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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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A South Slope Spring Wedding in North Liberty, Iowa

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Weddings

She stood beaming as her gown was pulled snug around her, the skirt fluffed, her veil attached. Every last detail had been thought out and planned and she was finally the bride. The bride to her best friend. He waited outside for her to come to him. He heard her voice calling him before he […]

we own a house! | the first week

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Personal

If you follow me on Instagram, you know by now the story of our first home. I won’t go into details because we’re still in the midst of all the clean up, but basically a water valve leaked and we came the next day to find water in the kitchen and dripping through the ceiling […]

brave-inspired styled photo shoot

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Once upon a time (several months ago), I watched the Disney movie, Brave, and I became obsessed with Merida’s red, wild hair. And that is, honestly, the way this whole idea was formed. I wanted to photograph someone with hair like that and decided to do my first styled shoot based on the movie. Over-ambitious? […]

those who pull everything together

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Several months ago, I had this wild inspiration. I was sitting in my living room watching a movie and I thought, “I want to photograph this.” As I started writing down what all I would need, I realized this would be a much larger undertaking then I had imagined. I am a photographer. I arrive […]

the bullet list

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For the past several days I have been battling a headache on top of a migraine. It’s brutal. But it wasn’t until 2 days into it that I realized we had run out of regular coffee and I had been drinking decaf. My body is revolting. And now I understand that caffeine IS a drug. […]

speaking your dreams out loud

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It’s been said so many times. There’s power in dreaming out loud. In writing dreams down and speaking them out loud. It’s terrifying. It’s paralyzing. It’s scary. And fear is always the grip that holds us back. For so long, I’ve allowed fear to hold me back from my dreams. But I spoke those dreams […]

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