For both of them, it happened quickly, the knowing. “By the second date,” she said. They had talked basically non-stop since their first meeting and shared so much about themselves. “He had been so understanding about my past and we have a lot of similarities and connected so well.” “That walk on our first date,” […]

Last fall I got to photograph Brooke and Zhas when Brooke was still pregnant with Ayana and now, just one day after her first birthday, I got to update their family photos with all three of them! It was a chilly morning and Ayana fell asleep in the car on the drive to the session, […]

“I don’t remember a particular moment but I remember everything always feeling effortless and easy when were were together,” Jessica recalled. “I had never felt this way with anyone before. I felt like I could truly be myself with him.”They met at work and were coworkers for over a year before they started dating. “We […]

We had one day to make this shoot happen and it was forecasting thunderstorms. (We all had major deja vu; remember their rainy engagement session and then a derecho in Iowa the week of their wedding, knocking out power to their venue???) Three hours before the session, the rain was still holding off, with high […]

She confesses that they didn’t really have a proper first date. “I was in high school still and may or may not have told my parents I was going to hang out with my best friend (she’s now my maid of honor!). Blake and I just drove around and talked. He took my to the […]

They jokingly quote Rhianna, saying they found love in a hopeless place. But, really, who expects to go into the cell phone store and meet their future spouse? “We met at a Sprint Store here in Omaha. My phone had broken and so I needed a new one. Trent helped me and while I was […]