"You're weird." "But, you're my kind of weird." Jim and Caroline are 100% comfortable being themselves with each other, and you can tell they love each other's "weirdness". It's pretty common for people to wear a mask or facade so they can manipulate others' perception of them, but I didn't get that sense at all with Jim and Caroline. In spending a day with them, I feel like I really got to genuinely know them. What they did a great job of throughout the day was focusing on each other and remembering the essence of what their wedding day was all about. You know I'm a big fan of that! Weather-wise, there wedding day was really gross with ... READ MORE

It was a prime fall day for Josh and Sarah's engagement session here in Eastern Iowa. We started in Iowa City, then ventured out to a more natural setting on Lake Macbride. It was a beautiful day! READ MORE

Weather made us reschedule Terrence and Samantha's engagement session, and fortunately, our second go-round a month later was perfection. Appreciate you guys making such a long trip up to Iowa City to shoot the engagement session! I think we were able to navigate the Bernie Sanders rally that night pretty well! READ MORE

It was a little windy, but it was a beautiful day for Dalton and Jill's fall engagement session in Cedar Rapids. Thanks for making the trip down, guys! READ MORE

Chugging through our busy November, we had the privilege of joining Scott and Kari for their beautiful and emotional wedding day at Ushers Ferry on the west side of Cedar Rapids. It felt like a perfect setting for a winter-ish wedding with its lodge-like feel and the snow that was lingering around outside. They built a nice palette as well, with the navy suits and dresses that were accented by golds and rich jewel tones. It was very tastefully put together. I asked Scott as we were preparing for the first look if he was nervous, and he replied something like, "No, everything about the day has seemed so perfect and right." That was pretty beau ... READ MORE