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Lindsay & Allan

A Kent Park Iowa Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They first met in Des Moines last August, when Lindsay and one of her friends were in town for their annual tradition of going to the state fair on Monday. He was a friend of Lindsay’s friend and met up with her (and also Lindsay) for a drink. Lindsay admits that she knew right away […]

Mallory & Alex

A Voxman School of Music Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Technically, we did not take all these photos at the Voxman School of Music, but this session had been rescheduled twice due to weather and this was the third try. It was two Saturdays ago and, if anyone remembers, we had the worst wind that day. In fact, after the session when we walked back […]

Shannon & Ted

A Kent Park Iowa Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

In high school, she got a part-time job at Fareway, a grocery store. He was working there full-time, on the path to becoming a store manager. They became quick friends and ended up working a lot of shifts together. One Saturday morning in November, she walked back to clock in to start her shift and […]

Tarrah & Jacob

A Lacie-Keosauqua State Park Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They first met in high school. They were in gym class together–she was a freshman, he was a junior–and also in band. They started dating in February 2008 so, do the math, they’ve been together for over 10 years now! Because of their two-year grade difference, they ended up going to 4 proms together and […]

Kira & Derek

An Iowa Farm Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met back in the spring of 2012 in college through her best friend. “It was basically a handshake,” she says. It wasn’t until later that year, in the fall semester of college, that they met again. “When I returned for the fall semester,” Derek says, “A friend of mine–and now ours–convinced me to go […]

Marisa & Josh

A Classic Black & White Fall Wedding at DoubleTree, Cedar Rapids

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Weddings

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 […]

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