The Details

I have always been drawn to the details.  The texture of a door, the delicate petals of a flower, the intricate design of a piece of jewelry.  One of my favorite parts of photographing a wedding is taking pictures of all the details; the rings, shoes, flowers, the dress.  Here are a few pictures I took this afternoon around my house.  I encourage you to take a moment to look at the details, you never know what you might find.

Minda

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful NYE.  I spent today hanging out with my family in Marshalltown, eating, laughing and being entertained by Jace.  Pretty much the perfect start to the new year.  I don't usually make resolutions, but I have decided to make a resolution of sorts for 2011.  This past year has been an exciting whirlwind of photographing weddings, engagements, families and children.  I never in a million years imagined that this is where my love for photography would take me, and I look forward to what 2011 has in store.  With all of the portrait photography I have been doing I have not made time for taking pictures just for fun, which is how my photography journey began.  I would spend winter afternoons walking around taking pictures or evenings with all the lights turned off and playing with my camera trying to get that perfect candlelight shot.  So my new year's resolution or challenge to myself is to take at least one picture everyday.  Knowing me it will be hard to take just one.  I'll do my best to post at least one picture each day, and hopefully you all will have as much fun as I do seeing what I come up with.  So here we go!  I am obsessed with silhouette pictures, so I thought it was fitting to post this as my first picture.  I took this picture on Thursday at my friend Andrew's house.  I love how vibrant the stained glass is against the bright white.

Happy New Year!
Minda

Italia Part Two...Better late than never!

As some of you know I fulfilled a dream of mine and took a two week trip to Italy last May with three of my girlfriends.  I posted pictures from our trip back in June, but it wasn't until recently that I FINALLY finished going through all of my pictures.  I wish I had made the time sooner to finish going through them all, because I came across some of my favorite pictures from the whole trip.  Here they are.  Warning looking at these photographs may cause you to book seats on the next flight to Rome, Florence, or Venice. I know I'm itching to go back.

 Best espresso in Incisa!

This is one of my favorite photographs from the entire trip, and will soon be framed and in my house!

Play Date!

It has been way too long since my last post.  I've been busy getting ready for Christmas and trying to catch up on all the other parts of my life I had neglected this summer and fall.  While I was back in Marshalltown for Thanksgiving my sister-in-law Sarah and her girlfriends came over to my parent's house for a play date.  With a set of 2 year old twins and 3 little ones 1 years old and younger it was craziness, but so much fun!  Luckily it was a nice day out and I was able to take each of the kids outside in the backyard for some mini photo sessions.  Here are a few of my favorites.

 How adorable are Neve and Frankie?!  They are so sweet with each other.

 Noah already has his model face perfected

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week
Minda

Emily and Randon are Married!

Emily and Randon were married on a beautiful fall day in October.  It was such a joy to capture all the moments of their wedding day.  My favorite part of the wedding is seeing the expressions on the bride and groom's faces as the bride is walking down the aisle.  Emily had the biggest smile on her face, and you could see the pure happiness in Randon's eyes.  Here is a glimpse at Emily and Randon's wedding day.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving; I know I'm ready for some turkey and pumpkin pie!