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June 2, 2018, Wild Soul Weddings owner La Rae and associate Sally celebrated Alex and Katie Taylor in Waverly, Iowa! Katie and La Rae first met up at Cold Stone Creamery for ice cream last year, and hit it off. I (La Rae) have loved getting to know Katie-she has a beautiful soul and is one of the sweetest, kindest people I have ever met. It was such a joy to celebrate their day with them! Ceremony location: St. Mary’s… Keep Reading
Matt + Caley Ploessl said yes to forever on May 26, 2018, in Bellevue, Iowa. This love story started in high school for these two love birds, as Caley recounted to me. “We were friends in high school during band class, but Matt was 2 years older and he went away to school. Then I happened to go into engineering at Iowa, the same as Matt has done, and we both happened to join a few of the same groups…. Keep Reading
We have been certainly blessed with some amazing couples in 2018! Dustin and Jill are definitely one of them. I first met them last year when Dustin booked me to photograph his proposal to Jill at The Old Fifty-Six: barn weddings and events in Grundy Center, Iowa. From that moment on, we became friends. Watching this amazing moment in their lives was just the first of many happy times I shared with them. Words directly from Jill, the bride: “Words… Keep Reading
Mitch and Alyse said their I Dos on April 14, 2018 in Grundy Center, Iowa. As the second wedding of our 2018 season, we enjoyed another day with not so great weather. This day was cold, rainy, and worst of all, extremely windy. But nothing could get this couple down! They didn’t care what the weather was doing, they were just excited to be uniting as husband and wife. We did outdoor photos for a total of 5 minutes, and… Keep Reading
Jesse and Samantha booked Wild Soul Weddings way back in 2016, and in that time, Samantha and I became friends! She is such a beautiful soul, and I love their relationship. They are both sarcastic and really do act like an old married couple. March 24, 2018 was the day that we at Wild Soul Weddings experienced our first blizzard wedding, the day Jesse + Samantha made their vows to each other for forever. It was a crazy day, but… Keep Reading
We are so excited to announce that this gorgeous photo from the Rink-Woiwod wedding WON the Daily Fan Favorite with Beyond the Wanderlust photography blog! This image was taken by Wild Soul Weddings Associate Photographer Brittany on June 2, 2018 in Independence, Iowa. Thank you thank you to everyone who voted! xoxo, Wild Soul Weddings Iowa, Idaho, Traveling, Destination, Elopement photographer and videographer
Sometimes, the unthinkable happens. Your computer crashes. Your computer gets stolen. You have a house fire. You move and lose your USB. So many different scenarios can lead to one very sad occurrence: all of your wedding photos are gone. Today I wanted to share this post with you because this recently happened to ME. A freak accident led me to (almost) lose ALL OF MY LIFE’S WORK. This means that if YOU, my client, had one of these aforementioned… Keep Reading
It’s my 5th anniversary week!!!! This week, I have been thinking SO MUCH about my wedding day, and the past 5 years with my beloved. As I have mentioned many, many times before, my marriage has been anything but easy. From my perspective, our wedding day was traumatic, which led to me needing therapy for a whole year. During the first year, we had weekly doctor appointments with specialists to figure out why my husband’s wrist wouldn’t heal after he… Keep Reading
Choosing anything about your wedding can be difficult, but picking the right wedding professionals is probably the most difficult. Hopefully, most people only get married once, so that means you and your fiance have no idea what you are doing. That’s ok! Luckily now there are really cool things like Facebook groups and Google to help you find wedding professionals. Basically, you want to find someone who produces quality images and videos that you like, has experience and knows how… Keep Reading
Chris and Heather braved a cold day to head out with Wild Soul Weddings Associate Brittany on an adventure! They began their session at a local bar, Uncle Harry’s Five and Dime in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Then they popped over to Big Woods Lake in Cedar Falls, Iowa to enjoy a hot cocoa picnic and some shenanigans. Chris caught the marshmallow! That’s talent 😉 And then, just like a movie, it started snowing! This is real snow, y’all! How… Keep Reading
