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The Michels Family

A Wanatee Park Fall Extended Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

The last time I saw Jack was when he was brand new and the last time I saw this extended family was at Christian & Cam’s wedding five years ago (the oldest grandkids were literal babies at that time!). It was really fun to get together with the Michels family this past weekend, where they’ve […]

The Whitmore Family

A Waterworks Prairie Park Summer Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

I photographed the beautiful Whitmore family last summer when Sarah was pregnant with Charlie and I was so excited to get to update their family photos this year! I have known Ian and Sarah for years now, photographing their wedding back in 2015 and the larger Whitmore family when Wesley was just a baby. This […]

Maddie & Evelyn

A Fossil Gorge Spring Mother-Daughter Shoot

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Family & Kids

To celebrate Mother’s Day, we did a special mother-daughter photoshoot with Maddie and Evie. The last time I saw them was at a family session I did last September and look at how much Evie’s curls have grown since then!! When she was first born, she didn’t have curls yet, but she’s always kept that […]

The Ohloff Family

A Downtown Iowa City Spring Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

I’d have to go back and calculate, but I think I’ve had the pleasure of seeing the Ohloff family almost every year since I first met them back when the girls were little. I have had the pleasure of photographing Elizabeth and Seth’s engagement, wedding, and multiple family sessions since then (here, here, here, here, […]

Perrin : Five Years

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Personal

Happy birthday, my darling girl. It seems impossible. My teeny, tiny 6 pound infant is overflowing with personality and feelings and laughter and jokes and imagination. You are shy and feisty and silly and sweet. You are so excited to be five years old and even more excited that you get to go to kindergarten […]

The Nepola Family

A Voxman Music Hall Fall Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

Ali was a bridesmaid in a wedding I photographed last year and she reached out to me a couple of weeks ago to see if there was any chance I’d have time to do a family photo session while she and her family were in Iowa over Thanksgiving. Between their schedule and mine, there was […]

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