Beth & Jim’s Celebration Farm wedding day was a perfect celebration of their many years together and their perseverance through long-distance and college then grad & med school. They are both brilliant people and yet they have such genuine hearts and a quirky sense of humor that makes them both adorable and also incredibly lovable. Beth […]

Planning an outdoor wedding in any area of the country involves two things: 1) a backup plan and 2) a flexible spirit. While we encountered no rain on their wedding day, we did have a brutal heat wave sweep through that brought temps in the upper 90s with “but it feels like 103” cautions from […]

We arrived the morning of the wedding to her family’s farm. The ladies were inside, getting makeup done, hair pinned up in curled up-dos, and the wedding gown hanging on the doorframe in the living room. Stephanie was both excited and calm. Stephanie and Kurt have known each other since elementary school. They started dating in […]

They were young when they met. Babies actually. Bridget says it all started in 2009 at the Washington County Fair. “I was with my best friend at the time and she and Jason were in the same 4-H club. I said to her, ‘That boy looks so familiar. What’s his name?’ Of course [when she […]

It’s always an honor to photograph a couple’s wedding day, but even more so when it’s a family member of a past couple! In this case, I’ve had the honor of photographing both of the Winn sisters’ weddings and I just adore their family so much! (Emily & Owen just celebrated their 2nd anniversary a few […]

They first met over breakfast at the Blue Plate Cafe in Memphis, Tennessee. She was living in Mississippi at the time; he in Memphis. They have now ended up in Iowa City as she is finishing up her PhD dissertation at Iowa. When I asked her how she knew he was “the one”, she responded, […]