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Tabbi & Matt

A Downtown Iowa City Summer Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Their first date was about a week after they met online. He asked if he could take her to dinner in Iowa City (about 45 minutes from where she lived at the time). “I happily accepted and told him I would meet him at the truck stop that was right by the highway he would […]

Paige & Mark

The Gathering Barn Summer Wedding

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Weddings

A wedding in the middle of July in the Midwest is a wild guess as to hot and humid it will be, but the best guess is really hot and really humid. The days leading up to Saturday were filled with humidity and thunderstorms, but Saturday dawned with skies perfectly matching their wedding colors, a […]

The Klutts Family

A Backyard Summer Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

It is always a delight to hang out with the Klutts family! I get to see Becky often (but never often enough), but the last time I think I saw them all was when I did Brendan’s senior photos (bizarrely, five years ago). Molly set up this family shoot in the backyard to get updated […]

The Freeman Family

A Downtown Iowa City Summer Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

I absolutely love-love shooting around the Old Capitol & Pentacrest area in Iowa City. There is so much history right here in our city and the architectural lines reflects that. Almost always, sessions there are with couples simply because of the hassle of parking and walking with kids. But Shamus trusted my ideas (and I […]

Rebecca & Josh

A Downtown Iowa City Summer Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

The moment she saw him, she started asking around about him. “I had joined roller derby the summer before and it was the first game that two of the people I started with were playing in. I was setting up the merch booth and this guy walked in wearing black jeans, a black tee, and […]

Emma & Matthew

A Calyx Creek Lavender Farm Summer Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met at Iowa State University in 2019 at college orientation. “Our major was pretty small so there were only two other students there that day,” Emma recalled. “I thought he was very cute so I was excited when we then became lab partners our first semester of college.” Matt said their first date was […]

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