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Kira & Derek

An Iowa Farm Fall Engagement Shoot

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They met back in the spring of 2012 in college through her best friend. “It was basically a handshake,” she says. It wasn’t until later that year, in the fall semester of college, that they met again. “When I returned for the fall semester,” Derek says, “A friend of mine–and now ours–convinced me to go […]

Caroline & Bryan

An Iowa City Old Capitol Museum and Celebration Barn Summer Wedding

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When Caroline first described their wedding, she said she wanted it to be a fun, Iowa-grown wedding event. They made a lot of their wedding choices with that in mind. Everything from the custom 4-foot metal monogram crafted by a local artist they met at a farmer’s market to the farm-to-table dishes served at the […]

Liz & Zach

A Palisades Cedar Rapids Fall Engagement Shoot

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Though they remember meeting in chemistry class in high school, they later learned that they had met far earlier than that. “Technically, we first met in the crib at Zach’s grandma’s house when we were in daycare. I was about 6 months old so I don’t remember that.” But his grandmother has a photo to […]

Bridget & Jason

A Washington Iowa Fall Farm Engagement Shoot

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They were young when they met. Babies actually. Bridget says it all started in 2009 at the Washington County Fair. “I was with my best friend at the time and she and Jason were in the same 4-H club. I said to her, ‘That boy looks so familiar. What’s his name?’ Of course [when she […]

Bonnie & Sam

A Minnesota Fall Wedding | Destination Wedding Photographer

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In the last weekend of October, I shot my last wedding of 2014 (at 36 weeks pregnant, I might add). It’s always bittersweet for me to wrap up a year, even as I look ahead and am so excited for all the couples I’m working with next year. My husband and I drove to the […]

Corrie & Jared

A Lake MacBride Summer Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

It was 8th grade junior high. She was dating and he became the note messenger between them. That was the extent of their interaction outside of the math classroom. Fast forward to senior year of high school when they actually started talking to each other. She wasn’t a big fan of him, but they hung out […]

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