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Stephanie & Sam

A Brown Deer Golf Summer Wedding

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Weddings

She grew up in Iowa and they now live in Texas. So the heat of Iowa summers was no surprise to them. The rain circled elsewhere and we were left with bright sun and little breeze. In the late fall and winter, I always cater to the ladies because they are cold. For summer weddings, I […]

Jamey & Griffin

An Oakdale Campus Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met during the summer at Texas Roadhouse (home of the best rolls & butter ever!). “She trained me, which is probably not something she’ll want to take credit for considering I was easily the worst server of all time,” Griffin said. “After falling out of touch for many years, we reconnected via Facebook with her […]

Emily & Derek

A Kent Park Iowa Winter Engagement Shoot

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He was DJing; she requested a song. “I got pretty busy and hadn’t gotten to her song yet (something by Bloodhound Gang). I had a pretty packed dance floor and didn’t want to kill the mood that her career-ending request,” he said. She continued, “After what I thought was more than enough time to hear […]

Andrea & James

An Iowa River Landing Wetland Park Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Oh, how I loved meeting these two! They came in from Chicago for a fun, packed weekend of wedding planning and photos! I met them at the Marriott and then we walked to the Iowa River Landing Wetland Park that’s right behind the hotel. I asked her what she most admires about him. She said, […]

Jessica & Dave

A Clear Creek Trail Iowa Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met while playing together on a work softball team. He was pitching; she was playing 1st base. The whole team would go out for drinks afterwards and it always somehow ended up being just the two of them left at the end. They were very good friends, played tennis together, and hung out a […]

Brittany & Aaron

A Kent Park Iowa Summer Wedding

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Weddings

A door connected the two rooms on the third floor of the hotel. The ladies were in one room; the guys in the other. The high energy of the day transmitted through everyone, including some stress due to last minute shopping runs (hair gel for starters, then the video camera that didn’t have a memory […]

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