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Featured on The Big Fat Indian Wedding

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Melanie & Dan’s wedding was a stunning, colorful affair at The Celebration Farm. It was a beautiful combination of their favorite traditions from both Hindu and American ceremonies, a true marriage of their families, upbringings, and lives. I was so honored to photograph their wedding, but even more excited to celebrate with them as they started […]

Rose & Paul

A Harvest Preserve Iowa City Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

Rose & Paul met back in the summer of 2008. Their churches combined efforts for a youth summer retreat in Iowa and they were both camp counselors. She recalls that the Iowa group found it odd, “How did a group from Illinois come to know about us? And why would they want to come to […]

5 Reasons to Ditch a Head Table for a Harvest Table

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I really hate having everyone’s eyes on me. When Kevin and I got married, my two biggest fears were walking down the aisle and eating in front of everyone. I couldn’t get around the aisle walk, but I ditched the head table without question. Our reception venue was set up so that there’s a built in […]

Jenna & Andrew

A Marriott Iowa City Fall Wedding

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Weddings

I have long been looking forward to this wedding. There are many intertwined friendships within this wedding and I got to see three of my former couples as guests (one in the bridal party)! What you should know about me is that I love photographing weddings, but what actually keeps me going when the days […]

Marissa & Drew

An Ames Iowa State Fall Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

They met among mutual friends at a party. “I was with my buddies,” he says. “And she was with hers and as the night went on, she kept talking to me. I felt cool because a girl was actually talking to me so after trying to ignore her all night, we started talking and it […]

Brooke & Zhas

An Intimate Chicago Backyard Wedding | Destination Wedding Photographer

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Weddings

Almost exactly a year ago, Brooke reached out to me for engagement photos. Her and Zhas were engaged, but not yet decided on a wedding date (or location) so, as unusual as it is for me, I shot their engagement session without having their wedding booked. If you know this couple, you can see why I […]

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