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Kristen & Jeremy

A Celebration Farm Iowa City Spring Wedding

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One thing I really love and appreciate about my bridal couples is that they can roll with the punches. The day prior to Kristen & Jeremy’s wedding had been filled with beautiful sunshine and brilliant white clouds, but their wedding day was filled with a dismal forecast and pouring rain (and even a tornado watch!). […]

Kelly & Walt

A Downtown Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

I asked what he most admires about her. “That she’s smarter than me, but never tries to prove it. She has never judged me. She will give you anything she has because things don’t matter to her.” She says his unwavering kindness is a trait that she respects in him. They met at a football […]

Ashlie & Kyle

A Downtown Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They first met at a wedding. Technically, they met twice, she says. “The first time was the night before the wedding. We were at hotel watching the World Series. We talked briefly, but we shared the same distaste for Phillip Rivers so I figured he couldn’t be that bad.” The night of the wedding, she pointed […]

Stephanie & Kurt

A Downtown Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They grew up in a small town–her right across the road from his grandparents’ farm–and have known each other since elementary school. “We went to the same high school, hung out with the same crowd, and she even cheered during my basketball games,” he says. “Those years paved the way for our relationship today. Even […]

Andrea & James

An Iowa River Landing Wetland Park Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Oh, how I loved meeting these two! They came in from Chicago for a fun, packed weekend of wedding planning and photos! I met them at the Marriott and then we walked to the Iowa River Landing Wetland Park that’s right behind the hotel. I asked her what she most admires about him. She said, […]

Erin & Julian

A Quad Cities Botanical Garden Intimate Spring Wedding

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“I was on a bus in Florence. I was living there for a semester abroad, studying studio art and art history and language and being in my hands-down favorite city ever, getting a taste of everything life on my own could be at its very finest, and I was sitting on the bus realizing that […]

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