With the forecast calling for thunderstorms all day, we really needed to be prepared for anything. Thankfully, the rain cleared out overnight and we ended up with three seasons of weather in one day (everything except winter!). Bee and Chris are incredibly delightful people and nothing about the weather phased them at all. Their joy […]

It was a perfect spring day for Dana and Danny’s wedding in Amana. Their ceremony was at the Main Amana Church, one I hadn’t been in before, but I loved the light, natural wood tones and pale blue walls and their reception was an easy walk across the street to the Festhalle Barn. They met […]

They met at work, but really got to know each other during the pandemic. Their first date was in May 2021. “I was nervous because, even though we had been talking to each other more and hanging out together at work, I’m not a super open person. It can take a while for me to […]

I previously posted a list of local adventures that we like to do in the summertime, and promised another list, this one including some of our favorite state parks and day trip adventures that require some travel, but not overnight stays. Since I’m a wedding photographer, summers are typically very busy so short little bursts […]

I met Lauren in the fall of 2022 at her sister’s wedding and I doubt she would’ve guessed then that just a couple of months later, she’d be on a date with her future husband. She knew who Thomas was for a while because he worked at the church her sister got married at. “I’d […]

They met almost ten years ago on a Friday night in downtown Iowa City. “She was out with some friends and ran into some friends she knew from classes at Iowa who were there with Casey. “I don’t remember quite what we talked about, but it wasn’t for very long and I just remember thinking […]