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Kelsi & Brandon

A Riverside Iowa Spring Wedding

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Weddings

Later in the night, he would take the microphone at the reception and thank everyone for coming and sharing in their day. He would turn to his new bride and tell her that she is gorgeous; that he knew she would be, but she absolutely took his breath away when he first saw her earlier […]

Gretchen & Mike

A Pearl Plaza Muscatine Iowa Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

The very first time I met Gretchen & Mike… It was after the main floor flooded in our home and prior to the basement flooding. I had emailed Gretchen to tell her what had happened and give her a disclaimer for why it was going to be such a mess around here. I think I […]

flooding in our basement | the fifth week

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Personal

After my crazy day of traveling on Wednesday, I laid in bed that night and mumbled, “I’m so glad to be home.” “Home” the next morning (Thursday) was not as lovely. When Kevin got up, he found water in our basement…covering our entire basement floor. I feel like prior to this–when people would say their […]

Carrie & Nick

A South Slope Spring Wedding in North Liberty, Iowa

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She stood beaming as her gown was pulled snug around her, the skirt fluffed, her veil attached. Every last detail had been thought out and planned and she was finally the bride. The bride to her best friend. He waited outside for her to come to him. He heard her voice calling him before he […]

snow adventures

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Personal

I can’t tell you the temperature, but my toes felt numb for about 4 hours after we got home. (Although, that might also be because I was wearing non-waterproofed boots and only one pair of socks. Rookie.) We got out of the house for a bit, both armed with cameras and explored a bit of […]

Linea & Nick

An Iowa City Winter Wedding

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They’ve come a long way from their first time meeting in college. And with that journey has come love, commitment, and contentment just being with each other. Linea and Nick are the kind of people who, when they love, they love with all they have. You can see it not just from their interactions with […]

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