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Erin & Tyler

A Wilson’s Ciderhouse & Venue Snowy Winter Wedding

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Weddings

Erin & Tyler are some of the kindest, sweetest people you’ll ever meet. It has been so much fun getting to know them and work with them throughout their engagement and wedding-planning season of life. Their original wedding date was set for February, but they are both pilates in the U.S. Navy and when they […]

The Vos Family

A Cedar Rapids Lifestyle Newborn Shoot

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Family & Kids

Since my last trip to their home in late October for Andrea’s maternity session, much has changed. The Christmas tree is up, the holiday decor beautifully displayed throughout the house, Harlow’s face is healed (!!), and they have welcomed their beautiful new daughter, Maren, into their family. This time, after having photographed their family several […]

The Amirov Family

A Fossil Gorge Fall Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

Last fall I got to photograph Brooke and Zhas when Brooke was still pregnant with Ayana and now, just one day after her first birthday, I got to update their family photos with all three of them! It was a chilly morning and Ayana fell asleep in the car on the drive to the session, […]

Jessica & Mitch

A Fossil Gorge Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

“I don’t remember a particular moment but I remember everything always feeling effortless and easy when were were together,” Jessica recalled. “I had never felt this way with anyone before. I felt like I could truly be myself with him.”They met at work and were coworkers for over a year before they started dating. “We […]

Grace & Blake

An Outdoor Ceremony and The Merrill Fall Wedding

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Weddings

Planning an outdoor wedding ceremony in Iowa in November is always a bit of a risk. Will we have 2 feet of snow? Will we have rain? Will we have perfect mid-60s and sun? As it turned out, the weather was on Grace & Blake’s side and they got the latter: a perfect September-feeling day […]

Alice & Abhijeet

A Countryside Fall Maternity Shoot

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Family & Kids

I was so excited to see Alice & Abhijeet again, especially to photograph their growing surprise! This past May, they celebrated their marriage (finally, after rescheduling from fall 2020 because of the pandemic) here in Iowa and when Alice contacted me about doing pregnancy announcement photos when they came back to town to visit family […]

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