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 […]

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 […]

When I first talked to Lane and Hannah about their engagement session, they knew two things: Lane wanted the engagement session to take place on his parent’s property. Hannah wanted the engagement session to take place in the winter with snow on the ground, so we scheduled for December.   Easy – our planning was […]

I really enjoy photographing couples outdoors during the winter! There’s something special about the bright, white snow on the ground (and sometimes falling from the sky) that makes my heart happy. When Nicole let me know that she and Dalton wanted to do their engagement session during chilly February, I was all on board! Dalton, […]

A few weeks ago, Emilee and I were planning the logistics and locations of her and Kyle’s engagement session. As I was creating a list of my favorite locations in Sioux City, she sent me an email (before I could even click the send button) and said, “not sure if you like to do indoor […]

When I met Cassie a few months ago, we were chatting about her and Chris’ engagement session. We agreed it would be really pretty to do engagement photos in the snow! Cassie and Chris selected the first week of January for their “snowy” Sioux City engagement session, but Mother Nature had other plans for us… […]