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emilee + ryan ~ des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:12:15 +0000

What a wedding!!

A beautiful wedding downtown then some quick photos on the way to the airport. Now, I’ve seen some pretty cool entrances to ceremonies, receptions etc but this one takes the cake. The wedding party flew to the Ankeny Airport in two different private planes then taxied up to the reception site complete with a red carpet entrance (ok, it was white but you get the idea). So fun! The reception was top notch and the party was hoping.

Congrats Emilee, Ryan and sweet Olivia on your new life together. Couldn’t be happier for the three of you. Thank you for letting me take part in such a wonderful day.

above photo by mindy myers
images on left and right by mindy myersdetail images above and below by mindy myersabove photo by mindy myers

lisa + toby ~ des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:35:38 +0000

a beautiful backyard wedding with an intimate reception on the top floor of the Ruan Building. I love weddings like this. Lisa and Toby were fabulous to spend the day with and they also have a beautiful, darling little girl.

Trying to get the last weddings blogged before i have a baby, so less talk and more photos!! enjoy!!

this is classic. only thing on the calendar on the wedding day is the Iowa vs Iowa State football game. Nevermind that wedding bit….brotherssweet! i’ve got a shirt, you’ve got pants. match made in heaven!

jade + doug ~ des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:13:57 +0000

i am way, way behind on posting weddings on the blog. So forgive me for not telling too much of a story on these next 5 weddings. I hope the images speak for themselves and i hope each of my couples know how amazing it was to be a part of their day!

First off, we have Jade and Doug. Jade and Doug were married on a beautiful day at Glen Oaks with a stunning reception to follow capped off by dancing on the terrace. It was perfect and Jade is a joy. Doug definitely makes her heel ‘pop,’ as true love should!

above image by aaron hallabove image by aaron hallJade was always looking good and doug was always able to spot someones lost golf ball. so funny.
jade thanking her wonderful mother for everything and below her mom enjoying the moment.

megan + jon ~ des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:16:30 +0000

holy cuteness alert. Megan and Jon were a dream to photograph. They are both amazing people, with wonderful (and extremely funny families) who love each other to pieces. Jon said it best, through all the things in his life, Megan has always been the thing that always made sense. Although this wedding took place on a hot, and i mean hot, august day they were up for taking a bit of time for outdoor photos before the beautiful reception. I could go on and on about how funny the speeches were, how her dads speech might have been one of the best i’ve ever heard, how they danced the night away outside on the terrace and Megan was kind and gracious to all her guests, but i won’t, i’ll just show you these…

congrats to the two of you! such a joy to take part in your wonderful, beautiful, perfect, wedding.

above image by aaron hallabove image by aaron hallbeautiful.above and below images by aaron hall. i really wish i knew what was going on here! above and below images by aaron hallabove image by aaron hallyea, this guy was awesome.above image by aaron hall

leah + jim ~ des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:49:49 +0000

Jim and Leah’s day began in Ames and ended at Echo Valley on a perfect summers night. Simply put, the love that surrounds Jim and Leah is amazing. They both come from amazing families, and they both come from moms who have beaten cancer and who’s joy could be felt from across the room. During the dances I was a wreck watching it all unfold through my lens. Seeing the emotion on Leah’s moms face as she watched Leah danced with her dad, as well as seeing the emotion the wrapped around Jim and his Mom as they shared their dance was very powerful. This day was a testament to love as well as family. Thank you for letting me witness your day and I hope you enjoy the memories for a lifetime.

above image by aaron hallabove image by aaron hallwhile on ISU campus we ran across another wedding party, suddenly a scene from West Side Story broke out.above image on right by aaron hall

colleen + brandon ~ des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:58:36 +0000

sweet, darling, smart and kind Colleen got married. I remember Colleen when she was in Junior High School! When i heard from her about shooting her wedding i was thrilled at the idea (and suddenly felt really old). She met her man, Brandon, at the CY Ride bus stop. After a little bit of “him figuring out that she was the one” the romance was on and the rest is history, as they say. They were married on a hot summer day but that didn’t stop all the fun. They were married at St Francis of Assisi and danced the night away at the DMGCC. They had some pretty hysterical moments, one the entrance where the groom ‘bowled’ the bride in and the bouquet toss was a memorable one as well. The photos below are quite entertaining.

Thank you for letting me be a part of your day, it was so fun to see you again and see the smile on your face when you looked at your sweet husband. Your happiness simply radiates.

this is what i arrived to. clearly, the bridesmaids all LOVE the comfort of their shoes for the big event.above image by aaron hallabove image by aaron halllook at how she looks at him. all love. above and below images by aaron hallthey had some funny ideas for photos! here, we see, the bride just got a hole in one above image by aaron hallabove and below images by aaron hallfor the entrance, the groom bowled the bride into the bridal party for a ‘strike’. just. awesome.

(action catch shots by aaron)

andrea + skip ~ des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:45:35 +0000

these two belong on tv. I don’t mean some crappy reality show, they belong in those commercials about eharmony.com. These two lovebirds ‘met’ while she was on leave in Qatar and he was teaching in El Paso. Couples like this remind me how much I love my job. I just love photographing people that want to crawl inside the skin of the other. She is darling and is so sweet and kind its almost unreal. He is madly in love with her, funny and equally as kind. I couldn’t get enough time with these two, i would have kept them all night long for photos if they didn’t have a reception to attend!

oh the shoes. this story is amazing. andreas grandmother was gifted shoes by her traveling husband. She has shoes from all over the world. Literally. Andrea, the lucky girl, is the ONLY person who has the same tiny, tiny feet so she is given shoes for events, gifts etc. The ones she wore on her wedding day were from the late 50′s (we think). They were amazing!
andrea and her sweet, sweet mom. i love this trend. all the bridesmaids wore ‘TOMS’ shoes.above image by aaron hallabove three series by aaron hallabove image by aaron hallabove image by aaron hallabove image by aaron hallabove image by aaron hall.the grandma with the sweet shoes.ok. i’ve been to lots of weddings. it is a rare thing to see something i’ve never seen before. Before this wedding, i had never seen a dance floor fill up so quickly. I am not kidding, the second the first dances finished it was as if people flew out of their chairs and hit the dance floor. I am surprised tables didn’t get knocked over in the process. it was awesome. may the rest of your days be filled with as much love and joy.

lisa and toby ~ des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:18:56 +0000

lisa and toby are getting married in a few weeks so i figured it was high time to get these photos up! We did an mini engagement shoot/family photos for these guys. Their little girl is ADORABLE. All smiles, giggles and pure elation. Toby and lisa are pretty fabulous too, but i really couldn’t get enough of their daughter. I wanted to just eat her up!

seriously? can it get any cuter!

jessica & shawn ~ des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:20:40 +0000

sometimes getting the photographs you want at your wedding is harder then you might think. Jessica and shawn are from Indiana and came back to Des Moines for their wedding. I met up with them of Friday, the day before the wedding, for some fun country photos that they were not going to be able to get the day of. I had a different wedding on saturday, but was thrilled to do this for them. I hope your wedding day went fabulously and thank you for letting me spend a little bit of time capturing you two together. It was such a joy.

Jessica is a zoo keeper. It was very important to get some images with her and her boots that she says she basically lives in!

ashley + owen ~ des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:25:12 +0000

one never knows where you will find love. It could be in an elevator, at a bus stop, at the check out at the grocery store. In Ashley and Owens case, they grew up across the street from each other. They were high school sweethearts and have been together now for roughly 8 years. Ashley is darling and had some fun parasols for all the ladies at the wedding. For a surprise at the reception Ashley had a grooms cake made of the first bridge that owen, the architect, worked on. I love cute, personal details like this at weddings.

One of my favorite memories from this day was, after the anniversary dance where the winners have been married for over 62 years they were asked to give the bride and groom a bit of ‘advise’ to have a successful marriage. Without hesitation the grandfather looked right at owen and said, “you ain’t seen nothing yet!” I can’t images how true that is, after all they were married in 1949. Who knows what the world will be like in 2073 when Ashely and Owen are 62 years in!

so the lesson here is, the cute boy across the street could one day be your husband. Be kind, say hi and always have cute shoes.

above image by aaron hallabove image by aaron hallabove image by aaron hallashley wore her mothers promise ring (far left)i love this sweet series of ashley and her mom. above image by aaron hallabove image by aaron hallabove image by aaron hallthe mother/son dance was fully hijacked by the adorable flower girl. she stole the show.above series and image below by aaron hall