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I'm so happy that you are here! I am a portrait photographer from Newton, Iowa. My life is so rich because of my clients, their stories and how much I adore them. I'd like to use this blog to share them with you!

So come, take a look at what happens in my eyes and their lives in 1/125th of a second.

Miles and Bella

Miles and Bella come ‘home’ from Arizona to Des Moines each summer and I am so fortunate to be on their list of things to do!  

Here is last year -

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I’m looking at Bella’s bow.  Whitney, her momma, told me that the bow in Bella’s hair is her ‘look’.  I loved that and have smiled at every picture I’ve edited.  Kinda like my Cole’s John Deere hat is his look.

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Something is missing from this year’s picture, the joy of being six!

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You know I’m loving Bella’s hair and love this picture how the light caught the curls.

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Cael & Carly….

Carly turned 2 and I can now complete the picture before!!!  Seriously Alyssa, it seems like yesterday that we were doing Cael’s newborn pictures.   Time goes so quickly…. sigh….  This was Carly’s catch up shoot, no more shrine to Cael at home ; )

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It’s raining today and I wanted to go to the pool.  Since I’m not there, I thought it would be perfect to blog a rain shoot!!!  When client’s come from afar, it isn’t so easy to just reschedule.   So, after some studio and porch time, we forged ahead.  I’m glad we did!

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This kind of shoot is soul food for me.

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Harper and Remington

3 year olds.  Seriously always my favorite.  OK, I love lots of ages but most times, you’ll hear me go on and on about 3 year olds.  One of the many things that melted my heart that day,  I had a hard time photographing Harper because she kept asking me to hold her.   I was a goner.   She had me.

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Having watched a couple of boys play for years with trucks, it was fun to watch Remington play, I should have shot my boys doing this more.

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Many pictures of Harper looked like this.  A smile but a talking smile.  She had a lot to tell me and I loved listening to her every word. 

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I think I could have posted 50 pictures easily.  I had a blast.  You probably already figured that out. <3

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david in Des Moines

david is fighting his second major battle with a grade 4 brain tumor.  This diagnosis was in November of 2008 and he just keeps fighting.   I’m not sure how he does it and am always amazed by his strength and attitude.  He’ll be in Des Moines with a new album release and some new stories to tell. 

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I am blessed and lucky to have been photographing david for over 7 years and some crazy number like 17 CDs. 

I talked to two people just this week who told me that david’s music has helped them as they were fighting something, not necessarily cancer.  Made my day!

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Two ways to fight stress ; )

Stressed or not, here are two ways to feel better ; )

Bath and Body Works eucalyptus and spearmint.  I am in love!!! 

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If that doesn’t work…. 

Andre’s Almond cookie from Jaarsma….  almond and butter my favorite!!!!

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http://www.jaarsmabakery.com/products/cookies

Anyone have any others?

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