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katelyn + colby ~ des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:29:42 +0000

What fun!! I just adore katelyn and colby. If I could clone Katelyn, i would. She is such a joy to be around with an infectious smile and a natural beauty. I am pretty sure she put on lip gloss for the first time in her life at her wedding, and as you will see below she is stunning. Just to review, when katelyns mom was pregnant i gave her a teddy bear to give to her new baby. That new baby was katelyn and she still has the bear. I wish she would have brought it to the wedding! Anywho, flash forward a couple decades (and then some) and katelyn is getting married. She happens to email me, unknowing that i was the same paige who gave her the teddy bear. Such a thrill to be a part of this day, what a small, beautiful world we all live in. Sweet Katelyn was so fun the day of her wedding, she forgot four, maybe five things she was to bring to the church but there wasn’t any stress, it was all laughs and lots of love.

the look on katelyns face when she first saw her little flower girl. above image by aaron hallabove image by aaron hallabove image by aaron hallabove image by aaron hallabove image by aaron hall

kristin + steve ~ des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:34:39 +0000

a classic beauty marries a sweet and funny man. Kristin and Steve were married in des moines with a reception at the Historical Building. Kristin is a soft spoken, perfect pale skinned, beauty. Steve has been head over heals for her since he sat next to her in a college class. He admits it took him quite some time to get the courage to talk to her. Thankfully he finally said something, clearly it turned out to be the best decision he ever made!

Congratulations and thank you for letting me be a part of your day!

jodi and nate – des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:47:12 +0000

i am really, really excited for this wedding. For one, jodi is just as nice as can be and nate will do just about anything. I can’t wait to see what fun we can have on the wedding day. Here are some of my favorite images from their engagement session. We started off at my studio and then headed out from there, i know there are lots here, i was having a hard time picking!

see you two in October!

katie, parks and some crutches – des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:09:50 +0000

katie and parks were married in march on one of the first nice days we have had in what feels like years. It was a beautiful day for a wedding in the East Village. The fun part was they actually got married in my studio. It was a perfect setting as it overlooks downtown. Parks (Matt) was on crutches all day due to a broken foot. Somehow this felt right. You see, when they got engaged, Katie was suffering from a broken hand so it was only fate that there would be a cast of some sort involved in the wedding day.

Congratulations on your wedding. It was so much fun to photograph! I will always remember the way that Katie looks at Parks. It is one of the most pure and beautiful things I have ever seen.

jennifer and matt

paige peterson — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:32:10 +0000

holy crap it was cold!! Ok, so you could actually say that about most of this winter but this day was freezing! Regardless, Matt and Jennifer braved the chilly outdoors for me after a quick indoor session at my studio in the east village. These two are getting married in June. Unfortunately I am not able to be in two places at once so I am not able to shoot the wedding. I promise you this, it will be a fun one! I am so happy they allowed me to do their engagement/save the date photos. Thanks for braving the frigid weather and I wish you all the joy and happiness two people can have.

(go tigers!)

magda + billy – des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:07:36 +0000

Magda and billy were married in jamaica. By a rasta man. I am admittedly very jealous of this fact. I really wanted to get married on a beach, but hey, lets get back to them. After jamaica they did another short ceremony here for family who couldn’t attend the jamaican nuptials. Before the short evening ceremony we were able to bounce around town for a short photo session of just the two of them. We had to make it to the sculpture garden downtown because the scary, skinny, thinking bunny statue has been following magda around for many years. They had to have at least one photo with it! Billy wanted to have a paper bag with 40 oz to freedom in it for the bunny photo, unfortunately, nobody in the park had either one we could borrow. Maybe next time we get together we will be better prepared. :)

many congrats to the two of you.

sarah + brad – des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:43:48 +0000

jessica + brad – des moines wedding photographer

paige peterson — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:55:33 +0000

I have a lot of weddings to post from the end of 2009. The first one up is Jessica and brad. I actually went to high school with jessica so when she emailed me to do her wedding i was thrilled! Although the day started off with torrential rain it ended up being absolutely beautiful outside for the rest of the day. After the ceremony, and a quick session at the park, we headed downtown to the High Life bar and lounge. Some couples cut the cake, some couples split a cupcake, not these two, these two had pickled eggs. They love them. I tried very hard not to throw up. Keep in mind I was oh so pregnant for all of these weddings. That said, i’m glad they liked them.

my kinda bride

above photo by aaron hall