Wedding Flowers | Inspiration Photoshoot

I recently teamed up with Brenda McGinnis owner of As You Wish Floral for a wedding flower inspiration photoshoot. The theme was coral flowers mixed with succulents and a little bit of turquoise. Brenda’s work is always amazing and my tablescaping skills turned out a little better than a toddlers 🙂 but the final result turned out […]

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Iowa Sunset | HDR

Last fall I took a series of photos that I planned to make an HDR photo from. If you’re not familiar with what HDR is I’ll step you through the basics. A camera can only see so many shades of gray/color from dark to light. This is called a camera’s dynamic range and the more […]

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Reiman Gardens Ames Wedding | Justin + Megan

Last summer I had an amazing time photographing Justin & Megan at Reiman Gardens in Ames, Iowa. It was a ceremony held with their closest family and friends. Here are a few photos from their wonderful wedding day.

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Saints Center Stuart Wedding | Cahlen + Megan

We’ve been lucky enough to know Cahlen for a long time now and couldn’t consider it more of an honor to be capturing him and his lovely bride, Megan, and their beautiful wedding. Cahlen has been apart of our family for so long, I can’t remember a time without him. His sarcasm and character have made […]

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Cacti Macro Photography | Reiman Gardens Ames

I shot these a couple of weeks ago while I was shooting a wedding at Reiman Gardens in Ames, Iowa. There is some super cool about cati and I couldn’t help but snap a couple shots of them.  

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Freelensing Macro Photography | Des Moines

I read about doing freelensing to turn a normal lens into a macro lens the other day by holding a lens in reverse in front of your camera. Since it’s a cold night here in Des Moines I thought why not give it a try. Turns out it’s hard to pull off but the results are different looking […]

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Blue Rings | Des Moines

Here is a fun photo I took of a painting I did with our kids for Mother’s Day. This is just a small part of a 2×4 foot canvas.

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Blue Bokeh | Des Moines

I’m thinking of making this a series of 5 photos. However the photo from day 2 doesn’t quite match the latest two. However I don’t have an immediate idea of where I can locate the 3 colors I want to add with these so it may not be finished for a little while. Tonight’s the […]

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Green Bokeh | Des Moines

Exploring more bokeh with day 3 of this year long photo project. Until the weather gets a little warmer here in Iowa there may be more abstract photos coming out of this then I had planned.   Stay warm Iowa! – Alex McGinnis

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Red Dust | Des Moines

This one was actually an accident. I was getting ready to take a photo of something else and my flash was catching the dust in the air. It was so cool I decided to wait and shoot my subject another day and focus on this one… bokeh via dust.  

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