We had the privilege to join some of our vendor friends for a styled shoot at a local venue, the Bend Event Center. This gorgeous venue is located in East Moline, Illinois and newer to the Quad Cities area. Some of our favorite features this space has to offer is of course the floor to […]

A Quad Cities Waterfront Convention Center Wedding Oh where to even begin with Aly & Hunter?  Theirs is a love story that is hard to capture in words.  Their story runs deep and is full of laughter, joy, family, and of course; love. I had the distinct privilege of spending Friday evening with Aly, Hunter, […]

A Maquoketa Wedding Dakota & Trevor are that couple that you feel like you have known forever even moments after meeting them. They are both so laid back and you could tell everyone at their wedding adored them and their relationship.  Dakota’s day started out getting ready at the Decker Hotel in Maquoketa followed by […]

An Iowa Summer Wedding    Samantha & Justin were married on the fourth of July in a beautiful celebration full of family and friends!  The fourth of July has always been a very special date for Samantha and Justin as that was the date that they first began dating, as well as the date they […]

Becca & Jared have been so gracious and patient as I have been out of town this last week and haven’t been able to blog a preview for their wedding!  I think it helps that they are having the time of their lives in Hawaii right now!!  I have been watching alllll the Instagram posts […]

Tobi and Brett have a love story that is nine years in the making.  They’ve been through just about every high and low that you can fathom and they’ve stuck it out and been there together.   Finally the day came where they could vow to love each other forever! What a beautiful day it […]

  Jen and her father began the long journey down the slope to where Adam and the rest of their family and friends waited with baited breathe.  So excited to get a glimpse of the beautiful bride.  Adam turned his back towards them and stood there; waiting anxiously.  Finally when they reached the aisle he […]

On Christina’s way home from work she was listening to the radio and they were giving away tickets to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra a couple days later. She had always wanted to see them, so she decided to try to win the tickets, which she did!  She and Benjamin had planned for a night of leftovers […]

Victoria & Kyle are just as sweet as can be, and I loved being able to photograph their engagement session.  They were dreaming of a snowy shoot but the weather seemed to be putting all odds against their favor.  Luckily we had one last snow fall that we were able to catch for their engagement […]

If you’ve looked at my blog at all in the past year you’ll see that I really dropped the ball on posting all of your amazing sessions and weddings.  To be completely transparent, life and business got the better of me and I became overwhelmed, so I did not make the time to post that […]