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October 18, 2011

Backyard Photo Shoot

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My time as a high school teacher taught me how to instantly connect with teens and make them feel comfortable in front of the camera. I love photographing high school seniors all over the Greater Des Moines Metro and Midwest (yes, I’m willing to travel). 

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So, to practice for our first wedding adventure together, Faith, her mom Becky, and I gathered in my backyard amid a ton of tree trimming debris. I loved not only working with Faith, hanging out with Becky, but I loved our results too!

In some photos, Faith pretended to be our “groom”, in others, I pretended to be the “groom”. Becky got to be the “bride” the whole afternoon. Lucky gal!

Here they are, unedited:

Can you see why Faith’s favorite color is blue!?

Some remaining seedum in my yard…Becky made it look like it smelled so good, when really, I don’t think it has that strong of a scent!

I showed Faith one of Becker’s classic bride poses…

Then, I got to be the bride and Faith had to pose us:
Then we shot some practice details:
And this shot was a slight mistake, but I LOVE it!
Then, we did a senior shoot where Faith just posed me. I’ll post those images later this week!

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My time as a high school teacher taught me how to instantly connect with teens and make them feel comfortable in front of the camera. I love photographing high school seniors all over the Greater Des Moines Metro and Midwest (yes, I’m willing to travel). 

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