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EMILY CRALL BLOG

I'm Emily and I'm so happy you're here! This blog is a journal about my life and my latest work. Stay a while and say hello!

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newton photographer meet-up : serena severtson

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Photography

I absolutely love that I live in a digital age. The internet has made the world a smaller place and, as a result, I am lucky to have friends all over the globe. Serena is a wedding photographer and owner of Love by Serena, based out of Maryland. We first met at WPPI 2012. Her […]

…and family : thoughts on inviting children to weddings

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 recently attended Unique Event‘s Wedding Workshop where one of the topics they discussed was children at weddings. It’s such a touchy subject and people seem to get easily offended when it comes up. This is neither a commanding “what to do” nor a “we don’t like children” piece. The fact is we love kids! I […]

my best friend’s baby shower

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Personal

he first told me she was pregnant in the middle of the mall, by the Verizon kiosk between Panera and Forever 21, because she couldn’t hold it in any longer. I had a premonition that she was, but that didn’t stop us making a scene right there! Then came the ever-long keeping-a-secret phase. I’m bad […]

Gretchen & Mike

The Rendezvous Muscatine Fall Wedding

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Weddings

Gretchen & I follow each other on Instagram, a.k.a. the better-than-Facebook. So I knew, leading up to the wedding, the time and energy that her, Mike, and their families and friends put into making it all perfect. I mean, months and months ago, she was making adorable hair pins for her bridesmaids! During the reception, […]

holiday deadlines

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Photography

‘ve had numerous questions lately about holiday deadlines for prints and albums. If you are wanting to have your wedding album by Christmas to show your families, you must finalize the design with me by November 15th. After that time, it is not guaranteed that it will arrive before December 25th. All prints are ordered […]

#30dot, nov 8: my iPhone

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Personal

feel a little guilty for what I’m thankful for today. Partly because it’s truly not a necessity and yet I use it all the time, for business, personal, and entertainment. It’s my iPhone. I’m thankful for it, while at the same time realizing if I didn’t have it, I would still have so many things […]

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