Not a lot of weddings start out in the quiet calm of the couple’s home, but if you really want to have a relaxing start to your wedding day, this is how you do it! When I arrived at Anna & Matt’s home, Anna was just wrapping up with hair and makeup in the living […]

“We met at our old apartment building. We were neighbors and would run into each other on the elevator. I always had my bike that I kept in my apartment and my earbuds in. He always wanted to talk, but I was shy and in my own world! Then one weekend, we were both heading out […]

I get the pleasure of often photographing the Ohloff family and actually met Elisabeth’s family at her and Seth’s wedding a few years ago (you’ll see some familiar faces in the bridal party)! When I recently photographed the Ohloffs, they wondered it would be possible to set up this extended family session and I was so […]

The forecast was terrible. There’s really no other way to put it. It was 90% change of thunderstorms all day long and, indeed, on the drive there that morning, my windshield wipers were on the highest speed as everyone on the interstate was struggling to see through the downpour. But then! Something miraculous happened. It […]

We’ve had the most rain-filled weeks here in Iowa and it’s really stepping on my fall-loving toes. More importantly, however, October is packed with photos and the rain has been a constant threat. And so it was on Anna & Travis’ wedding day. They had hoped for an outdoor ceremony at Ashton Hill Farm, but […]

It was early in 2015 when they first met. They had been chatting online when he mentioned one day that was going to see a movie. She mentioned that all her friend had seen it and loved it. “I asked him to let me know what he thought of it and that’s when he asked […]