Andrew and Jordain drove from the middle of South Dakota to Sioux City, Iowa for their spring engagement session this week. We met at Adam’s Nature Preserve – it’s one of my favorite locations in the spring and summer time. I found out early on during their session that this session was the first time they […]

Planning portrait sessions in the spring can be tough at times… you never know what type of weather Mother Nature is going to throw at you. I am always keeping a close eye on the weather before any of my portrait sessions. All three – yes, 3 – of my weather apps on my phone […]

Want to see one of the sweetest photos I think I have ever taken? Keep reading then. This week, I got the opportunity to photograph the Dodson family: Rob, Margy, Emmett, and new baby brother Charlie! Margy and I met our freshman year of college at Iowa State. I actually remember the exact moment we […]

I first met Evan and Rachel at Adam’s Nature Preserve for their spring time engagement session. I knew instantly after meeting them, that their wedding is going to be a blast and so much fun! At their first location within Adam’s Nature Preserve, we hung out close to the animals – can you see any […]

We first planned the Visscher engagement session for February. Eric, Jessica, and I were all envisioning pretty snow and blue skies, but Mother Nature had some other plans in mind. A few days before their engagement session, I reached out to Jessica to let her know that we were going to need to reschedule due […]

Chelsea and Jacob’s engagement session was my first session with nice weather here in Iowa this year and I’m not mad about it! We met in downtown Sioux City for their engagement session and it did not disappoint. Chelsea and Jacob told me they have been together for 8 years – they’re high school sweethearts […]

I’m always a big fan of beautiful winter engagement sessions and Nick and Devin’s engagement session didn’t disappoint! Now, let me preface this with that I always check the weather a few days before engagement sessions, because if the temperatures are too cold, we’ll postpone the session until warmer weather. I think when I peeked […]