Love in the air

What a GORGEOUS day these two lovebirds had! :) Rebecca & Brian were married in small town Iowa, and so when Becca emailed me a while back about photos, I knew her ideas would be right up my alley! All she had in mind was a small, simple wedding. She wanted photos to be on her parent's farm. In some of her own words -- "In my mind, the pictures that mean the most are the ones with the people you love. I don't want pictures of everyone lined up in front of the alter... honestly, it would mean more to me to have a picture with my family in a place we all love." I just LOVED this idea & couldn't wait to capture it. They were blessed with a beautiful fall day, and I absolutely LOVE these images!! So enjoy!
Mandy

Beauty of fall

Ahhhhhh... how I LOVE fall :) Crisp air, gorgeous skies, abundant color, I could go on and on! And what better to showcase fall than photos of an amazingly beautiful family!! Meet the Bonerts~ these guys are such a good-looking family, it should almost be illegal! Haha! I had SO much fun with them-- 
Their littlest girl, Aubrey was due for her 6 month photos, so we did some family ones in addition to her session. And Chad & Rachel sure do have some cutie-patooties on their hands. :) Miss Addison is such a wonderful big sister, and little Aubrey is just as sweet as pie! I just LOVED everything about this session! So enjoy!!
Mandy

Blown Away

Meet Santana. Pretty sure she could have a successful career in modeling, if she ever so desired!! {But sounds like she has going to school majoring in English on the her mind instead; smart, smart girl!} Santana has an amazing look-- and she is a natural in front of the camera & had some killer outfits! The only thing she {and I} had to compete with was the wind.... and it was in full force for her session! Soooo annoying, but in some of these images, we went with it & it gave us that model-esque wind-blown look! :) I am so glad these seniors put their trust in me, and let me work through all the crazy ideas I have running through this head of mine! I thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent with Santana & do believe we got some FABULOUS senior images! Enjoy!
-Mandy

Love In The Park :)

I am soooo incredibly lucky to have the ability and the privilege to do what I do. I am so thankful that I am able to meet the people that I do as well as express my creativity across such an amazing platform. I photograph a very limited number of weddings every year, and for my own personal reasons, but the ones that I do choose to shoot, are the ones similar to this, for the many reasons seen in the images below. These two knew how they wanted to get married, and they did just that. It's so refreshing to see a couple so relaxed and a wedding so in-tune with the couples feelings. They were married on the beach under the sun and gorgeous blue skies at Palisades Kepler State Park. Mother Nature blessed us with an amazingly beautiful day. I am in love with the images from Ashley & Steve's day, and I hope that they cherish them just as much, if not more than I do. Cheers to the happy couple!! :) I will leave you with the images to tell the rest of their story--

Enjoy!