The Best Intimate Wedding and Elopement Venues
Des Moines Art Center
✦ Iconic venue featuring architecture by IM Pei, Richard Maier, and Eliel Saarinen
✦ Courtyard with granite reflecting pool, sculptures, and string lights in the trees
✦ Art galleries and unique spaces for portraits, intimate ceremonies, receptions, or tours for your guests
Clare and Miles Mills Rose Garden
✦ Historic rose garden in Greenwood Park dating back to the 1930s
✦ Over 2,000 rose bushes and 100 varieties across 4.5 acres
✦ Limestone architecture, flagstone paths, and endless ways to lay out a ceremony
Des Moines Wedding Photographer
Alyssa Leicht is a Des Moines-based wedding, elopement, and portrait photographer with nearly fifteen years of experience documenting couples across the U.S. Her work has been featured in NME, Hinterland Music Festival, and several other publications. Known for her bold use of flash and color, Alyssa creates wedding imagery that balances an artful yet honest documentary style.
Alyssa Leicht
Alyssa Leicht is an internationally published wedding, elopement, couples photographer with over 14 years of experience. Her work has been featured in NME, Love Inc. Magazine, The Des Moines Register, Little Village Magazine, Iowa Public Radio, Heartland Wedding Ideas and many, many more.
Based in Des Moines or wherever your love takes us…
LGBTQIA+ couples are always welcome in front of my camera. 🏳️🌈