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Jill Brown has over 15 years of experience in the field of photography. She has studied photography at Missouri State University and Maryville University, St. Louis. She spent time working on her personal fine art work for many years and in 2003 started her first wedding and portrait photography business in St. Louis, MO. Jill moved to Des Moines, IA in 2005 and has continued her wedding and portrait business along with her fine art photography. Jill currently has work displayed in and around the Des Moines area as well as work in personal collections around the world. Jill uses both medium format film cameras and digital formats to create her images. This is how the artist describes her work: “My work is a reflection of everyday life and places. I chose the medium of photography as a tool to capture the essence of the person or place. I create images to depict the subject as they are remembered in the mind. Not posed or unnatural, but as a window into the intimate world of the subject.” Jill Brown is a member of Professional Photographers of America.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Laura + Jared = Married!

Date:  June 12, 2010
Ceremony:  Chapel at the Lutheran Church of Hope - West Des Moines
Reception:  Sticks - Des Moines


Laura and Jared's wedding took place in the Chapel at the Lutheran Church of Hope is West Des Moines.  It was a beautiful location.  The church was so well lit - I would love to shoot another wedding there!  There is also a beautiful prayer garden right next to the church that provided a great and quick location for some pre-wedding photos of the bride and groom.  :)


The reception was located at the Sticks Warehouse on SW 61st Street.  This is where the people at Sticks create all of there awesome furniture, but it is also a BeAuTiFuL location for a reception!   


My favorite part of the day - the dancing!  This group LOVED to dance.  They danced so much that I even had some time to experiment with some new ideas!  I just love the way the high ISO/no flash exposures turned out!  


Congratulations Laura and Jared!  I wish you all the best!

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7 comments:

Chris said...

Really good stuff Jill! Love the dancing pic with the green light. Holy smokes!

Jill Brown said...

Thanks Chris! I am loving what you all have been doing with the lens flair in your last wedding and the Tilt Shift! Do you have a tilt shift lens, or are you doing that in PS? It looks awesome! :)

Gary's third pottery blog said...

what a great couple and beautiful day! and is that the famous rings on the twig shot, where one of the rings fell off and...?

Jill Brown said...

No... no those are not the same rings that fell off or the same wedding... ;) Thank goodness it didn't happen a second time! These were much more protected. NO WAY something was going to happen to those rings!! :D

Reverend Awesome said...

Really awesome pictures! I love all the action shots of the dancing and even putting on the veil.
The rings on the twig is a great idea!

k.a. barnes said...

These are just gorgeous- so natural and fun. I love the girl dancing with the blue tongue!

Gallow said...

Incredible photos. I wish you were closer, so that I could be an apprentice.