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Sarah & Ian

A Terry Trueblood Park Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

We had had to reschedule their engagement session once already due to rain so when it was raining again, we watched for the weather to clear and went ahead as planned. If I could pick any kind of lighting to shoot in, it would be this. Especially for engagement photos. There’s something so special and […]

Aubrey & Garrett

A Timber Dome Lodge Fall Wedding

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Weddings

Back when I first met with them, I asked them both what they were most looking forward to on their wedding day. He responded that he couldn’t wait to see her in her dress for the first time. She said she was most looking forward to marrying him and, after that, spending the day prepping […]

Emily & Shamus

An Iowa City Fall Wedding at Terry Trueblood

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Despite the sudden drop in temperatures coupled with a strong, cold wind, they smiled and laughed and declared the day was perfect. And it was. Couples like Emily & Shamus are a dream because they don’t let the unchangeables (like weather) ruin a moment. They embrace each other and collect the memories of the day, it’s […]

Kristen & Tim

A Wilson’s Apple Orchard Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Some would say they met by chance. It was in February 2012. They were both in graduate school at the University of Iowa. His brother and a friend had come to visit him that weekend and they headed downtown to Bo-James. She was sitting inside with a friend. They began talking and, he says, “we’ve been […]

Emily & Trevor

A Palisades Cedar Rapids Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met at a high school basketball game when their two schools were playing each other. He was two grades ahead of her–a junior to her freshman–but knew mutual friends as well as her older brother. They both recall noticing the other for both looks and humor (“I remember saying to my [now best man] […]

Tiffany & Jonah

The Hotel at Kirkwood Center Fall Wedding

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Both of them knew very early into their relationship that this was their forever. When he asked her to be his wife, neither of them were hesitant to take this next, momentous move. Tiffany & Jonah became husband and wife earlier this month, on a beautiful Friday afternoon surrounded by an intimate group of their […]

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