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Nicole & Matt

An Iowa City Rainy Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They are from the same home town and grew up within a mile of each other. They both went to the same grade school, high school, and college. They even worked at the local Quizno’s. “Yet the first time we ever spoke in person to each other was on our first date when we were […]

Jessica & Chase

A Kalona Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They were getting ready to go to Italy when he sat her down and told her the proposal wasn’t going to happen on their vacation because he couldn’t get the ring done in time. “We went all week in Italy, having an amazing time and I never even thought about it because he had told […]

Natalie & Greg

An Iowa City Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Neither of them can remember first meeting and this is a sweet result of growing up in the same school. They have just always known each other. Their first date was basically accidental. Greg was at his parent’s house and sent out a Snapchat inviting some people over to go four wheeling, not thinking anyone […]

Bryn & Jonathon

A Downtown Iowa City Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

It was just a few weeks after they first met that they went on their first date. “It was beautiful, sunny day,” Bryn said. “It was one of those spring days that felt like the beginning of summer. We had been trying to find a time to meet at night, but me schedule was crazy […]

The Seward Family

A Kalona Fall Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

I actually do not know how Kailee and I first met, but I do know that somewhere along the way, I hired her to do my hair for my wedding ten plus years ago when she was still in cosmetology school and we’ve been friends ever since. (And I still to this day wouldn’t change […]

Shannon & Ted

A Disney-Inspired Fairytale Wedding at Rapid Creek Cidery

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Weddings

All weddings have themes of some kind, a core design or color palette that decisions are bounced off of to see what sticks and what doesn’t quite go. So when two people who love all things Disney, even getting engaged at Disney World and taking a Disney honeymoon cruise in a few weeks, start to […]

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