Sweet little Margot has arrived! I photographed Mary Kate (and West and Gus) when she was pregnant and then it was just a waiting game until the birth. I was so excited to meet Margot and, as my kids keeping getting bigger, my awe over the tiny newborn size keeps growing as well. Babies are […]

Two years ago, Rachel and Kody got married here and now we returned to Walker Homestead with their beautiful baby girl, Nora. What a full circle moment for all of us. I had taken photos when Rachel was pregnant, but this was my first time meeting Nora and she is the squishiest, happiest little girl. […]

It is always a delight to hang out with the Klutts family! I get to see Becky often (but never often enough), but the last time I think I saw them all was when I did Brendan’s senior photos (bizarrely, five years ago). Molly set up this family shoot in the backyard to get updated […]

I absolutely love-love shooting around the Old Capitol & Pentacrest area in Iowa City. There is so much history right here in our city and the architectural lines reflects that. Almost always, sessions there are with couples simply because of the hassle of parking and walking with kids. But Shamus trusted my ideas (and I […]

It was a very humid morning, but you wouldn’t know by the looks of Mary Kate and West (and Gus)! They were open to ideas for location and I’ve been dying to use this ivy wall (because of its location, it can only be used at very specific times) so we did some ivy wall […]

It’s been nine years since I photographed Stephanie and Sam’s wedding day and I still remember how much fun we had that day (and how hot it was!). In the nine years since, they’ve grown to a family of six and moved multiple times around the country. They knew they would be in Iowa this […]