Lucky Soda Photography - Iowa Wedding Photographers

Elsie

Chris — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:16:18 +0000

In 1903, on a boat sailing from Denmark, two year old Alma McKinney’s life was in danger. She was exhibiting symptoms from an illness that she had developed while on board. Her entire body was swelling and it gave rise to a protest from passengers debating whether or not she should stay aboard. Both men and women were shouting at the tops of their lungs to throw this sick little girl over the side before she threatened anyone else’s lives with a potentially deadly and contagious ailment…

Despite the nightmare my great grandmother went through, she arrived safely in America.

It is a little unsettling and yet amazing to think of all the events that had to unfold to get us to where we are today. This winter, we’ve given ourselves a bit of a “break”. During this, I’ve been gaining quite a lot of perspective on what is truly important in our lives. Photography is a wonderful outlet but sometimes I think we get incredibly caught up in things that, frankly just don’t matter.

During this slow down, while we house hunted and brought our newest daughter into the world, I wanted to take some opportunities to photograph people we love. My grandmother, Elsie, is 89 this year. Had the passengers on the boat ride over from Denmark had their way, Elsie and her 11 children and countless grand and great grandchildren would not be here today.

Elsie married at 16 to my grandfather Bert Manning. He passed away just a little over 5 years ago and is missed dearly.

Sinar F2 4×5, Rollei Ortho 25.

Beautiful Family

Chris — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:35:29 +0000

Devin & Coleen : Engaged

Sarah — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:02:24 +0000

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Gwenyth

Sarah — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:22:42 +0000

Isn’t she precious? Little Gwen was born at home- a VBA2C for her mama! What a wonderful addition to their family!

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Ron Paul :: 4 x 5

Sarah — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:51:21 +0000

Ellie and James

Sarah — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:50:54 +0000

I absolutely love these kids. Photographing them was so much fun. Their mom even let them dress themselves for their session as well as choose the location which really makes their personalities shine through.

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New Mexico :: Sarah

Chris — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:36:57 +0000

Canon 5D mk II

New Mexico :: Chris

Chris — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:39:53 +0000

Rollei B 35 | Mamiya RZ 110

James, Heather & Kevin

Sarah — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:57:58 +0000

I simply loved photographing James, Heather and their sweet little guy Kevin. It was my favorite kind of session- very relaxed & very natural. We headed out to the lovely Wills Family Orchard. Kevin had a great time exploring and I was privileged just to be there and photograph it. To view the rest of the session click here.

Marlee & Andrew

Chris — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:23:43 +0000