It was not what one would consider a beautiful spring day–the winds were extreme (!!), the temperatures frigid, and the sky completely overcast–but inside Walker Homestead, it was beautiful and warm with lots of pastels and punches of richer colors, like the bridesmaids, who all wore different colors that turned out to be so perfect […]

Erin and John were set up at a Hawkeye tailgate in 2021 by mutual friends. “We just met, hung out, and then never stopped,” Erin said. It was just about a month later when John went to her house for a date night. “She made dinner and we hung out late talking afterwards and I […]

Susan and Nate have been patiently waiting for snow for months. I had 4 couples who wanted snowy winter engagement photos, but we just kept…not getting it. So when we had a snow storm that randomly hit us in mid-March, we all made some very last minute schedule adjustments so that we could meet up […]

When we first talked about their engagement session ideas, Ellie brought up the idea of doing a relaxed session in their home. “Many of our first dates centered around Joe’s (now our) kitchen – one of our favorite activities to this day is making dinner together. (Well..Joe cooks and I usually have a glass of wine […]

A while ago, I posted a reel online about the books I created with my kids’ art. I had some questions come in about the how of making them so I thought turning it into a long form post could be helpful. (If you’re already familiar with my family yearbooks, this will be a similar […]

It’s been a while since I’ve done a session inside the Old Capitol and I was absolutely thrilled when Jackie and Ryan wanted to do their engagement session there. It’s winter in Iowa and we just got through our false spring of 50- and 60-degree days and are back to cold weather so an indoor […]