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I'm Emily and I'm so happy you're here! This blog is a journal about my life and my latest work. Stay a while and say hello!

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A Downtown Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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Photography

We met downtown on the very top of a parking ramp. It is my personal opinion the parking ramps don’t get used enough for photos. They have beautiful fill light from the cement and I adore the mixture of visual lines, the cement ones as well as the painted one. I know I have my […]

Emily & Nick

An Iowa Memorial Union New Year’s Eve Winter Wedding

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Weddings

On New Year’s Eve, Emily & Nick were married in her family church in Iowa City. The irony is that Emily & Nick both grew up in in town, but never met until they were in medical school together at the University of Iowa. They now live in Minnesota for their residencies, but came back […]

Emily & Derek

A Snowy Winter Wonderland Wedding at DoubleTree, Cedar Rapids

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Weddings

Leading up to the day, the chances of Emily’s dream winter wonderland wedding were looking good. She was hoping for “nice weather with a light quiet snowfall right at 5:05pm.” The chances of snow were 60%, but the closer the wedding day got, the colder the temperatures crept. Saturday arrived with bitter winds, a barely […]

Featured on Maharani Weddings

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Featured

Melanie & Dan’s stunning Indian fusion wedding at The Celebration Farm has been making the rounds online, being featured on The Big Fat Indian Wedding, Baubles & Bowties, and today, on Maharani Weddings! Most weddings are lucky to get one feature, so to get three is an enormous honor and a true testament to how unique, […]

Featured on Baubles & Bowties

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Melanie & Dan put so much thought, consideration, and personality in their wedding day and I couldn’t stop smiling their whole day. The colors were so vibrant, the food so delicious, and the flowers so fragrant. And yet, the only thing we could all see was their love shining bright for each other. It was truly […]

Hiking in the Denver Area

Colorado Travels

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Travel

A week ago, Kevin and I headed out to Colorado for an engagement session (it was so gorgeous; see it here!). This was the first time that we have both left Henry overnight since he was born, save that one time last New Year’s when we got the flu and my mom took Henry to […]

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