For the first time in weeks, it didn’t rain! Not only did it not rain, it was the most perfect, idyllic fall day. Finally. And what makes a perfect day more perfect? A dog. Obviously.  When we did Paige and Michael’s engagement session this spring, they were just in the process of moving back to […]

It was another rainy Saturday. This fall has been wet and dreary. Thankfully, every weekend when it rains, there have been pockets of time to go outside for photos. Hailey and Dominic’s ceremony was set to be outside at The Celebration Barn–the ceremony space there is truly gorgeous–and we all watched the radar closely to […]

We have had the rainiest start to fall this year, which has made for some tricky weddings. In the beautiful rolling hills at Wilson’s Ciderhouse, the ground was soggy at best and had standing water at worst. Not just that, but rain was forecasted all day Saturday. Time to get creative! I kept the radar […]

Last fall when we had done Camryn and William’s engagement session at Walker Homestead, we had warmth and sunshine and lots of animals. This year, after the strangest warm (even hot?) fall, we hit November and it finally turned cold. We dodged rain and used hand warmers and had coats ready to throw over shoulders […]

Emily and Nick were back in town for a quick weekend and, despite all of us having a late night (them at the Iowa football game and me at an out of town wedding), we were up bright and early on Sunday morning for a few photos before they headed home. It was windy and […]

Chelsea reached out to me back in June. She’s also a photographer, but was new to the area and looking for family photos this fall. She told me the look she was hoping for and my immediate suggestion was Wanatee Park, one of my favorite places to shoot! So, on a beautiful fall evening last […]