From now on, let’s start the cocktail hour before the ceremony, okay? Okay.  Laura and Todd had a bar from the Crafty Cocktail Camper set up to snag a fancy cocktail before you went and sat down for the ceremony.  GENIUS.  So many yummy drinks, platefuls of delicious food, and lots and lots of laughs […]

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Laura & Todd | Clear Lake Iowa Wedding

If it’s true that rain on your wedding day means your marriage will last, then Blake & Taylor’s marriage will last forevvverrrrr – but let’s be honest, it’s going to last forever rain or shine.  It downpoured the first half of their wedding day, which means we had exactly one empty(ish) room for photos the […]

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Blake & Taylor | Rainy North Iowa Wedding

This one is special. The kind of special that makes you feel like you are living these moments with them.  Tears of joy + big laughs + bear hugs + those special touches inside those sweet moments…I can’t get enough.  I’m the type of photographer who feels all of your emotions with you on your […]

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Myriah & Garett Iowa Wedding

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A + M were married at the Historic Park Inn in Mason City, and although we live here, we’d never really explored its details!  The straight lines, moody lighting, short ceilings (good thing we’re short!), and speak easy bar in the basement take you back to another era!  If you haven’t been – you definitely […]

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Amanda & Matt : Frank Lloyd Wright Hotel Wedding

Romance.  Myriah was specific in that she wanted romantic engagement photos, and boy did they bring their romance game!  How can it not be romantic with a marine uniform and a long black dress??  It just screams Nicholas Sparks novel! I also got to use our front yard as a backdrop for the first time!!  […]

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Garrett & Myriah : Romantic Iowa Engagement

August 21, 2017, an event occurred that whole the whole world watching – Mat & Emma got engaged…oh, and a solar eclipse happened!  Mat took Emma on a road trip to experience the totality of the solar eclipse and proposed to her while it was happening!!!  How AWESOME is that!?!!  Oh, and it gets better!!  […]

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Mr. & Mrs. Fitzpatrick : Des Moines, IA Spring Wedding

I’m pretty sure we’ve gotten more snow this April than we have the rest of the winter, which has made it really difficult to get some spring photos!  We got snowed out by 18 inches of snow the first time we tried to take Kyle & Jackie’s engagement photos, but we were able to sneak […]

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Jackie & Kyle : Engaged

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Introducing Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Lodes!!  These two were our last wedding of 2017 and they ended it right!  They are a bubbly, beautiful couple that radiate love for each other!  We seriously could not have asked for sweeter couples this year!  I can’t believe how blessed we are to have the honor to photograph […]

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Daniel & Amy Lodes – Clear Lake, IA Wedding

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Matt and Allison Till had one of the best, most beautiful country, rustic weddings I’ve seen!  They had their first look at the lime kilns in Maquoketa, IA, then got married in a beautiful Catholic church with lots of WONDERFUL natural light!  Jackpot!!  After the ceremony we headed to the pasture where Matt has his […]

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Matthew & Allison Till – Rustic Maquoketa, Iowa Wedding

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