The Geber Family…Johnston Waukee Des Moines Ankeny Urbandale Grimes Photographer Iowa

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As you can tell I am very far behind on blogging, so today was going to be a catch up day of getting my blog up to date…and then I came across Miss Alice and her Alice and Wonderland session and maybe it was meant to be for me to not have this session blogged yet so I can spread the word for this family. This little three year old has a special place in my heart, you see she was diagnosed just a few weeks ago with stage 4 Neuroblastoma cancer. It started as a back pain at the beginning of February, Alice’s scan showed three tumors, bone marrow and in the bone (skull, behind eye, vertebrae and hip). Alice’s family has stood behind my business from the first months that moved back to Iowa, I photographed her four times now and for the first three sessions she really did want to smile and boy could she be stubborn with those smiles…which brings me back to Alice’s cancer, she has so much fight in her and determination just like when she would not smile for me she will show this cancer what she is made of. I know there are fundraisers in the works, a Caring Bridge account, hats being made for Alice, and gift cards for the family (if you wish to help this family please contact me and I will get you contacted with the people helping out. Please keep this family in your prayers, thoughts, positives vibes..whatever you believe put it out there for this sweet family.

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The Miller Family…Johnston Waukee Des Moines Ankeny Urbandale Grimes Photographer Iowa

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Here is another wonderful family, the Miller’s, who are so funny and riot to work with. This was another family fall session but we also did Miss Eve’s one year cake smash…now there may or may not have been wipes to clean her up with after the fact and she might have had to ride home all the way to Grinnell in just a diaper and lots of cake smashed everywhere..but I am sure she had a great time doing it. Thank you Miller family for the laughs and amazing pictures!

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The Metz Family…Johnston Waukee Des Moines Ankeny Urbandale Grimes Photographer Iowa

Metz_1_of_12_Here is the Metz family that wanted fall foliage family pictures and mid October is perfect time of year to get this type of session. We meet at Big Creek so we not only got fall foliage we also got wild flowers and water as backdrops. Thank you Metz family.

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2015 High School Senior Christian…Johnston Waukee Des Moines Ankeny Urbandale Grimes Photographer Iowa

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This is 2015 high school senior Christian who is not only amazing to photograph but a truly nice kid. We started the session downtown Des Moines and wanted to represent his love for skate boarding and his wrestling career which we did both these downtown. Then we headed for Greenwood Park that had gorgeous fall leaves just starting, October is such a great time of year for senior pictures. Good luck Christian in the future!

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The Sullivan Family…Johnston Waukee Des Moines Ankeny Urbandale Grimes Photographer Iowa

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Let me introduce you to this sweet family the Sullivan’s. I meet the family on a early October day down at Vally Junction which is full of amazing character from brick walls, fire escapes, painted doorways, even a metal wall. Thank you Sullivan family for being such  great family to capture.

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The Beach Family…Johnston Waukee Des Moines Ankeny Urbandale Grimes Photographer Iowa

Beach_11_of_19_Here is the Beach family that meet me on a freezing cold Saturday morning in early October up at Big Creek Lake, and when I say freezing it was 34 degrees. We could see our breath and the kids shivered through the session but we still ended up with some amazing images for this family.

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2015 High School Senior Courtney…Johnston Waukee Des Moines Ankeny Urbandale Grimes Photographer Iowa

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The gorgeous Miss Courtney rocked this whole session! She is a hurdler and I wanted to represent her love for track but give her something unique and different. Love how this whole session turned out. Thank you Courtney and good luck in the future!

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2015 High School Senior Mikaela…Johnston Waukee Des Moines Ankeny Urbandale Grimes Photographer Iowa

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2015 Waukee high school senior Mikaela who is beyond talented as an amazing dancer. So of course when I heard this I wanted to make sure I captured something that is so very important to her. We did part of her session in an urban setting and then headed to a lake for second half of her session. Mikaela you have such a bright future that I look forward to following. Good Luck!

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2015 High School Senior Jessen…Johnston Waukee Des Moines Ankeny Urbandale Grimes Photographer Iowa

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This is 2015 Waukee high school senior Jessen who great to work with. He wasted to represent his high school wrestling career but keep it simple..so we came up with some creative ideas that I think was exactly what he was thinking. Good luck in the future Jessen!

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Settle Family…Johnston Waukee Des Moines Ankeny Urbandale Grimes Photographer Iowa

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Overload of cuteness is the only way to describe this session. I love this family and was bounded excited to work with them again. Thank you Settle’s family for being so incredible work with!

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