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A Cedar Rapids Outdoor Summer Newborn Shoot

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Family & Kids

Kelsey had contacted me back in March to set up photos. Since she was due in July, we set a tentative date for the pictures and I told her to let me know when she actually gave birth so we could bump it up or back if needed. This past Thursday, I joined her and […]

Ben

A Downtown Iowa City Summer West High Senior Shoot

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Senior

The third time was a charm. We had to reschedule twice because of rain, and between my schedule and his very busy summer, we were getting down to the wire of when we’d be able to do his session. But finally, we lucked out with a beautiful summer morning right before he flew out for […]

Hannah & Isaiah

A Cornell College Summer Wedding

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Photography

They technically met twice. “The ‘first-first’ time we met was the last day of freshman year at Luther College in 2017. I was hanging out with friends in the dorm when Isaiah walked in to say goodbye to a mutual friend (because he was transferring schools). I had heard of him but never met him, […]

Kerry & Spencer

A Cedar Rapids Country Club Tennis Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met in early 2022 at a bar on the University of Chicago’s campus called The Pub. “We talked with a mutual friend about playing tennis and then I told Spencer we should play and gave him my number,” Kerry said. A few days after that meeting, they met up again in Hyde Park to […]

Brynne & Cory

A Hickory Hill Summer Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met at her first job out of college, sitting in a cubicle shared by four people. “Brynne started before I did,” Cory said. “At one point during training, we were taken to our desks, and mine happened to be in a cubicle shared with a very cute girl. I noticed her hair first, and […]

Amanda & Magnus

A Hickory Hill & Downtown Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met online because she was bored and downloaded the dating app as a joke. She had set the radius to 100 miles and that’s exactly how far apart their addresses were. “I was alone in my dorm room when I saw someone had liked my profile. I looked through his pictures and saw one […]

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