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coralville family: tracy

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Here’s an embarrassing story about me and the Tracy family. When Caren scheduled their photos, I put it on my calendar like usual. Suddenly, on February 19th, I panicked when I looked at my calendar thinking, “Wait, I have a shoot today?!” (I should’ve been clued in at this point since my shoots send me […]

north liberty newborn: brooklyn

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I was so excited to meet little Brooklyn. Her mom and my husband work together so I had heard about her impending arrival several months ago. I joked to Kevin that he could get some tips from Dwight on The Office should he have to do an emergency baby delivery at work. All kidding aside, […]

iowa city children: garrison (3 months)

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I had the great honor of photographing Garrison when he was very new. He was my second newborn shoot and it was slightly magical, really. He was sleepy and his parents had prepped perfectly for the shoot. Also–and I still insist this is a key factor–both Mom and Dad were calm, cool, and collected. They […]

north liberty newborn: willa

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She is precious. Honestly. And even her cry that starts as just a little whimper that soon turns into a screech is the cutest thing you’ve ever heard. She wasn’t keen on having her photos taken, but we went with it anyway. As I left, I thought to myself again how awesome it is to […]

north liberty family: veal

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It’s been slow this winter in the photography business, which is fine and expected. Being a “naturalist” photographer, I prefer to stay outside for pictures and use natural light. Nevertheless, I cannot resist the Veal family and their house has large windows that provide fantastic lighting in the early afternoon so my flash got to […]

iowa city children: kari

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When I was little, I was terribly shy.  Incredibly shy.  In fact, for several years, I was bribed with candy lollipops just in an effort to get me to look at the camera.  It never worked, but I always got the lollipop anyway. So I understood little Kari’s timidity when I met her.  Big people […]

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