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The Cassens Family

A Kent Park Spring Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

I’ve been lucky enough to know Tarrah and Jake for many years now, photographing several of their milestones together, starting with their engagement, then wedding, then pregnancy with Milo and later newborn session. They are getting ready to welcome their daughter very soon and I loved seeing them again to document this newest milestone! I’ll […]

Cydney & Kyle

A Voxman Music Hall Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Cydney and Kyle first met in 2019. Their first date was at Stella in Iowa City, a place we returned to for a few photos during their engagement session. “We wanted to go somewhere local and fun! It was the best first date I’ve ever had and I loved everything about that special day,” Cydney […]

Piper & AJ

A Walker Homestead Spring Wedding

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Weddings

It was not what one would consider a beautiful spring day–the winds were extreme (!!), the temperatures frigid, and the sky completely overcast–but inside Walker Homestead, it was beautiful and warm with lots of pastels and punches of richer colors, like the bridesmaids, who all wore different colors that turned out to be so perfect […]

Erin & John

A Fossil Gorge Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Erin and John were set up at a Hawkeye tailgate in 2021 by mutual friends. “We just met, hung out, and then never stopped,” Erin said. It was just about a month later when John went to her house for a date night. “She made dinner and we hung out late talking afterwards and I […]

The Lopez Family

A Kent Park Spring Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

Last December, I took some updates family photos of the Lopez crew and got to meet Charlie. He was 6 months old at the time and now, at nearly a year old, we got together again to document how much he’s grown. Matt and Laura have also just added a puppy to the family in […]

Emily & Elijah

A Kent Park Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They initially matched online in 2017 and, shortly after that, he saw her one day while he was riding his moped and she was walking to work and he messaged her to meet. They decided on a central location and met at the Iowa Memorial Union. “I felt nervous,” he said. “But the nerves quickly […]

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