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Meet Steph

Seven years ago I started photographing couples. One day, I looked through my images post shoot and couldn't take my eyes off of something. It was a photograph of my client - a woman with a smile so huge, belly-laughing with the love of her life...she wasn't thinking about her thighs, upper arms, or stomach, she was way too busy being in love to even notice. It brought me so much happiness to capture this moment for them and show them a side they never see, but rather only feel between each other. I kept photographing and seven years later, it brought you here to me. Thank you for stopping in to see what I do.

I'm Steph and I'd like to be your Des Moines Wedding Photographer and if you're going global, call me - 50% of my time is spent traveling. I love amazing people and hope you read the rest of this page.

I'm really an outstanding photographer, but what I can't do is home decor. If that's what you need, this isn't the place for it. You should go now and never look back. ...read more

 
 
 
 

 

Well hello, gorgeous,
I’m so ready to meet you…

…and so excited to hear about your wedding plans.

Steph Kadlicko
steph@5thPhotography.com
318.517.0141

 

Based in Des Moines, IA, available for travel worldwide.

 
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QUESTION FOR YOU: I am really starting to fall in love with IG. I’d like to know what you want to hear about so I can write about something you’ll read. So what sounds good? . 1. Wedding tips for brides and couples 2. Photo and camera tips 3. Vendors, relationships, and we work together...wedding planning 4. Behind the scenes of photography 5. How I created the shot or the story behind the photo 6. Running a business and what I actually “do” in a business day 7. Travel stories 8. My OOTD?! Lol, I doubt anyone on my IF one is too interested in that but if so, you just holler. 9. Something else? I’d love it if you could tell me what. . 😘 . 📷@bodasconarte in beautiful Sevilla Spain! 🇪🇸 . . . . . #fineartphotography #phototips #travelblogger #doglover #croatiatravel #europewedding #lookslikefilm
Ok so THIS bride👰🏻(@aerikahaeseli) booked a very cool venue in the DSM area called @carperwinery . If you’re looking for a neat midwestern place to get married with a superrrrr convenient bridal prep accommodation on-site, you need to take a peek at this modern industrial barn. . fineartdesign #photostylist #estatewedding #bohobride #radlovestories #adventurebrides #belovedstories #photostyling #bohowedding #yogaeverydamnday #utahweddingphotographer #fitnessmotivation #desmoinesweddingphotographer #croatia #croatianweddingphotographer #splitcroatiaweddingphotographer #europedestinationweddingphotographer #elopementphotographer #intimatewedding #doglovers #destinationwedding #filmphotographer #torontoweddingphotographer #adventurewedding #californiaweddingphotographer #adriaticsea #engagementphotos #fineartwedding #europeweddingphotographer #destinationweddingphotographer
Part IX So on this last run to the hospital, they said there was an infection in all my joints and a fever. Other than feeling like I was going to keel over, I laughed a little. When did I tick karma off so badly? I thought it was just a bad cut. . With a heavy hand, the doctors gave some firm orders and healed me up with a very heavy dose of antibiotics. Turns out it was some sort of lymphatic infection that started in my foot and apparently headed to “vital organs” (all organs seem pretty vital to me, just saying) that they caught in time. So the roller coaster ended! . The end!
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Part VIII The doctor had motioned for me to go see the lady, turns out dumb dumb was a nurse. Insert biggest eye roll of my life. Guess who was going to have to give me my cocktail needle. Ok listen now, I knew nothing good was going to come out of this. . She takes out three vials and starts plunging drugs back and forth between them. Really given’ that cocktail a good shake and she bends me over to go in for the stab. Oh. My. Sweet. Lord. did it hurt. In that moment I could have sworn she injected it straight into my spine treating for spinal meningitis.good god did it hurt. . I turned around to see she actually had the needle in my left cheek, but something felt off. She was unsurprisingly dismissive of my pain. And offered zero comfort. Aren’t nurses supposed to reassure you or something? Not her, this ice queen dug I’m deeper and pressed harder. It was then when I asked her if this was a good time to tell her she hit my iliac crest. Lady, yes, you pushed hard enough, you’ve reached bone. . She plunged a little while longer and finally pulled the needle out. I had broken into a cold sweat and felt a dramatic rise in aggression in myself that I had never felt before. That needle hurt a lot, but through my scrunched yo face I saw other faces that I knew and didn’t want to push into the ocean. Thankfully the needle was out and I was ok. She taped a cotton ball on it, pulled my dress back down and sent us out.. . I stepped out of the office and my left bun started bleeding what looked like a quart of blood down my leg. Soaked my dress, soaked my leg, soaked the floor. . Her response? “Oh. A little blood. Careful you got some on the floor.” 🙄 . And so after some pressure on the massacre sight, the bleeding stopped, we went on our way and the magic valium kicked in. . Three days later, I cut my foot open running on some rocks. I filleted it on something. I didn’t have shoes on, but I also didn’t feel when it happened. Four days after that, I was in eastern Hungary close to Romania for work when my colleague looked at me and said I looked ill. I felt worse than ill but they rushed me to the hospital again with a fever and swelling joints.
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Part VII . I somehow put my dress back on and we walked back to the medical facility. I struggled calling it an ER anymore given the type of services they were providing. Climbed all the way up the ridiculous set of stairs going to an ER and entered into the STILL desolate waiting room. Sat down and died for a second in the chair. . At 12:45, with plenty of time to still practice medicine, Dr.Happy Pants walker in. I have to give this guy credit because he strutted in sweating, carrying his leather house all bag, and walking briskly to get back for his waiting room full 🙄of patients. He looks over at our entourage and then at me and says, “...oooHhh,” with a single shake of the head, “bad back.” For all the Croatian, Serbians, Bosnians...that was a “uuuuuH”... His very informal nonverbal acknowledgement of my pain made me happy and validated. So I peekedb up a bit and followed him into the exam room where the heinous lady was still sitting and doing nothing. . He looked at us all and said first he was going to start a cocktail for me, and that this cocktail was on him. He motioned to the chump and she went and did some stuff clanging around behind me. And the doctor then says, next I’m going to write a group prescription. . We kind of looked at each other not fully understanding what he meant as he dug around his desk for something. He pulled out a piece of white printer paper, folded it in half, lined it up with the edge of his desk and tore it in half. Eligibly scribbling some words down, he asked us how much we hurt, and then interrupted our response with a facial expression of delight. I knew right then that what was coming on that paper was going to be classified under some heavier narcotics. He finished scribbling, number them 1-4, crplunked one of those big stamps on it and signed it. He said, “this is your group prescription. Take this to the pharmacy.” . We were like “are they going to accept this?” He said, “well, do you think you can write a better one? We are in Croatia, it’s no problem, they know me and they’ll see you. It will all be ok.” We all laughed and and shrugged. Wtf I guess, why not?