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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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The Casaletto Family

A Fossil Gorge Iowa City Fall Family Session

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Family & Kids

The Casalettos moved to our neighborhood within the last 2 years (they live right around the corner from us on the next street) and we get to see them out on family walks a lot right now, passing by on the other side of the street, waving and yelling our hellos. They’ve left us chalk […]

The Campbell Family

A Fossil Gorge Iowa City Fall Family Session

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Family & Kids

Perhaps deciding to blog these during quarantine wasn’t so smart because now I’m looking at Katy’s face on my computer screen and getting all teary. I usually get to see her five days a week and now we are restricted to texting and sending selfies as a reminder of what we look like. (But really, […]

The Albers Family

A Fossil Gorge Iowa City Fall Family Session

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Family & Kids

This sweet family used their session last year to announce baby #2 and now, this year, look at Nile’s adorable little smile and swirl of hair! Kane is still very much into football, as you can see, but not so much into having his picture taken, haha. It is so much fun to see families […]

Taylor & Stanley

A Kent Park Iowa Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Completely unknown to each other, they had long tailgated in the same lot, had a bunch of mutual friends, and grew up going to the same places. It wasn’t until one of Taylor’s friend got ahold of her phone and decided to send a friend request to “a cute guy” on Facebook that their worlds […]

Old San Juan

Puerto Rico Travels, Part 2

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Travel

We flew into Puerto Rico on Thursday and spent the day Friday in El Yunque, both hiking and then finishing out the afternoon with an engagement session. Saturday was our only day that was completely free of other obligations so we started the morning by finding a parking spot in Old San Juan (bless, we […]

El Yunque

Puerto Rico Travels, Part 1

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Travel

The last time we were in Puerto Rico was 10 years ago and, though we did get to see some parts of the island (one of the most magical including the bioluminescent bay “Mosquito Bay” in Vieques! There are only 5 in the world, 3 of those are in Puerto Rico; Vieques is the most […]

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