Introducing a fun new product for this year! I had orignally pictured this product for wedding clients, but I love it for seniors and families as well. This is a 20×20 or 30×30 canvas gallery wrap, designed with 30-40 of your favorite images from your photo session. It’s a great way to showcase your photos!
This first example is from Erika’s senior portrait session (view her session here):
The gallery wraps are 1 1/2 inches thick:
And one of the best parts about gallery wraps is that they come ready to hang. No need to save up for a very expensive frame, just put a nail in the wall and hang your gorgeous piece of artwork!
Here is the gallery wrap Allison and her family ordered (see the images from their session here). I love the blend of colors and how it speaks their family’s personality to well!
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If you are planning a wedding that is more than 4-5 months out, save-the-date cards are a perfect way to announce your wedding plans to friends and family. They can either be ordered as 4×6 thick cards, or as magnets. Allison & Brandon ordered these cards, and I love how they turned out!
Posted by Allison Marie, Des Moines Iowa wedding and portrait photographer
Hello! I am on the hunt for a good point-and-shoot camera. I hardly take photos at events anymore because it’s silly to whip out an enormous professional camera to a casual event…and for my “little” point-and-shoot, it’s way too massive to toss in a purse! When I bought it years ago, it was the top one on the market, and now it’s plain ‘ole big and bulky!
Does anyone have suggestions on a decent quality, compact camera? Add a comment and cast your vote!
And because a post is always better with a photo, here’s one of my faves. I took this at Snow Mountain Ranch in Colorado last month:
Posted by Allison Marie, Des Moines Iowa wedding and portrait photographer
I searched high and low for a way to package my wedding DVDs, and I finally came up with a way that perfectly fits my branding and style! I found these little green envelopes at Pure Paper, a paper store in Des Moines’s upscale East Village. A company called Envelopments creates these sweet envelopes. In my packaging, I include a document that suggests where to get quality prints and a brief tutorial on cropping photos to the right size so nothing important gets cut off. With a handwritten note inside and brown & green ribbon on the outside, my DVD packaging is complete!
Posted by Allison Marie, Des Moines Iowa wedding and portrait photographer
As I promised yesterday, I am posting some photos of the albums that arrived yesterday. I am thrilled with how my 11×14 album turned out! Check it out!
This is a 34-page, 11×14 Flushmount Album with a metal cameo on the front. These albums have a lifetime guarantee - they will last forever!! The 2-page spreads could have anywhere between one and 15 photos, so the design possibilites are endless!
Here are some photos of the classy 5×4 Purse Album I offer. It’s a perfect album to throw in your purse so you can show off your photos at any time!
In each of my wedding collections, I include a proofbook of all photos from the day. Here is what a proofbook looks like (note that this is a senior proofbook, and a wedding one will be a lot thicker because it will have a few hundred more photos!):
And lastly, here are all three albums together, so you can see the differences in sizes:
A few of my favorite spreads:
I knew from the moment Brandon & Allison stepped into my studio for a wedding consultation that I would love working with them! Allison and I seem to have so much in common, which makes working with them so fun. They have known each other for many, many years, and have been dating the past 6 years!!! Wow! They have a crazy amount of joy being together; it’s obvious that they are a perfect fit for each other. Enjoy their photos!
I love this - Allison cannot contain the love she has for her honey, as it’s written all over her face!
Talk about a classy couple! Oh, and have I mentioned that they are TALL?!
My fave: 
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