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Stephanie & Matt

A Sugar Bottom Iowa City Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Both of them list the same moment of knowing they were forever going to be together. In the spring of 2013, they had been together for nearly a year and decided to get their dog, Ellie, together. “I can pinpoint a moment a moment when we were out hiking around Scales Bend on the reservoir and wandered off […]

jen & matt’s wedding album

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Photography

Jen & Matt’s beautiful Davenport Country Club wedding was just last month. I loved spending the day with them and we had some of the best cloud coverage (yet no rain!) to make some lovely images. They just finalized their wedding album design last week so I thought I’d share since I believe that the album, […]

Beth & Jim

A Downtown Iowa City Summer Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

In a college town, the turnover rate for servers in restaurants is high. So when he started working at the Olive Garden, she–a veteran server–didn’t pay any attention. After he had worked there long enough (several months) to warrant a move out of the “newbie” title, she began to notice him more and more. It […]

Sarah & Nathan

An Amana Colonies Iowa Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

  She was nervous on their first date and admits to drinking a little too much as a result. She says she talked too much and he says with a smile that he wasn’t 100% sold that night. Yet, the nervous energy of their first date and their 2-hour living distance didn’t stop them from forging ahead. He cares […]

Paige & Christopher

A Military Newlywed Shoot at Bella Sala

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Weddings

Paige & Christopher’s gorgeous wedding day was so much fun! And before they flew back to California, we had one more photo shoot to make happen and it was, by far, one of my favorites! Presenting Sergeant Christopher Prior and his beautiful wife, Paige, in this stunning military wedding day after session: We experienced a plethora of […]

Paige & Christopher

A Bella Sala Fall Wedding

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Weddings

They’ve been together for years. But not just in normal years. They met back in their school days. They’ve been married almost 4 years and have made it through 3 deployments. Theirs is a relationship bonded and secured through closeness and distance, through happiness and pain. It was such an honor to celebrate their “big wedding” […]

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