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Lindsey & Jeremy

An Iowa River Power Bridge Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They first met in person at a local ice cream shop in Alaska, where he was living at the time and she was visiting her parents. “After a 3-hour ice cream date, I was hooked,” Lindsey recalls. “During ice cream, I knew there was something special with this guy. I was not looking for something serious, […]

Monica & Cory

A Voxman Music Hall & St. Burch Tavern Downtown Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Their first date was in mid-2019, but they had met almost a decade before. They reconnected in 2018 because Monica planned several events at Big Grove Brewery, where Cory works, for her job and they quickly became friends. They were meeting for drinks at Reds (ironically, the restaurant where they had first met back in 2010) and “it was […]

Ashley & Jon

A Vander Veer Davenport Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met through a mutual friend a couple of years ago at school and then started texting over winter break. “Since then we have not stopped talking,” Ashley says. “I knew that Jon was the one after about 5 months of dating. There was not a moment that I just knew, but many little moments. When […]

Erin & Tyler

A Lake MacBride Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met as they were about to start their first phase of training for Navy flight school. “I had met a friend named Zach, who was a college friend of Erin’s,” Tyler says. “Zach and I had been hanging out quite a bit and one Friday, Zach invited me to a baseball game with some […]

Victoria & Chris

A Downtown Iowa City Spring Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They began chatting online two and a half years ago. They quickly discovered how much they had in common, which even included growing up just 30 miles from each other and going to the same university! They soon agreed to meet in person and so on an ice stormy night in February, they decided to […]

Morgan & Ben

Grand River Center Spring Wedding

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Weddings

One thing that is clear to anyone who knows Morgan and Ben is how much they adore each other. I have been looking forward to their wedding ever since their engagement session last year because we not only had so much fun together, but they are so easy to photograph. It is always my goal […]

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