Seattle Day Tour and Alaskan Cruise

This is a lot of photos from our day trip to Seattle before our Alaskan cruise.

A Year of Weddings

I photographed 2 of my friend’s weddings earlier this year. First up was Gavin and Michele’s reception at a park in NE Iowa. It was a great party that Gavin DJ’d himself and they served some of their homemade beers. There were also eagles and deer everywhere. My kids had fun dancing.

Next up was Andy and Sarah’s wedding ceremony at a park in central Iowa. Ryker got to be the ringbearer. It was a beautiful day and there was a disc golf course nearby so they wanted to putt/toss the bouquet into the basket. They scored!

Sunflower portraits

We went to Howells Greenhouse in Cumming, Iowa and got some great shots at their sunflower garden. We also got to play with baby goats!

Photoshoot for EMC Insurance's Circuit magazine

This month’s edition of EMC Insurance’s Circuit magazine features some of my photography. The cover designed by Holly Illg features my photo of the Shattered Silence sculpture. The table of contents page features my photo of one of Keith Haring’s sculptures in the Pappajohn Sculpture Park in Des Moines, Iowa.

The feature story uses a photo of Lonnie Dafney taken by my coworker Steve McTee.

Here is an earlier test shot before it hit golden hour along with some of the sculpture shots I edited.

Arkansas Road Trip

Last week we took the kids on a road trip to Arkansas. We stayed in a cabin near the Arkansas Grand Canyon and the Ozark National Forest. We hiked, played in streams and waterfalls and did some cave tours.

Backyard Photo Walk

EMC Overlook at MacRae Park

Fire School at Urbandale Fire Department

I work as a designer and photographer for EMC Insurance and I just got back from a really fun photo shoot with the Urbandale Fire Department. The EMC Reinsurance department brings some brokers to an evening of fire school. They suited up, sprayed fire hoses, tested fire extinguishers and saved rescue mannequins from a “burning” test building.

EMC Insurance Photography

Here are some recent photos from events at the EMC Insurance Corporate Office in Des Moines, Iowa.