Andrea, Your mother has kept me posted on the planning of this spectacular wedding. I most say”No stone was left unturned”.
Absolutely beautiful!!!!!!May 3, 2012 – 1:33 pm

Avelaine - This wedding and your photos are so full of pretty! Love the yellows throughout. Love the romantic photos. Love it all!May 3, 2012 – 4:48 pm

Eduardo Suastegui - Very nice all around. What a fun wedding, expertly captured by you!May 4, 2012 – 2:17 pm

DeVende Photography - Hi there Amanda, just wanted to compliment the nice clean well lit wedding photography, was just browsing the fearless photographers and wanted to say hello May 10, 2012 – 11:03 am