Just 4 months ago, I was taking the little Jacob’s newborn photos. Now he’s all big and smiley and snuggly. And his sisters? Well, I was greeted with hugs and smiles…and lots more talking than last time! The main goal of this session was to get some photos for their Christmas cards so, that being […]

Sometimes sessions just leave me feeling so happy that I don’t feel like words can adequately describe it. This was one of those. From the get-go, everyone was so laid back and natural and the kids, well, they were the sweetest children. Tell me you don’t want to be adopted into this family. Mom & […]

A Google search brought Jen and I together. I had been testing my website SEO and so I was searching for North Liberty Photographers to make sure that my name came up. I stumbled across her name (among many others), liked the ring of her last name, and clicked on her blog. I randomly left […]

I arrived to a calm house; not the usual hustle and bustle of last minute scurrying. The air was crisp, but surprisingly warm for the first day of October. Wine was being sipped as family milled around the grounds. It was a wonderful feeling, everything so warm and bright and calm. It couldn’t have been […]

The living room in my parent’s home consisted of a piano, an organ, a sofa, a loveseat, a rocking chair, several end tables, a large record player (shorter than the organ but otherwise the same size), and a recliner. There was no television. As a child, this was embarrassing. My friends had seen all of […]

They have a tendency of doing things backwards, she told me. In their teenage years, they actually convinced people they were siblings. She, being three years older than him, took him under her wing as her “younger brother” and coached him in all the ways of being a gentleman. She told him what girls like […]