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The Johnson Family

A Waterworks Prairie Park Summer Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

It’s been two years since I last saw the Johnson family and it was so much fun to catch up with them again and see how much Phil has grown in that time. He was just 2 last time and so he went from toddler to little boy and full of all kinds of fun […]

The Coffey Family

A North Liberty Summer Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

One of the greatest joys of wedding photography is getting back together with my wedding couples in the years after they got married and seeing them as parents. I first photographed Stephanie and Matt at their engagement session (back when I was pregnant with Henry!) and then on their wedding day! Two years ago, I […]

Jessica & Chase

A Marriott Iowa City Summer Wedding

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Weddings

Chase proposed to Jessica last year in Italy and when she said yes there on the Amalfi Coast, they never knew all that would come up before their wedding date arrived. Whew. They started planning their wedding for May 30, 2020 (see their engagement session here) and when the pandemic hit, they had to start […]

Jessica & Chase

An Intimate Backyard Spring Wedding During COVID-19

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Weddings

Their original wedding date was May 30, 2020. When the pandemic hit, wedding couples everywhere started sifting their way through uncharted waters, making decisions based on moving data and ever-changing information and rules. Jessica & Chase made the difficult decision to move their date to August (thinking, as most of us did, that things will […]

The Penick Family

A Harvest Preserve Summer Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

I’ve gotten to photography a lot of milestones in Cortney & Christian’s life together, including their engagement, their wedding, and their maternity shoot in the snow, just before Charlotte was born! So I was thrilled to be able to hang out with them again and document this phase of their lives: now as hands-on parents to […]

Morgan & Ben

A La Porte City Iowa Summer Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

When I first met Morgan three years ago, her and Ben had just moved in together. They had met at a wedding; Ben was an usher and “was trying to seat Morgan and she was less than pleased with my seating and sat herself.” After the reception, they ended up with at a bar with […]

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