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Emily & Nick

A Downtown Iowa City Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They both grew up in Iowa City, but never ran into each other until medical school. “We had a pathology small group together and sat at a long conference table. When it came my turn to present weekly, the group would look at my presentation on the screen, but Nick always had his eyes on […]

Liz & Zach

A Palisades Cedar Rapids Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Though they remember meeting in chemistry class in high school, they later learned that they had met far earlier than that. “Technically, we first met in the crib at Zach’s grandma’s house when we were in daycare. I was about 6 months old so I don’t remember that.” But his grandmother has a photo to […]

Rose & Paul

A Harvest Preserve Iowa City Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Rose & Paul met back in the summer of 2008. Their churches combined efforts for a youth summer retreat in Iowa and they were both camp counselors. She recalls that the Iowa group found it odd, “How did a group from Illinois come to know about us? And why would they want to come to […]

Jenna & Andrew

A Marriott Iowa City Fall Wedding

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Weddings

I have long been looking forward to this wedding. There are many intertwined friendships within this wedding and I got to see three of my former couples as guests (one in the bridal party)! What you should know about me is that I love photographing weddings, but what actually keeps me going when the days […]

Marissa & Drew

An Ames Iowa State Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met among mutual friends at a party. “I was with my buddies,” he says. “And she was with hers and as the night went on, she kept talking to me. I felt cool because a girl was actually talking to me so after trying to ignore her all night, we started talking and it […]

Randi & Nate

A Kent Park Iowa Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met in high school, though she was quite sure that he wouldn’t remember the first time they met. (She was right.) “I was in 8th grade and Nate was a freshman. I was at the local pizza place with my friends when he walked in with his friends. Our first date was a few years […]

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