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The Gingerich Family

A Kalona Fall Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

The Gingerich family lives on a beautiful piece of land in the Kalona area where I have been lucky enough to photograph before so I knew when Bailey reached out for family photos that we could use the space surrounding their home! It was the most perfect afternoon with glorious sunshine and I love how […]

The Seward Family | Cameron, 3 Months

A Wellman Fall Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

Last year when I photographed the Seward family, baby Cameron wasn’t even a blip on the radar yet. Now, just three months in, she’s the perfect final piece to this group, completing their “girl family” status solidly. I got to meet her when she was just a few weeks old, but this time, I got […]

Alex

A Kent Park Fall West High Senior Shoot

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Senior

Alex is a high school senior at West High and we lucked out this past week with not just the perfect timing for fall colors, but also a beautiful, crisp morning outside! He plays both football and baseball so we started the session at the high school and then went to Kent Park for the […]

Taylor & Stanley

A Backyard Tented Fall Wedding

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Weddings

On August 6th, Taylor emailed me to let me know that after a lot of tears and research and hugs, they were going to reschedule their wedding to next year because of the coronavirus. But then in her next paragraph, she said, “September 26, 2020 date has such a special place in our hearts and […]

Mallory & Edo

A Kent Park Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met six years ago in downtown Iowa City on a football game day. Mallory was looking for a friend and Edo, seeing her looking around, asked if she needed help. It was the beginning of their forever. That day, they ended up grabbing some drinks together, exchanged numbers and, after that night, “he kept […]

Amanda & Tyler

A Big Woods Summer Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

There’s a bit of discrepancy as to when they first met. Amanda says it was in Indianapolis when the Iowa Hawkeyes were playing in the Big 10 Championship, but Tyler says it was in Pasadena at the Rose Bowl. Tyler was friends with Amanda’s older brother, who lived in Santa Monica at the time, so […]

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