Archive for September, 2009

Art and Renae

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

We photographed Art and Renae about a month ago.  They go to our church and so we knew them a little before the session but enjoyed getting to know them even more while photographing them.   We thought it would be fun to capture them doing things they love to do together like talking together on their porch swing and biking.  It was like they were on a date and we were there to document it.  We had a lot of fun.

Art wanted us to photograph some professional headshots of him for his blog.  We also had to throw some fun ones in there for good measure.

Art is in Kevin’s Facebook Mafia, so we came up with this idea for his profile photo. The background was actually a gray photographic background that I replaced with this nice brick texture (formerly Art and Renae’s fireplace).

Art and Renae love spending time outdoors, so we created this photo with their bikes as the sun was setting, making beautiful colors in the sky.

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Renae and Art, you’ve been a joy to work with.  Thanks for asking us to photograph your family photos!

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Love U Des Moines!

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

A month or so ago we got together for lunch with Kevin, a pastor at our church, and Clint the graphic designer for the church.  They were talking about how our church was going to be starting a new series called Love U Des Moines in September and they asked us to create the images for the project.  They wanted photos of Valley Church people wearing Love U Des Moines shirts in front of Des Moines landmarks.  This was for a message series that they started on Sunday and will be a theme for the church for about a year.  We had so much fun meeting more people at Valley Church.   Our church loves for our city and this is centered around showing Christ to Des Moines through our relationships with those around us.

The Fair was one of the funnest locations we went to.  We were there before 8 am so no one was at the Midway so we got lots of good photos before the crowds showed up.

Love the lens flare Kevin got in this one.

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I’ve lived in Des Moines all my life and so sometimes I forget just how beautiful this city is and how great the people are that live here.  It was fun to go back to some spots that held special memories from my childhood.  Thanks to Kevin, Clint, Kelly, and Tim for all your hard work on the project.

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