Jennifer Weinman · Des Moines

About

Honest portrayals of love that endure for generations. I am Jen, a wedding photographer based in Grinnell and working out of Des Moines and Iowa City for over seventeen years.

Approach

I studied art before I studied photography, first in a darkroom and then in abstract oil painting, and both still show up in how I work. The pictures are timeless and a little editorial, but they are built out of things that actually happened rather than things I arranged.

I take on twelve to fifteen weddings a year. That number is deliberate. It means we can talk through your timeline properly, that I know your venue before the day, and that your gallery is not sitting behind thirty others. My team brings over twenty-five years of wedding experience between us.

Outside Iowa I photograph across the Midwest and abroad, and I lived in Barcelona twice between 2016 and 2024, which is where most of the travel work started. Every wedding ends the same way it should: an heirloom album, and wall art for the rooms you live in.

Portrait of photographer Jennifer Weinman
Jennifer Weinman · Grinnell, Iowa
Leather and linen wedding album made by the studio
Heirloom album · leather and linen

What I photograph

  • Destination06
  • Engagements04
  • Portraits04
  • Weddings13
Years behind the camera
17+
Weddings a year
12–15
Countries
8

Where I work

Des Moines · Iowa City · Cedar Rapids · Ames · Pella · Dubuque · Quad Cities · Chicago · Omaha · Minneapolis

Italy · Spain · Portugal · Netherlands · Denmark · France · England

Featured in

People · Style Me Pretty · Wedding Chicks · Perfete · Chi Weddings · Flyaway Bride · Northwoods Wedding

I book a limited number of weddings each year. If your date is close, it is worth asking early.

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