They knew of each other in college since they were both in the marching band (her on piccolo and Drew on horn/mellophone), but never really interacted. It was after college that they connected on Tinder. “We have a mutual friend so I texted her and said something along the lines of, ‘what do you know […]

Their first date was about a week after they met online. He asked if he could take her to dinner in Iowa City (about 45 minutes from where she lived at the time). “I happily accepted and told him I would meet him at the truck stop that was right by the highway he would […]

A wedding in the middle of July in the Midwest is a wild guess as to hot and humid it will be, but the best guess is really hot and really humid. The days leading up to Saturday were filled with humidity and thunderstorms, but Saturday dawned with skies perfectly matching their wedding colors, a […]

It is always a delight to hang out with the Klutts family! I get to see Becky often (but never often enough), but the last time I think I saw them all was when I did Brendan’s senior photos (bizarrely, five years ago). Molly set up this family shoot in the backyard to get updated […]

I absolutely love-love shooting around the Old Capitol & Pentacrest area in Iowa City. There is so much history right here in our city and the architectural lines reflects that. Almost always, sessions there are with couples simply because of the hassle of parking and walking with kids. But Shamus trusted my ideas (and I […]

The moment she saw him, she started asking around about him. “I had joined roller derby the summer before and it was the first game that two of the people I started with were playing in. I was setting up the merch booth and this guy walked in wearing black jeans, a black tee, and […]