welcome to the blog!

Welcome to the blog - aka the place I get to share all kinds of advice, past work, + other helpful information to help you navigate this season of wedding planning! As an Iowa and Texas-based wedding photographer, I've traveled all around the world to document wedding days. Because of that, I have tons of helpful insight into planning your dream day! I hope my blog posts I share are helpful + give you inspiration for your own wedding day. <3 

a documentary-style wedding photographer based in Iowa & Texas

welcome to the blog!

Welcome to the blog - aka the place I get to share all kinds of advice, past work, + other helpful information to help you navigate this season of wedding planning! As an Iowa and Texas-based wedding photographer, I've traveled all around the world to document wedding days. Because of that, I have tons of helpful insight into planning your dream day! I hope my blog posts I share are helpful + give you inspiration for your own wedding day. <3 

a documentary-style wedding photographer based in Iowa & Texas

welcome to the blog!

Welcome to the blog - aka the place I get to share all kinds of advice, past work, + other helpful information to help you navigate this season of wedding planning! As an Iowa and Texas-based wedding photographer, I've traveled all around the world to document wedding days. Because of that, I have tons of helpful insight into planning your dream day! I hope my blog posts I share are helpful + give you inspiration for your own wedding day. <3 

a documentary-style wedding photographer based in Iowa & Texas

Nora and Ty’s wedding at the Mountain Terrace wedding venue in Woodside California was one for the books! See their stunning day here.

The Mountain Terrace Wedding Venue

Mountain Terrace Wedding Venue

Nora + Tyler got married at the most beautiful venue – the Mountain Terrace Wedding Venue in Woodside, California. To say their California wedding was a dream would be an understatement. With the redwood trees towering above them, they said their vows in the most stunning and memorable way. The Mountain Terrace is hidden in […]

Woodside California Wedding Venue

Mountain Terrace Wedding Venue

Milee + Brody’s Wedding at the Folmar Venue The Folmar Venue in Tyler Texas is seriously such a unique and beautiful Texas wedding venue! If you’re looking for a wedding venue, that means you’re engaged (or about to be ;)) and can I just say I’m SO excited for you!! Trust me, I was in […]

The Folmar Venue in Tyler, Texas

Emily and Alex met me in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for their engagement session in the summer. Although It was a hot Iowa summer day, you would never tell from looking at the photos. When in comes to planning engagement sessions, I always give my couples various options to fit what they’re looking for. These two […]

Cedar Rapids Iowa Engagement Session

Grace reached out to me last year about taking her senior photos in Colorado Springs and my answer was an immediate yes! I absolutely love the beauty of Colorado so getting to take her senior photos there was a dream come true. If you can’t tell by the pictures below, Grace is a track athlete […]

Colorado Springs Senior Session

Colorado Track Senior Session

Emily and Carter met me in W.G. Jones State Park in the Woodlands, Texas for their fall engagement session. I absolutely love shooting in the Woodlands for engagement sessions. Getting to photograph couples under the tall pine trees of the Woodlands are one of my absolute favorite places to shoot. Emily and Carter were so […]

Woodlands, Texas Engagement Session

Looking for wedding venues in Des Moines, Iowa? Trust me when I say I know looking for a wedding venue can be stressful. There are tons of great venues out there, right? So – how do you narrow down which wedding venue is the right one for you? Allow me to help! As an Iowa […]

10 Des Moines Wedding Venues

Emma trusted me to take her branding photos in downtown Houston! We seriously had the best time & I am obsessed with the skyscraper background from the buildings in Houston. There are so many hidden gems in Texas to take photos in, and Houston is no exception! When it comes to branding photos, I always […]

Downtown Houston Branding Photos

Trust me, I understand the week before your wedding can be stressful. One of the most frequent comments I get from brides is “I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be doing”. I was there and one hundred percent get it. It feels like there’s so much on your plate. You almost wish someone […]

5 Things to Do the Week Before Your Wedding

wedding details

Feeling a little stressed out the week before your wedding? Trust me, that’s completely normal. Regardless, it doesn’t have to feel that way! As a seasoned wedding photographer and past bride, I wanted a way to help the week before your wedding be less stressful. Which is why I created this wedding week checklist. Simply […]

Wedding Week Checklist

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