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Megan & Nate

A Downtown Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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Photography

They met through a chance phone call thanks to a mutual friend who needed to stop and tie her shoe. Sounds intriguing, doesn’t it? “I was in Milwaukee with a friend attending Summerfest,” Nate said. “We had gotten back to the hotel after the last show of the night and my friend, Amber, called me. […]

Aylo

A Cedar Rapids Lifestyle Newborn Shoot

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Family & Kids

The further I get from the newborn stage with my own kids (now 7 and 4), the more astonished I am with how tiny humans start out. I know my own kids were once that small, but, gosh, newborns are really small! Aylo is named after her great-grandmother and it’s a name that I find […]

Jessica & Mitch

An Iowa Memorial Union Spring Wedding

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Weddings

They were coworkers for over a year before they started dating. When they started dating is up for debate. There are three options and all happened within the same week. (It was a big week for the future Walkers, haha!) “Option A: Mitch invited me over to his apartment on a Sunday afternoon. I had […]

Lindsey & Jeremy

The Gathering Barn Spring Wedding

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Weddings

Though my first wedding of the year was technically back in January, Lindsey & Jeremy’s wedding this past weekend kicked off my busy wedding season. What was forecasted to be a rainy day turned out to be clear and even sunny at times while being a super comfortable mid-60s. With a timeline so well planned […]

Miranda & Ben

A Downtown Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

A year ago, Ben proposed to Miranda while out hiking and I got to photograph the whole thing. “It was the best day of my life,” Ben said. “I woke up that morning really nervous. I’d envisioned asking her to marry me for years. I’d mentioned to her throughout the week that we should go […]

Emily & Ian

A Downtown Iowa City & Hickory Hill Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

“We fell really fast for each other and, I knew Emily was the one the January after we met,” Ian said. “I had met her family by then and she had met mine. We were having a great time at a party in Decorah and late in the night I think we both said we […]

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