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Brooke & Zhas

A Waterworks Prairie Park Summer Maternity Shoot

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Family & Kids

I was so thrilled when Brooke contacted me about doing these photos! I had met Brooke and Zhas back in 2015 for their engagement session, followed a year later by their beautiful, intimate backyard wedding in Chicago (which has long lived as a favorite of mine!). So I was extra excited to see them again, now […]

The Phillips Family

A Waterworks Prairie Park Summer Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

It was much colder last year at their session and they were also missing a wonderful, squishy, smiley piece of their family: baby Noah! Charlotte has grown so much, perhaps being a bit sister will do that. She is the same age as my daughter and it’s always fun to photograph kids whose ages and […]

The Ohloff Family

A Waterworks Prairie Park Summer Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

A family who I get to see year after year is the Ohloffs and, oh, they are so much fun. First of all, they always have the best style game. (See: engagement, wedding, family, and family) And I have also gotten to see Jordyn and Emily grow up all the way from itty bitty flower […]

The Johnson Family

A Waterworks Prairie Park Summer Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

It’s been two years since I last saw the Johnson family and it was so much fun to catch up with them again and see how much Phil has grown in that time. He was just 2 last time and so he went from toddler to little boy and full of all kinds of fun […]

The Coffey Family

A North Liberty Summer Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

One of the greatest joys of wedding photography is getting back together with my wedding couples in the years after they got married and seeing them as parents. I first photographed Stephanie and Matt at their engagement session (back when I was pregnant with Henry!) and then on their wedding day! Two years ago, I […]

Jessica & Chase

A Marriott Iowa City Summer Wedding

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Weddings

Chase proposed to Jessica last year in Italy and when she said yes there on the Amalfi Coast, they never knew all that would come up before their wedding date arrived. Whew. They started planning their wedding for May 30, 2020 (see their engagement session here) and when the pandemic hit, they had to start […]

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