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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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Creating Our Family Yearbooks

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Personal

Of all my hobbies, creating our annual family yearbook is my absolute hands-down favorite. I get a ton of questions about them on social media so I’m going to try to break it down here in some simple steps. First of all, some quick answers to the most common questions: How big is it? Before we […]

Brooke & Wyatt

A Voxman Music Hall Winter Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met in the summer of 2016 through a mutual friend. Brooke doesn’t remember exactly how they coordinated their first meeting, but she does remember that they drove around the countryside and small town in Wyatt’s truck, talking and driving for hours and finding out they had a lot in common. “Wyatt has always been […]

How To Stay Warm in Snowy or Cold Weather Photos

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I live in Iowa so it’s inevitable that the months of January through March are pretty cold. We have days of beautiful fluffy snow and 30 degrees and we also have days of blustery wind with highs below zero (as I type this, it’s -6F outside). There’s no predictability and, for that reason, I’ve always […]

Tayler & Travis

A Rural Iowa Farm Snowy Winter Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

“It almost happened immediately,” Travis said. “I knew on our first date,” Tayler added. For Travis, he said it almost happened immediately, “but also slowly over time. She was so supportive right off the bat, but the way we clicked, it’s nothing I can really explain and do justice. I had never really experienced a […]

Erin & Tyler

A Wilson’s Ciderhouse & Venue Snowy Winter Wedding

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Weddings

Erin & Tyler are some of the kindest, sweetest people you’ll ever meet. It has been so much fun getting to know them and work with them throughout their engagement and wedding-planning season of life. Their original wedding date was set for February, but they are both pilates in the U.S. Navy and when they […]

Perrin : Four Years

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Happy birthday, sweets. Time keeps slipping by and you keep getting older and I keep being shocked how quickly another birthday comes around. As cliche as it is, it really does seem like just moments ago that you were placed in my arms, all fresh and tiny and feisty. And here we are on your […]

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