Matt & Brandy are Engaged in Des Moines!

A couple of weeks ago, my mom and I took a day trip to Des Moines to meet up with Matt & Brandy for their engagement session. It was my mom’s first time watching me shoot anyone outside of our family, and she helped keep the energy level up with her goofiness and intent to embarass her oldest daughter. Matt and Brandy were so much fun in their own right, and introduced me to parts of Des Moines that I never even knew existed! I can’t even tell you all the things we did, but I did want to share a few of my favorite shots.

We started out the day at Sec Taylor Stadium in Principal Park, home of the Iowa Cubs. I didn’t even know that Iowa had Cubs! I am an Illinois native, and in my house, the Chicago Cubs are the only ones we ever talked about! 🙂 It was a beautiful day, and we got to see how a stadium is cleaned up for games. A big thank you to Steve for the quick tour and access! Even though it was a little hazy out, we had a beautiful skyline view of Des Moines.

Downtown Des Moines has so many beautiful areas to shoot in. We found the ugliest, coolest black wall, so I had them hang out by my favorite number for a bit.

I absolutely love their smiles in this one, so happy and so genuine! Matt had just finished spinning Brandy around in the street and you can see in their faces how much they love each other and how much fun they have together.

There is something about this that speaks to me.

We played in the gardens at the Salisbury House. I have to shoot a wedding out there some day; it was absolutely gorgeous!

Matt & Brandy, I am really looking forward to the wedding in a few weeks! If your wedding day is half as much fun as your engagement session, I know we will have a blast!.