{Adam + Ashley} Omaha, Nebraska Wedding Photographer

I really enjoyed shooting Adam and Ashley's wedding yesterday.  It was not only my first wedding of the season, but it's the first wedding I've done without a pregnant belly for quite some time.  I forgot how much easier it is to shoot a wedding without that!  Yesterday was a beautiful March day.  I was stoked to shoot wedding portraits on Adam's farm, but due to INTENSE wind, we had to do almost all the portraits inside.  Quite a bummer, but I really LOVE the portraits we were able to get outside, wind and all.  The shop was a perfect location too - really true to Adam and Ashley.

Adam is a farmer, and I thought I knew what that meant since my husband grew up on a farm.  It wasn't until I heard the way people talked about Adam and his family, and how amazing and supportive Ashley is about Adam's career, that I really started to understand what being a farmer really is.  Everyone says that farming is a "way of life," but I don't think it really sinks in.  But yesterday, I got a glimpse of how hard it is. It really has given me a new perspective of what my husband grew up doing.  It helps me understand my mother-in-law a little better.  And it makes me realize that there are things that farm kids get to experience and learn that no other kids can.  I always joked with my husband that I would marry him, but he had to promise he never wanted to farm again.  I still stick by that - there's no way I could do it.  These are truly some of the hardest working people!  But I see a little more now after working with Adam and Ashley and their families yesterday why farming is a way of life.  And why it's something that my husband is happy remembering.  I hope I can give my kids a little bit of that lifestyle.  Teach them hard work, but also allow them to explore and get their hands dirty.

Congrats Adam and Ashley!  You are a truly amazing couple.  I'm so impressed by what you do and who you are.  I really enjoyed working with you!