This is how it started. Back when I was a young teenager, our family gift exchange started moving around. First it was Christmas Eve, then it was Christmas morning, then it was Christmas mid-morning after brunch, then Christmas post-lunch, then Christmas evening. The kicker was one year in my high school days when our gift […]

Now, I’m not saying that the high school marching band will lead you to your future spouse, but a saxophone is pretty sexy. And it turns out, for Abi and Harrison, the marching band did lead them to each other, tenor saxophones and all. They didn’t have many classes together, however, they were in the same speech […]

A Google search brought Jen and I together. I had been testing my website SEO and so I was searching for North Liberty Photographers to make sure that my name came up. I stumbled across her name (among many others), liked the ring of her last name, and clicked on her blog. I randomly left […]

Their reception was held just around the corner of the barn where they got married on the front lawn of her parents’ beautiful farmhouse.

She’s so beautiful. All 7 pounds of her. I always forget how tiny newborns are until I get to snuggle with them when I photograph them. And every single time, I’m amazed all over again. I always think of that quote by Don Herrold, “Babies are such a nice way to start people.” Then I […]

They have a tendency of doing things backwards, she told me. In their teenage years, they actually convinced people they were siblings. She, being three years older than him, took him under her wing as her “younger brother” and coached him in all the ways of being a gentleman. She told him what girls like […]