Their engagement session last October had been on a cold, overcast day and we really went 180° with the weather because it was very sunny and breezy and in the spring-hot range of mid-80s. (I can’t say truly hot because we know that those 100° days are coming…) There wasn’t a cloud in the sky […]

The last time I saw the whole Crump family was on a misty morning in November 2019 and there were five less people in the group photo! They almost doubled since then! I got to photograph Josh and Lincoln’s family when Lincoln was pregnant with Rockwell and then see them again when Rockwell was a […]

If you know your pop culture references, you’ll know why April 25th is the perfect date; “it’s not too hot, not too cold, and you only need a light jacket.” For Laura and JD, April 25th was their perfect date to celebrate love after loss. “We are both widowed, so we understand the journey of […]

There’s something especially wonderful about spring in Iowa. The long, cold winter finally gives way to the chirping of birds and a landscape that starts to wake in a riot of color. We hit those early spring colors with the blooming crab apple trees downtown and the tulip field at Wilson’s Orchard and all of […]

Last fall, I met up with the White family for a family painting session in the woods. Lincoln was pregnant at the time with baby Rockwell, whom I got to meet this past week. He is such a sweet little boy; the third child who will 1) sleep through any noise and 2) will spend […]

I was so excited to meet baby James! I first met the Walsh family when big sister Evelyn was a newborn and I’ve been so lucky to get to photograph them many times in the years since. In October, we did their family photos, including Maddie’s perfect baby bump. Now, at exactly one week old, […]