Alec and Becky's Wedding

Josh and Crista's Wedding

Barry and Lori's Wedding

Kirk and Kim's Wedding

Brady and Tina's Wedding

Joe and Ashley's Wedding

Wedding Movies Update

The first photo is from Ben and Nikki's wedding. They got married at an outdoor wedding at Village West at Lake Okoboji. The second photo is from Shawn and Sarah's wedding. They got married in Minneapolis. The third photo is from Laryl and Lindsie's wedding. They got married in Sheldon. The fourth photo is from Rusty and Cathy's wedding. They got married in Hull. The fifth photo is from Dave and Michelle's wedding. They got married in Des Moines. The last photo is from Heath and Heather's wedding. They got married in Le Mars. All of these weddings have some short movies just below this that I hope you will enjoy watching. We sure have fun making them!

Ben and Nikki's Wedding

Shawn and Sarah's Wedding

Laryl and Lindsie's Wedding

Rusty and Cathy's Wedding

Dave and Michelle's Wedding

Heath and Heather's Wedding

This will be the last series of photographs taken when we were in Miami this past February. These were taken at Fairchild Gardens in South Miami, Florida. I enjoy going to Fairchild Gardens so much because it is what most people think Miami looks like! I see Miami as a city instead of this garden but I still enjoy the look of the garden.

The photo on the bottom is of a Common Iguana. This Iguana was about 3 to 4 feet long. They run all over at Fairchild Gardens. I think they view them as a problem but they are so non-Iowa that I love to photograph them. This was taken with a Nikon D3 and a 300 mm lens at 5.6.

The photograph on the right is a very cool reflection shot taken at Fairchild Gardens. It was also taken with the Nikon D3 and a 300 mm lens at 11.0.

The photograph on the upper left is of some beautiful folige at Fairchild Gardens. I took this as a color file and then used photoshop to make it into a black and white photograph. We are in the process of getting a large print of this made to hang in our home! This was taken with a Nikon D3 and a 50 mm lens set at 5.6.

The Lighthouse at Bill Baggs State Park

While in Florida, one of the places that we always enjoy visiting is the lighthouse at Bill Baggs State Park on Key Biscane. This was my best day for taking photographs of the lighthouse. The only beach where I can stand to take the photograph is north of the lighthouse and so it means that taking the photograph is almost always into to the sun. This day, as you can see was a very cloudy day so I knew I had a chance for a good photograph. I used my Nikon d3 with a 28mm wide angle lens. The lens caused the lighthouse to lean just a little bit but I still like the photograph.

Ilana Yahav - Sand Fantasy - Video Clips

We attended the Kendall United Methodist Church this morning while we were visiting in Miami. Since it is close to valentines day, they played this beautiful video which is like nothing I have ever seen. Click on this link and then click on the video called Love 2008. I think it is one of those things that you will watch over and over and say, how does anyone do something like that!

Enjoy

Ilana Yahav - Sand Fantasy - Video Clips

Joan and I are currently in Florida visiting family. Yesterday we went to Fort Lauderdale and I took some photos of a kite boarder. This was being done on what I would call the public beach right near all the bars. What fun it was to photograph him doing jumps while being pulled by a kite! This was a place where you could rent the equipment and take lessons if you wanted to. Let's just say that this didn't look like a sport I could do... I used my Nikon D3 and my 400 mm lens for these photos. I used f/14 for a big depth of field.

On Friday evening, a friend and I went to the Barnes Bull Riding event at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa. They had around 40 cowboys attempting to ride a bull for 8 seconds! If you have never seen an event like this, I would highly recommend attending one. I took photos with a Nikon d3. I used a 400mm lens, an asa of 4000 and .60 second at f/5. The Tyson Events Center has great lighting so I was able to stop the action quite well!

Barnes Bull Riding Competition

This is really great stuff! Be sure you watch this.

Coffee Table Books

This is the time of the year when many of the couples that we photograph bring us their selections for their coffee table book. We spend a lot of our time designing and preparing the books for them. These are a couple of panoramic pages from a wedding that we photographed at the Art Center in Sioux City, Iowa. This is a circular building with glass on at least three sides so Joan and I went to the Art Center and took practice photographs two days before the wedding so we could end up with images like these. Both of these were taken with a Nikon D2x in natural light. A 24 mm lens was used in each case. The building made the bottom photograph look like it was taken with a fisheye lens but it was not.

Be sure and check out the movie from Brett and Erin's wedding! The wedding was on New Year's Eve so there many fun photographs. I really like the photographs of Brett and Erin having fun with the plywood guitars at the dance. Be sure you check those out!

The Wedding of Brett and Erin

I am sure that some of you think we must spend every minute taking photos but that is not true. Last Friday I spent the day in Minneapolis with our grandson. We went to the 40 foot climbing wall at the REI store. It was so much fun to see him climb up to the top and ring the bell. No, I didn't even thing about trying it. Every climber needs an encourager, don't you think?

The photo on the left is from Brandon and Marcia's Christmas wedding in Le Mars. The center photo is from J.D. and Melissa's wedding in Le Mars and it took place during a snowstorm. The photo on the bottom is from Brett and Amber's wedding in Alton. It took place on a beautiful fall day. You can view movies from any of these weddings by clicking on the movies posted below this.

The wedding of Brandon and Marcia