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Ethan + Maggie // Snowy Day Engagement Photos

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Ethan + Maggie // Snowy Day Engagement Photos

I’ve known these two for years, and actually got to take both Ethan and Maggie’s senior photos. Needless to say, watching them grow into kind & talented adults brings a huge smile to my face! So when Maggie emailed me about photographing their engagement photos, I couldn’t say no. Check out these fun wintery engagement pictures.

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Romantic Kansas City Couple's Session

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Romantic Kansas City Couple's Session

Time spent with friends is never wasted. Time spent with friends, taking photos and making memories, in downtown Kansas City!? Well, that’s time gained!!! I had a blast with Michael and Abbey, romping around in glorious November sunshine in the Crossroads District in KCMO. Check out the blog post for more photos of this cute couple!!

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Lakefront Chicago Engagement Photos // Illinois Wedding Photographer

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Lakefront Chicago Engagement Photos // Illinois Wedding Photographer

she did post college.

After graduation, Audrey moved to Chicago with some friends. They made a life there, she started grad school, and she also met a cute guy at church. That friendship turned into something more, and not long ago I got an email from Audrey telling me that she and Jordan were engaged!! She asked what my availability was this fall for wedding photography, and here we are. Since I was coming through Chicago to get home from Michigan, we picked some spots to take engagement photos… now October can’t come soon enough!

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Midwest Beach Engagement Photos

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Midwest Beach Engagement Photos

These two are so much fun! I met with Kristina last year, before the world changed drastically, and we dreamed together about her wedding day at the Tea Room in downtown Des Moines. Well, 2020 turned on us and Brian + Kristina moved their wedding reception to next year, with an intimate ceremony planned for this fall. Thankfully, they made time to take engagement photos this summer & it was a blast to hang out in East Village and a nearby lake.

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Water Works Park and West Des Moines Engagement Photos

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Water Works Park and West Des Moines Engagement Photos

A girl from Iowa and a guy from Idaho meet during college and after graduation and grad school and long distance, settle in San Diego… where he proposes! They roadtrip to see her family in Iowa, and get engagement photos done on a magical summery evening. Click to see more sweet engagement pictures!

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Saylorville Lake engagement photos // Evette + Cole

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Saylorville Lake engagement photos // Evette + Cole

Evette and I met during our college years, and we didn’t really stay in touch. However, social media has a way of keeping even acquaintances connected. So when Evette moved to Des Moines, and got engaged, she sent me an email. It was so much fun to reconnect with her during engagement photos with her and her fiance, Cole!

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Lime Creek Nature Reserve Engagement Photos // Kirsten and Mike

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Lime Creek Nature Reserve Engagement Photos // Kirsten and Mike

After a crazy spring, full of funky weather and COVID cancellations, we finally managed to get a date and location set for engagement photos with Kirsten and Mike! These two had plans to marry in Michigan this summer, but now we’re playing locations by ear. Thankfully, these two were able to drive down from Minnesota to meet me in Mason City for engagement photos. We had a little bit of a chilly evening, but captured some super cute photos of these two in love!

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Jester Park / Whitney & Daniel Engaged / Iowa Engagement Photographer

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Jester Park / Whitney & Daniel Engaged / Iowa Engagement Photographer

Whitney and Daniel waited SO patiently throughout the month of April for the weather to warm up and things to settle down with COVID to schedule engagement photos. (We actually planned to take them in April, but pushed photos back to May… and honestly I’m so glad we did because we had the MOST gorgeous night!) You’re going to love this couple. They’re so much fun, and it’s going to be a blast celebrating their wedding in October!!!

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Hawaii Destination Wedding Photographer // Pt 2

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Hawaii Destination Wedding Photographer // Pt 2

Do you need a break from the news and social media!? Here’s an idea to brighten up your social distancing or self-quarantine on this Monday!! Put on some Hawaiian music, switch your white noise machine to the “water/waves” sound, and scroll through this cute and romantic engagement session on the beach in Kauai, Hawaii!

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Mt Evans Colorado Couple's Session // Christina + Noah

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Mt Evans Colorado Couple's Session // Christina + Noah

Photographing Christina + Noah in the mountains of Colorado, just between Denver and Breckenridge, was a dream come true. Not only did we have the perfect winter afternoon, complete with sunshine & snow flurries & hot chocolate, but these two are both so kind and intentional. Check out this epic winter mountain photo session!!

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