Amy & Matthew

I’m so excited to finally share photos from Amy & Matthew’s JOYFUL wedding. And yes, it was joy-ful. Anyone who knows these two knows that their laughs are completely contagious, and you can’t help but smile when you’re around them. It made photographing their wedding an absolute blast 🙂

Amy & Matthew were married at First Baptist Church of Greater Des Moines, and then held a reception for their friends & family at Jester Park Lodge in Johnston. Congrats to you both!

I may have gone overboard on the ring shots…

“Holy @$##%^#&$*, I’m getting married today!” Or something to that effect. Only from Amy!

Meanwhile, the guys were relaxing a bit…

If these next three photos don’t convince you of just how special a First Look is for your wedding day, I don’t know what will. The exuberance, delight, and love was so special.

Amy, you were such a gorgeous bride!

By far some of the most amazing ceremony worship music I’ve ever experienced at a wedding. Amy’s good friend, Amy, belted out some amazing notes.

I loved this detail. Amy’s step-father passed away last spring, and he was such a wonderful man and incredibly important to her. Since he couldn’t be there to walk her down the aisle along with her father, her mom placed a pair of his shoes with his own boutonniere right by the altar.

Many thanks to my second shooter Jim for capturing these next two shots from the balcony.