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Bryn & Jonathon

A Celebration Farm Summer Wedding

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Weddings

Their original wedding date was last summer, pre-vaccine and during the pandemic lockdown, and they made the difficult decision to postpone…the large celebration. They went ahead with their marriage as planned and I was so honored to be part of the small gathering who celebrated with them last July. Now, 15 days from their 1st […]

The Pelzer Family

A Kent Park Summer Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

I got to meet the Pelzer family this past weekend and their darling girls were a delight! Coming up on her first birthday, Tess was all smiles and charm…except when we tried to have her sit in the grass. Savvy was also full of giggles until she let us know that she was done with […]

The Potratz Family

A Hancher Summer Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

Melanie and Dan are not new around here. You may remember their stunning wedding several years ago and, since then, I’ve photographed their pregnancy announcement with Maya, a family session with Melanie’s parents and sister, and now, in this beautiful season of waiting for their second child to arrive! The last time I saw them […]

The Vos Family

A Palisades Cedar Rapids Spring Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

The thing about photographing families repeatedly is that the kids begin to warm up to me quicker each time. Last fall when I photographed the Vos family, we had both a cold day and a shy little girl so we all had to work pretty hard to get some smiles. I walked away from that […]

Ashley & Jon

A Vander Veer Davenport Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met through a mutual friend a couple of years ago at school and then started texting over winter break. “Since then we have not stopped talking,” Ashley says. “I knew that Jon was the one after about 5 months of dating. There was not a moment that I just knew, but many little moments. When […]

Erin & Tyler

A Lake MacBride Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met as they were about to start their first phase of training for Navy flight school. “I had met a friend named Zach, who was a college friend of Erin’s,” Tyler says. “Zach and I had been hanging out quite a bit and one Friday, Zach invited me to a baseball game with some […]

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