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I would be lying if I said we weren’t really excited for this wedding.  When we first started talking to Andrea and Trent about their wedding they were still in the process of finding the right location.  Most of Andrea’s family are based in San Diego  but it was important to both Andrea and Trent that his Grandfather in Nebraska be able to attend their wedding.  A barn wedding was on the top of their list, so when the Ackerhurst Dairy Barn in Omaha popped onto their radar it just seemed ment to be.

The Ackerhurst Dairy Barn is a spectacular old red wooden barn located a few minutes out side of Omaha Nebraska.  It has been transformed into a lovely wedding venu with a clean bright white interior to contrast the beautiful red exterior.  Weddings can be held inside or out on the lawn infront of the barn.

Andrea DIY’d for months before the wedding getting all her beautiful decorations ready for the big day.  They used the interior of the barn for the reception and strung up gray and yellow pom poms along with twinkly white christmas lights.  The ceremony took place on the front of the property with the barn framing up a perfect background.  Andrea’s brother played music for everyone and then took her arm along with her father to walk her down the aisle.  The ceremony was beautiful, with readings from both Andrea and Trent’s mothers, followed by a sand ceremony and a touching speech about the significance of their rings.  With a kiss to seal the deal the couple was off to play on farm equipment with their wedding party for photos!

Everyone got on the dance floor including Grandpa, and when the tunes didn’t have everyone grooving they were grabbing props and jumping into the photo booth.  This wedding day was jam packed with fun all the way down to the sparkler send off.

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One of the things we love about working with Chad and Jenna is how unique and daring  a couple they are.  A little over a year ago they had us lowly San Diego wedding photographers travel with them to shoot their romantic and truly amazing engagement shoot at the Havasupai Waterfalls in the Grand Canyon.  Here we all are a year later and this wonderful couple asked us to create one of the most amazing Trash the Dress sessions we have done thus far.   We joined them the day following their beautiful backyard wedding ceremony outside of Phoenix Arizona. The four of us caravanned our way back to San Diego where they were they were to be Honeymooning.  Along the route we stopped at Junkyards in Gila bend, abandoned Hotels, roads leading to nowhere, enormous stacks of hay bales, and ended our photo adventure at the Buttercup Sand Dunes just outside of Yuma Arizona.  These two gave us an entire day of in and out of the car and were up for anything.

“Want to explore these old busses?”  Sure!

“Want a leg up onto those hay bales?”  Sure!

“Lets head up to the top of those dunes”  You bet!

“Quick run after that train!”

And they were so happy to do it all.  This was one of those shoots where everything went right and mother nature gave us everything we needed.  Enjoy

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Our first adventure to Joshua Tree National Park was earlier this year in the spring time for a photo shoot.  The desert flowers were blooming but  in all honesty it was a bit hot for us San Diego locals.  All year we have been itching to make our way back to this magical desert landscape with it’s towering rock formations.  We got together with some of the original photo shoot crew and ventured out to the park for well needed camping and relaxation.

With temperatures in the 30’s at night and wind that cut right through us, our first evening was not what we had hoped for.  North Face jackets and hand warmers came to our rescue and we warmly survived.  Come sunrise we were rewarded with beautiful puffy clouds and a warm sun.  An epic breakfast of eggs, beacon, and cinnamon rolls, (yes I said cinnamon rolls) had us energized for adventuring into the park in search of rock climbing and photo opportunities.

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