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Rebecca & Alex

A Wilson’s Orchard Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met in college–UW Madison–at a football game, which is especially funny because Rebecca doesn’t like football very much, but is definitely happy now that she had tickets to the game that weekend. “We met through a mutual friend in our sophomore year,” says Rebecca. “We technically met for the first time before a football […]

Sarah & Peter

A Kent Park Summer Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met at the courthouse last March. Peter, a public defender, had to ask Sarah, who was working for the judicial branch, about a case. Several months later, they went on their first date. Peter knew right away that she was the one “when she agreed to let me take her out for the first […]

Amy & Eric

A Kent Park Summer Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met in church choir…or, at least, that’s what he told his daughter (who didn’t buy it). But they actually met online in early 2021. “I knew he was special when, after chatting online for a few days, he said he wanted to meet me, but wanted to wait until he was fully vaccinated. Working […]

McKenna & Derek

A Countryside Summer Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

“The first time I met her family I knew she was the one,” Derek said. “Beforehand I obviously had feelings for her and could picture myself spending the rest of my life with her. I loved her personality and her stubbornness and her passion. But once I met her family every piece of the picture […]

Anna & Gabriel

A Downtown Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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In the year of 2022, I am now meeting so many “pandemic couples.” Couples who met (usually online) when the world shut down back in 2020. Anna & Gabriel join the ranks of so many other pandemic-and-beyond relationships. Their first date was on Zoom (“It was a good way of first getting to see if […]

Megan & Nate

A Downtown Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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They met through a chance phone call thanks to a mutual friend who needed to stop and tie her shoe. Sounds intriguing, doesn’t it? “I was in Milwaukee with a friend attending Summerfest,” Nate said. “We had gotten back to the hotel after the last show of the night and my friend, Amber, called me. […]

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