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Morgan & Bryce

A Downtown Iowa City Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

It was spring break in Florida. They had both been invited to spend a week at their friend’s grandparents house. Who would turn down a week of sunshine and relaxation? Morgan knew that her friend wanted to set her up with Bryce, but she wanted no part in being “fixed up”. During that week, they […]

Mollie & Jake

A Country Farm Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Her friend, Heather, loves playing matchmaker and had trying for months to set them up. Heather & her husband Greg had a housewarming party on Memorial Day weekend in 2009 and Heather seized the opportunity to introduce Mollie & Jake. There was no forewarning. Heather simply introduced them and then disappeared. “We were left here […]

Megan & Trent

A Downtown Iowa City Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They made their debut Friday. If you missed it, catch up on their love story here. It’s pretty great. I asked Megan when she knew Trent was the one. She said, “I knew I was going to be with this guy for quite a long time just after our first date. I had a few […]

Megan & Trent

An Iowa City Park Fall Engagement Shoot, Part 1

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Engaged

Their first date was on June 14, 2010. Their friends had been trying to set them up for quite a while and she says she was a tomboy, class clown, and risk-taker in high school and no boy was going to slow her down. She got asked on dates and never showed any interest. She says, […]

Brittany & Aaron

A Kent Park Iowa Summer Wedding

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Weddings

A door connected the two rooms on the third floor of the hotel. The ladies were in one room; the guys in the other. The high energy of the day transmitted through everyone, including some stress due to last minute shopping runs (hair gel for starters, then the video camera that didn’t have a memory […]

Lizzie & Andy

A Downtown Iowa City Rooftop Summer Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They weren’t strangers when they saw each other one afternoon after a Hawkeye football game. They knew each other from high school, but had never hung out. But when they saw each other after the game, now in their college years, they started talking and they just never stopped. He says he was drawn to […]

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