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Mary Kate & West

A Clear Creek Trail Summer Maternity Shoot

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Family & Kids

It was a very humid morning, but you wouldn’t know by the looks of Mary Kate and West (and Gus)! They were open to ideas for location and I’ve been dying to use this ivy wall (because of its location, it can only be used at very specific times) so we did some ivy wall […]

Anna & Jacob

A Downtown Iowa City Summer Proposal

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Engaged

It was an enthusiastic “yes,” but prior to that, Jacob had been working really hard to set up this surprise. He contacted me back in May to see if I would be available to photograph his proposal to his girlfriend, Anna. They met at Iowa and he was thinking of proposal in front of the […]

The Litz Family

A Fossil Gorge Summer Family Shoot

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Family & Kids

It’s been nine years since I photographed Stephanie and Sam’s wedding day and I still remember how much fun we had that day (and how hot it was!). In the nine years since, they’ve grown to a family of six and moved multiple times around the country. They knew they would be in Iowa this […]

Lauren & Thomas

A Copper Creek Ridge Summer Wedding

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Weddings

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 […]

Owen

A North Liberty Lifestyle Newborn Shoot

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Family & Kids

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 White Family

A Kent Park Family Painting Shoot

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Family & Kids

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 […]

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