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Midori & Aaron

An Upper Deer Creek Wellman Iowa Spring Wedding, Part 1

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Weddings

It would’ve been easy to give in to wedding day jitters and worry about the looming clouds overhead with impending rain coming. But not them. They surrounded themselves with family and friends and took on the day with both grace and elegance that went far beyond anyone’s expectations. Because they knew that this day was […]

Lindset & Brock

A Lake MacBride Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Brock and Lindsey first met in the fall of 2008 at Performance Health & Fitness, where Brock is the General Manager and Lindsey is a fitness instructor. Lindsey had heard from friends that there was a cute, charming guy who was new to the area and was working at Performance. Lindsey built up the courage […]

vendors // unique events

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I’ve had the privilege of working with Unique Events at several weddings last year, the first one in April. From my very first impression, I knew these guys were good. But as the night went on, I knew I had hit on a DJ service that wasn’t just good; it was the best. I don’t […]

jillian // north liberty, iowa bridal photography

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Weddings

It was, I believe, by divine coincidence that Jillian and I met. She got married last May in a beautiful ceremony, but had the misfortune of not getting very many, if any, portraits of herself in her wedding dress, aside from some family photos. When I heard her full story (which I won’t divulge), I […]

Abby & Mike

A South Slope Spring Engagement Shoot in North Liberty, Iowa

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Engaged

They met through a friend and she says it was pretty much love at first sight. Within a week of meeting, they were going out on the first of many dates together. She is pursuing art and photography and I could tell that she’s had him model for her before; he was a natural. Aside […]

Iowa snow

winter without snow

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Personal

I wrote this last week…when the temperatures were near 55 and the sun was shining. It’s been a beautiful, brown winter. The kind where I don’t have to button up my winter coat or warm-up my car. The kind where I get to run outside in January without bundling up too much. The kind where […]

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