Midwest + Destination Wedding Photographer
This spring, Steve and Ash decided that despite uncertainty of Covid-19, they wanted to keep their original wedding date no matter how many people arrived! Wild Soul Weddings owner La Rae provided full day videography services for the Noltes, but the day was so beautiful that she grabbed some photos too! Take a peek at their highlights video, and some of the photos La Rae grabbed throughout the day. THANK YOU to the Noltes for allowing me to be a… Keep Reading
On Saturday, November 23, 2019, Wild Soul Weddings owner La Rae celebrated the marriage of Neal and Casey Keifer in Dubuque, Iowa! This was such an incredible wedding for so many reasons. One, because Casey is such a dear friend of mine, and it was such an honor that she allowed me to be her videographer! Two, because my bestie and associate Sally served as the photographer, and I got to let her take the reigns a little more. Casey… Keep Reading
On Saturday, September 28, Wild Soul Weddings owner La Rae celebrated Tyler and Brianna Prettyman as they said yes to forever in Maryville, Missouri! This was our second wedding in Missouri this year, and although it rained most of the day, we had an absolute blast together! I was technically the videographer on their wedding day, but duty called when I was the only on the party bus to capture some photos, so I’m sharing some photos as well! Take… Keep Reading
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
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
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
Abby contacted me about 18 months ago when Wild Soul Weddings | photography + videography first started offering videography services. To say she took a chance on us was an understatement! As a company just venturing into video, though, we have definitely grown since Abby said “YES!” to Wild Soul Weddings. The best part, though, is that as soon as I showed up to Jason and Abby’s wedding, I felt like I had known both of them for years. They… Keep Reading
