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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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peonies and dandelions

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Personal

I had a blog back in the days of Xanga. Remember that? I loved putting together sentences and getting my thoughts out of my head. There was no pressure. Not from anyone else and not from myself. I could just write whenever I felt about whatever I felt. Maybe you’ve noticed–maybe you haven’t–but I haven’t […]

jordan // iowa mennonite school senior photography

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As his sister, I could really use this time to embarass him with every detail of childhood memories and sibling rivalry in the Miller household. But I won’t be, well, I love this kid. He wasn’t the sister I had wanted, but the second I first held him, I didn’t care anymore. When he was […]

Allison & Kyle

A Kalona Iowa Summer Wedding

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Weddings

“In the opinion of the world, marriage ends all, as it does in a comedy. The truth is precisely the opposite: it begins all.” (Anne Sophie Swetchine)

eleanor, 1 year // cedar rapids, iowa children’s photography

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Oh, glory be. How can one child contain this much cuteness? Eleanor just turned 1 and we celebrated her life with a special cake-smashing session. Before we could get to the cake, however, I had to just capture her in all of her adorable girlyness. Mom and dad had this session fully planned down to […]

the bullet list

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After all those months of countdown, pool season has finally hit again! Sara and I welcomed it with open arms, going two days in a row that first weekend. We’ve managed to eek in pool time at least every weekend so far. Plus, we’re 5 for 5 with friendly little babies at the pool who […]

ashton // kalona, iowa newborn photography

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This little peanut is extra special to me because he’s my newest nephew. He’s nephew number 5 and, in a strange way, I think that an aunt’s heart grows similarly to a mother’s heart: it just doesn’t matter how many there are, there’s always room to love one more. His arrival was a last-minute flurry […]

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