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Brandon & Hannah | Des Moines Wedding Photographer

Are any of you catching onto a theme in my recent posts?? Other than that I’ve been doing all sorts of weddings & engagements? Leave me a comment if you have a guess! =)

Brandon & Hannah are a blast. They have a really cute story of how they met, began dating, and then got engaged…but I’ll wait until their wedding in July to share more of those stories in detail! We began our session at Smokey Row, which is one of their favorite spots in town to hang out. Then we went downtown, and ended up at Gray’s Lake for some nature-ey photos. They are a joy to work with! They have so many shared interests: music, faith in Jesus, roller blading, being outdoors, tennis, camping, traveling…they are a perfect fit together!

I like to pretend this one is in Europe! I love their sweet expressions!
My favorite! (below)
Hannah & Brandon, I can’t wait for your wedding in only a few weeks!!!

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Anne Roen - June 25, 2010 - 11:44 pm

A BRANDON Theme! It seems the Brandon crowd is lucky in love this year!

Britney - June 25, 2010 - 4:35 pm

Beautiful photos Allison!!! Can’t wait to see wedding pictures! <3

Brandon & Allison | Des Moines Wedding Photographer

Brandon and Allison were married last Saturday at Simpson College in Indianola. Ihey were more than ready for their big day to arrive, and some might have said, “It’s about time!!”, as they had dated for almost 10 years! Wow! It is obvious that Allison & Brandon were made for each other; from the way Brandon looked at Allison to the HUGE smiles on their faces all day, to the pure celebration from the guests…they are perfect for each other!

Before you check out their wedding day photos, check out their fun engagement shots here and the sneak peak photos I posted here.
Thank you, Bradon & Allison, for trusting me to capture the memories of your day! It was perfectly beautiful and I was honored to be a part of it!

Allison had the most joy I had ever seen from a bride when she put her dress on!
Their first look was full of sweetness and emotion.
They are a model-esque couple!!
We re-inacted their favorite shot from their engagement session:
It was a WARM day to do portraits outside…and Allison was still 100% radiant! That’s true beauty!
I love the perspective of this shot:
Allison’s sweet niece who (other than this shot) did NOT enjoy having her photo taken! =)
This pretty guest went to a wedding in Europe, and every woman wore one of these headbands. I sure wish this were a tradition in the states as well; so classy and fun!!
I love these shots captured by Anna as I waited in the bubble line with guests!
I really really encourage brides and grooms to come up with some fun photo ideas, and Allison gave me a list of shots she wanted before I even had a chance to encourage it! We first went to this red foot bridge, where we took some of their engagement shots. I was on the Court Ave bridge to get this super fun shot!
Love this! =)
I’m seeing a magazine-cover-worthy-couple here!
Check out the amazing grooms cake!
They had such a fun idea for the clanging of glasses: each time glasses where hit for them to kiss, they pulled out a name of a couple from a big dish and that couple had to imitate whatever they did! There were some pretty wild kisses!
These next 2 shots were captured by Anna:

Congratulations, Allison & Brandon! I hope you are having the time of your life on your honeymoon right now!

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Anne Roen - June 22, 2010 - 11:58 am

Best. Wedding. Ever. !!!!

I really love…

Grooms in suspenders! Yesterday I photographed Brandon & Allison’s wedding, and Brandon wore suspenders under his vest! How sweet is that?! He tried to get all of his groomsmen to wear them…but some of them weren’t up for it. I really love any details in a wedding that are unique and different; they add personality to the wedding and make for some really fun photos! Like if the bride wears crazy-colored heels, the groomsmen all wear bright colored socks, bride with a peacock feather…or the groom in suspenders!! Allison & Brandon steal the show as far as being photogenic; I can’t wait to sort through their photos and put my favorites up!

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ashley - June 20, 2010 - 1:08 pm

I couldn’t agree more! I love suspenders too! Thankfully my husband is a fan too- he wore them for our wedding and i love the pictures we have of them. There’s something so delightfully old fashioned about them.

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