A few days shy of exactly two years ago, I met Lauren when I photographed her sister’s wedding. A year ago, I got an email from Lauren, asking if I would be available for her own wedding: “We literally got engaged yesterday and nothing is even close to set yet. We’d love to make next […]

I have been so lucky to know Amanda and Tyler for years now! I did their engagement session in 2020 with their wedding on the biggest wedding Saturday of the year: 10/10/20. They just had their second son and I was so excited when I got the message that he had arrived! I was able […]

The first time I met Lincoln and Josh was over 4 years ago and Lincoln was pregnant with their first. They now have two children with a third on the way! Lincoln reached out to me a few weeks ago with an idea for a painting-in-the-forest style of shoot. She worked really hard to get […]

The forecast said “abundant sun” and it did not lie, haha. While the temperatures were warm in the mid-80s (and no clouds!), we were thankful it was cooler than a few days before when the heat index was well over 100 degrees. We also utilized as much shade as we could for pictures to keep […]

We had a sweltering heat wave for the Smith family’s pictures, but we scheduled them for the morning which helped a lot. As is the case with my own kids, taking pictures in the morning also helps a lot with kids’ attitudes and Owen and Piper did so good! Remember Piper’s amazing short hair from […]

Who would’ve thought that a mid-August wedding in Iowa would be so comfortable? There was a lovely breeze and a lot of cloud coverage during the hottest part of the day so we had no issues walking around the lawns of The Conrad Mansion. Nicolette and Casey met ten years ago (a fact that their […]