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Carolyn & Marc

An Elmcrest Golf Course Cedar Rapids Summer Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They’ve been together for a long time–since they were young highschoolers–and if you’ve spent any amount of time with them, it’s easy to pick up on their deep level of friendship and love for each other. They first spotted each other when she was a freshman, he a sophomore. “I was quite smitten with him […]

Chanelle & Nikunj

A Lake Keomah Tented Backyard Spring Wedding

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Weddings

They met in London and now live in California, but she grew up in Iowa and so they planned their wedding in her childhood backyard on a jetty into Lake Keomah under the oak tree that she used to climb as a kid. But as the date got closer, the weather forecast got worse. There […]

Jaclyn & Jacob

The Hotel at Kirkwood Center Spring Wedding

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Weddings

The whole day we all kept commenting about the weather and how we couldn’t have gotten anything better had we tried. The weekend before had been unusually cold with winds and rain, but on Saturday, the sun shone bright and the breeze brought welcome cooling. It was the kind of weather where you wanted to […]

Little Lights Black Tie & Botanicals Shoot

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Photography

I love finding new spaces in our area and Little Lights Events is definitely a charmer. I spent the afternoon there photographing a styled shoot, which is basically a way for us creatives to shoot for fun. I’m already envisioning how beautiful a reception here will be (keep scrolling, you’ll see!) and would love to […]

Jamey & Griffin

An Oakdale Campus Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met during the summer at Texas Roadhouse (home of the best rolls & butter ever!). “She trained me, which is probably not something she’ll want to take credit for considering I was easily the worst server of all time,” Griffin said. “After falling out of touch for many years, we reconnected via Facebook with her […]

Walk Through a Wedding Recap, Day 2

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Personal

On the second day of the Walk Through a Wedding workshop (read about day 1 here), a few of us met out at the lighthouse before the workshop started to get some fresh air and explore a bit. We met at Justin & Mary’s house mid-morning to start the final day of the workshop. After […]

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