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Jennie & Ryan

A Downtown Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met during the pandemic; online first, but then one night, she decided to go into the bar where he works and ended up sitting with him all night. “Bars had just reopened, but no one was in Iowa City so they were pretty slow. I came into Sports Column one night with my good […]

Samantha & John

A Fossil Gorge Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They first met in high school when they swam for the YMCA swim team, but it wasn’t until the summer after graduation that they got to know each other better (she was a lifeguard and he was a pool manager–“scandalous, I know!”) and had their first date. “I couldn’t believe she joined me because I […]

Kesha & Calvary

A Downtown Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They first met in junior high. Seventh grade band class, to be exact. Their first date was years later, “sometime freshman year of college.” Neither of them can remember it. Calvary said, “I feel like it was a simply dinner and a movie, however, after a while, we became unsure what we actually did.” So […]

Maddison & Aaron

A Lake MacBride Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

I remember when I met Maddison. I was photographing Jessica and Chase’s wedding details and Maddison, a bridesmaid, was in the room with me, steaming gowns. As I recall, she told me she doesn’t like to sit around so she was keeping busy, being helpful. We chatted about how she knew Jess, her full medical school […]

McKenzie & Jeramey

A Downtown Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met soon after the new year of 2022 had been rung in. They went out for a lunch date and then again that evening for dinner. For both of them, it clicked really quickly. “Everything felt right and I wanted to make a life with Kenzie and our kids,” Jeramey said. Combined, they have […]

Rachel & Kody

A Clear Creek Trail Fall Engagement Shoot

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I had to laugh when I heard how they met because, in our modern age, I cannot tell you how many couples I know who have met online. It’s rare, practically unheard of even, that a real couple met in a bar on a random Friday night. But that’s what happened. Rachel rolls her eyes, […]

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