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Allison Marie Photography Blog by Allison Roen, Des Moines area wedding photographer bio picture

Welcome to my Blog!

I'm so excited that you have stopped by! I am a wedding & portrait photographer in the Des Moines, Iowa area.  If you are planning your wedding and searching for a photographer, simply send me a message in the contact section of this blog and I would love to get together with you to talk about your big day.

Leave me a comment on anything you like, agree with, have questions about, or things that resonate with you - I love hearing from you!

Enjoy!

-Allison

Booked Dates for 2010

If you are looking for a wedding photographer, I am currently booked on these 2010 dates:

May 8

June 5, 19, 26

July 10, 17, 24, 31

Aug 7, 28

Sept 4

Oct 9


Category Archives: Seniors

New Product

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):allison-marie-photography-des-moines-wedding-photographer51The gallery wraps are 1 1/2 inches thick:allison-marie-photography-des-moines-wedding-photographer71

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!allison-marie-photography-des-moines-wedding-photographer61Here 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!allison-marie-photography-des-moines-wedding-photographer41

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January 25, 2010 - 8:55 am Carrie Ostreko - I love it! I can imagine they do too!!!

Whitney: Sneak Peak

I photographed the fun and lovely Whitney from Norwalk High School today. Although today was very cloudy and windy,  we were able to create some fabulous portraits! Here is a quick sneak peak because I just LOVE this one and can’t resist sharing it with you! I will post the others in a couple weeks, after her proofbook arrives!

Isn’t she beautiful?!

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Erika: Senior Session

Erika was so fun to work with!! It was a dynamic session, plus we had a lot of fun! =) Erika is such a beautiful woman, inside and out! She has incredible eyes and skin, which made her so fun photograph! Plus, she has such great style - with every new outfit she put on I exclaimed, “AH! Look at you! SO cute!!” erika002erika011

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So, from our session I learned that Erika LOVES shoes. I mean, this girl has a major shoe fetish! So I thought it would be really fun to do a “shoe session” with all her shoes to create a collage with all her shoes…so here’s the final product!shoes-collage_jpeg

October 15, 2009 - 10:52 am Cindy - Beautiful, beautiful photos!! And I LOVE her shoes! I actually have one of those pairs...and I think I want the rest of them, too!

January 24, 2010 - 8:07 pm New Product » Allison Marie Photography Blog by Allison Roen, Des Moines area wedding photographer - [...] first example is from Erika’s senior portrait session (view her session here):The gallery wraps are 1 1/2 inches [...]

a “WOW” sneak peak!

Once I saw this photo in-camera, I just knew it would be my favorite from Erika’s senior portrait session tonight. I haven’t even looked at the rest of her photos, I just love this one so much!!! She is a very beautiful young woman, and I can’t wait to post more from our time!

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Katie: Sneak Peek!

Perhaps you’re wondering…”why is there always a sneak peak? Why doesn’t she just post all the photos at once?” Good question! =) I post a “sneak peek” usually the day of the photo session because I am so excited about the photos…but won’t be able to get all my favorites edited for a few days, and I just can’t WAIT to show you a glimpse of the session!

So with that, I just can’t wait to give you a peek of today’s senior session! Katie is a gorgeous gal, and we had a blast downtown Des Moines tonight!

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September 14, 2009 - 2:05 pm Katie - i love it allison! thank you for a great photo session!

David’s Senior Photos: Sneak Peek!

I had the delight of taking David’s senior photos last night, and it was a perfect evening for photos! Here are a couple of my favorites, right as the sun was going down…aka scrumptious light!. More photos to come after David’s proofbook comes in!!

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Sarah’s Super Sweet Senior Session (how’s that for alliteration?!)

I am dreadfully behind in posting these photos. I posted a sneak peak of Sarah’s session nearly a month ago! We had such a great time together. She broke her 2-hour session into two parts, one in the morning with her hair straight and one in the beautiful evening light with her naturally curly hair. Sarah is such a beautiful person, inside and out! We began at Indianola Community Church, to get some shots with the grand piano. Pastor Ed, the worship pastor, was kind enough to play with the lights  a little to get them just right for us. I’m thrilled with how they turned out!

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Isn’t she stunning?! She’s also an incredibly talented piano player!

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So cute! Sarah loves strawberries, so we did some fun shots with them!allison-marie-wedding-and-senior-photography-des-moines-iowa014

Next we headed to Sarah’s aunt’s home. There were beautiful spots both inside and outside!

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Albums, Albums, Albums!

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!

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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!

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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!):allison-marie-photography-des-moines-iowa-wedding-senior-photographer-wedding-albums4

And lastly, here are all three albums together, so you can see the differences in sizes:

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September 14, 2009 - 9:37 pm Jalene - The albums look fantastic (your pictures really highlight their super fun and durable qualities!) I cannot wait to see ours soon!

September 29, 2009 - 6:17 pm the Mini Kiss Album is here! » Allison Marie Photography Blog by Allison Roen, Des Moines area wedding photographer - [...] Album! It’s bound with beautiful, classy leather and has thick flushmount pages, just like my large wedding albums. It’s a 4 inch square, and perfect to toss in a purse to show off to friends and family! Here [...]

January 8, 2010 - 2:21 pm 101 in 1001 » Allison Marie Photography Blog by Allison Roen, Des Moines area wedding photographer - [...] love” blog series 90. Become a PPA member 91. Create educational tip sheets for clients 92. Purchase sample albums 93. Create custom photoshop actions 94. Learn how to create fomatted emails 95. Find a Spiritual [...]

The Beautiful Veronica

Meet Veronica! She is a senior at Carlisle High School, and her family is from Russia. She’s one of the sweetest high schoolers I’ve met, and such a joy to work with. At the beginning of our shoot, she said how it was really weird to have her photo taken…but I think that by the end, she really enjoyed it and would have wanted to keep going if the sun hadn’t gone down! Here are some of my favorites: Allison Marie Photography, Des Moines Iowa Senior Photos

Veronica said she’s not a very photogenic person…but I think she’ll change her mind once she sees her photos! I loved all the little poses she did for me! I especially love this next one - I couldn’t have asked for better lighting!

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I love how this one captures her striking features - those bright blue eyes, porcelian skin, and spunky hair!

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August 19, 2009 - 8:54 pm Gwen Roen - Great pictures Allison! The lighting and poses are great, and I can't believe how many clothing changes she did in a short time!

August 19, 2009 - 7:07 pm Aunt Susan - Beautiful young lady! Gorgeous pictures!

Wow.

Wow. That sums up tonight’s high school senior session. Sarah Wickett is stunningly gorgeous, plus extremely photogenic! There are probably 300+ photos from today that are “wow” images! Here are a couple of my favorites, and the rest won’t be up for a week or so (so that Sarah is the first to see them!)

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