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Welcome

Hello and welcome to our blog!  We are Samantha and Stephen of Sb Photography, a modern photography boutique in the Iowa City area.

We cater to clients who want something stylish, fresh, modern and filled with real emotion. We only accept a limited number of wedding, high school senior and family portrait clients every year,  so we can give our utmost attention to each and every client we serve.

This blog is filled with images from our most recent sessions.  If you like what you see, we'd love it if you'd leave us some love in the comment section!

Thanks!
Sam & Stephen

[ Thank you to everyone who voted and helped us earn the title of Top Photographer in Eastern Iowa for the second year in a row on KCRG, Channel 9's A-list!! ]


Beachy Family

I am a member of a local MOPS group (Mothers of Preschoolers.)  MOPS is a group of wonderful women who support each other through all stages of motherhood…pregnancy and up!  As a gift, Stephen and I decided to give two gifts to be randomly given to two mothers in the area.  The gifts are a family photo session and Disc of 10 of their favorite images for them to keep…no strings attached.
Very simply, we have been blessed…and we think it’s our turn to bless others!

We had our first of these two complimentary sessions a couple of weeks ago with Twila Beachy and her wonderful family.  I couldn’t have picked a better family to work with.  In addition, we got to photograph her family at a fantastic place…Sister’s Garden…one of my FAVORITE antique shops EVER!

Check out Sister’s blog here:  www.sistersgardeniowa.blogspot.com Their work is amazing!

*On a side note, we’ve been photographing a ton lately.  I have 3 weddings to blog as well as 5+ portrait sessions to get up here!  Sorry for the delay but we’re just swamped!  We are photographing Emmy and Andy’s wedding tomorrow and we’re SO stoked.  We will be leaving Sunday for a week to photograph a youth convention but we hope to be able to update the blog while we’re away.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Shanna & Jonathan {engaged}

I had a wonderful time with Shanna and Jonathan a couple of weeks ago shooting their engagement photos!  We went to a nearby park and had a blast.  They’re a great couple and we are looking forward to their wedding this coming October…it’s at a perfect time of year and the fall colors should be in full force!

Stephanie & Chris {engaged}

These two are planning a gorgeous outdoor wedding this coming September and we can’t wait!  They’re a great couple and we had some fun creating these images at Scales Pointe at the Coralville Lake recently.

Stephanie has beauuutiful eyes!

My favorite:

Sarah & Chad {just married}

Our apologies for the limited number of posts lately…we’ve been busy b.u.s.y. BUSY!!!

We’re trying to hop on the bloggin’ train again…so let’s start off with Sarah and Chad’s fabulous wedding from a couple of weeks ago.

Sarah has exquisite taste.  The flowers, the dress, the reception…all gorgeous!  My favorite selection of hers would have to be the flowers…she worked with Racehorse Royalty in Cedar Rapids to create one of a kind, stunning pieces for her bouquet, her bridesmaids bouquets and the reception centerpieces.  Very impressive!!

Sarah and Chad are such a great couple.  He loves her…and I mean, this man LOVES her!  The way he watches her, holds her, touches her…beautiful.

Sarah looked fantastic on her big day.  Her dress was simple and so very elegant.  And, her bright blue eyes just sparkled with excitement all day long.

Thank you so much for letting us be a part of your day!  We’ll have your full gallery online soon!

Sarah had a little unexpected competition from the best man…but, fortunately, Chad choose Sarah! :)

Gooorgeous!!

Love the look on Chad’s face here:

Love this one below…Stephen’s idea…their wedding date was May 30th.  Brilliant!

The Walsh Family

This family is happy.  Laughter filled the air and rang throughout the trees during our afternoon family shoot a week and a half ago.  Check out some of my favorite shots:

Lindsay & Jason {engaged}

Lindsay and Jason are perfect for each other.  They are a wonderful, beautiful, couple and we’re so thankful to call them our friends.  We attend the same church and we’ve gotten to know Lindsay and Jason particularly well since we all started to plan SNAC (Sunday Nights at Church) a fun, informal Sunday evening gathering that is our brainchild! (FYI, Jason thought up the name…brilliant, huh?!)

They are getting married on Lindsay’s parent’s farm in early August.  We are so fortunate to be photographing the day and we can’t wait until August!

I have so many favorites…check out some below:

I have been dreaming up the photos below for a while…loooove!

Our friends from The Empire House called to tell us about an abandoned house that’s being torn down in the area.  It was two stories tall and, right now, has an exposed wood floor up in the middle of trees.  We were there in a heartbeat!

I love this image so much:

Stunnnning!

Beautiful couple:

Cristina & Zach {just married}

Cristina & Zach had the most beautiful wedding in Decorah, Iowa on Memorial Day weekend.  The day was intimate, personal and so extremely gorgeous!  Cristina made sure every element of their day was just perfect…from her custom made wedding dress to the yummy chocolate favors at their fabulous reception meal.

We loved every second we got to spend with these two! Whenever one of my crazy ideas ran through my head, these two were right there with us dreaming up the most fantastic photo ideas….love it!

I know Cristina has, ever so patiently, waited to see these photos. So, my dear, here you go!  Your whole gallery will be online soon!

Goooorgeous!

Looove this one:

They were married at this amazing little country church:

Cristina and Zach found a perfect photo location…a waterfall!

My favorite:

Stunnnnnning:

After the reception, we went back to the church for a few sunset photos:

We soon ran out of sunlight but I still loooove these night shots:

Kendra & Kyle {soon to be newlyweds}

I’ve had the pleasure of photographing Kendra before, as a model for my favorite jewelry store, Bella Joli.  This time she brought her fiance with her for some photographs.  We are unable to shoot their wedding, so Kendra opted for the next best thing…a session with her dress and Kyle in his blues.  It was super fun to have the two of them all decked out and crawling around in the weeds and on logs!

To all of you bride and grooms out there, if you want more images of you and you hubby than only those you got on your wedding day, call us.  I understand completely!  (Still waiting for the day when I can zip my wedding dress up again for some more photos of Stephen and I!)  Call us, set up an After the Wedding session with us and we’ll rock out some images for you (even if we didn’t photograph your wedding!)

Have a great weekend, everyone!

My favorite:

Melissa & Ben {engaged}

We are super excited to photograph Melissa and Ben’s wedding this coming September.  With such an awesome, fun couple to work with, we know we’re going to get tons of amazing images.  We did about everything from sitting on broken cinder blocks, to picking orange poppies outside an abandoned building…we definitely had a blast!

Smucker Family

The Smucker family is beautiful, inside and out.  They just welcomed sweet little TJ into the family…and now they have two precious, adorable boys.  As you may know, I’m pretty partial to little boys (given the two little boys I’ve been blessed with!)

Let’s start off with my favorite: