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 […]

Temperatures were so cold that schools were cancelled last Friday, but, in the words of Rebecca, “Well, I didn’t want to sweat on my wedding day…” When we were outside, the actual temperature was -9°F, but the “feels like” temperature with wind was -30°F. (It was officially the coldest wedding I’ve ever photographed.) I left […]

It was a windy, chilly day with the sun tucked firmly away behind the clouds. One of the things I love most about Little Lights on the Lane as a venue is that there are lots of indoor spaces both for photos and for folks to spread out and mingle when the weather is unsavory. […]

I didn’t set out to read the most books I’ve ever read in a year. But 2025 has been a doozy of a year and I found so much escape and wisdom in the pages of books. I tried to get outside for a walk nearly every day this year and audiobooks kept me great […]