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it's me!

Hi, i’m Lexie!

Welcome to the Views crew! My hope is that I can convince you to stay awhile! If you're here for a good time, keep reading.

I’m a creative, colorful, energetic photographer with a home base in northwest Iowa.

I have a passion for chasing fiery sunsets, sun flares, wild kiddos, and anything with four legs!

I love to capture the invaluable moments in my clients’ lives and turn them into genuine memories, and I’m ready to do the same for you!

Life isn’t slowing down…so take advantage of every opportunity!

behind

I am a mom -- but just a dog mom for now! We have two golden retrievers who are spoiled to death. I suppose I should mention I also have a pretty cute husband Drew, whom supports this crazy dream of mine.

If I’m not behind the camera or with my little family, you can likely find me at a home décor or clothing boutique, livestock show with my family, or bellied up at our local Cattlemen's Steakhouse with a medium-rare ribeye, baked potato, and their second-to-none raspberry Moscow mule in front of me.

I started my photography journey as a hobby in the fall of 2022. The beginning of my journey felt like a bull coming hot out of the gate! I was just trying to stay on for 8 seconds!

Fast forward to spring of 2023, and I knew I was no longer going to be able to juggle both my full-time job and photography. So, in May of 2023 I took a leap of faith to go full-time and haven’t looked back!

Just south of Sac City, IA in a rural farming area... sits my newly finished studio that I am greatly excited about! I feel tremendously  blessed to have the opportunity to offer a better client experience for you all than I ever have in the past.

the lens

i grew up showing livestock—sheep and hogs specifically. my family operates a 500 head show lamb operation.

i went to utah to shoot a mountain lion
hunt with my camera, but also got the
opportunity to harvest a mountain lion. an experience of a lifetime!!

i went to utah to shoot a mountain lion
hunt with my camera, but also got the
opportunity to harvest a mountain lion. an experience of a lifetime!!

one of the most magical places on earth to me is the
iowa state fair. i’ve been every year since i was born.
favorite food: anything from cattlemen’s beef quarters
and probably a cup of barksdale cookies… okay, and a beer from stockman’s!

one of the most magical places on earth to me is the
iowa state fair. i’ve been every year since i was born.
favorite food: anything from cattlemen’s beef quarters
and probably a cup of barksdale cookies… okay, and a beer from stockman’s!

i love to mow. having a striped yard with straight lines... along with the smell of freshly cut grass gives me a high. i know it's weird!

i graduated from iowa state with an agricultural studies and public relations degree.
loyal. forever. true. roll clones!!!

just for fun...

If you need ANY sort of pictures at all…family, couples, senior, newborn…you name it — Lexie is your girl! She took my senior pictures & I truly cannot say enough good things about her! She is so easy to get along with & makes the session fun! She not only does amazing work, but she herself is amazing too! She puts so much time and effort into each individual session between all of the prep work, the actual picture capturing, and of course the editing. Hands down, Views by Lexie Lou is the
best of the best! Highly recommend!!

- Estelle Cashatt

- Estelle Cashatt

10/10 recommend Lexie with Views by Lexie Lou. She took our family photos this fall and I was absolutely blown away by the gallery that was delivered to us. We have 4 kids so photos always seem like chaos and can be extremely stressful. Lexie immediately feels like part of your family and that makes everyone so comfortable in front of her camera. This girl has major talent all around and I look forward to investing in family photos in the years to come.

-Kirsten Phillips

-Kirsten Phillips

10/10 would recommend Lexie to capture any special moment!! 🤩 She has a way of making you feel comfortable in front of the camera and makes it so easy to have fun during your session! Even my husband would agree😆(& that says a lot coming from someone who hates photos). She’s so talented & does amazing work! Looking forward to our future sessions with Lexie 😍🤎

-Shianne Schwade

Lexie took our harvest photos this year and I would 10 out of 10 recommend her! From never meeting her and conversing through messenger she was soo easy and great to work with from giving tips on what to wear to explaining how the time would go during our session. I have never done a family session like this before but I was WOWED when I seen the pictures! Lexie takes the time to get to know you and your whole crew. she is very passionate about what she does! if you are ever in need of a photo shoot Lexie is your girl!!

-Kelsie Hoffman

-Kelsie Hoffman

The pictures from my session with Lexie are hands down my favorite pictures from ANY session I’ve ever had. Lexie drove an hour to come to my home to capture my third (and last) baby. She was SO SO good with my other 2 kiddos - who are 2 and 4 … Family shots were done first and it was short and sweet - which was a huge bonus for the hubby! Lexie was beyond patient when it came to my little babe - with making sure she was in the right pose and content, was not rushed at all. I love her attention to detail from helping me decide what we all needed to wear down to which floral crown was going to look best for little babe to wear. This was my first and definitely will not be the last session I ever have with Lexie. She’s got it covered from newborns to livestock!

-Natalie Christensen

-Natalie Christensen

Lexie has a heart of gold and is so amazing! Like others I’m sure, I was fearful I would feel awkward or uncomfortable working with a professional photographer. However, from the minute we started working with Lexie, my husband and I felt so safe and comfortable. She’s especially great with furry
friends and stubborn husbands!! We had so much fun with her! On top of that, the photos she takes are true works of art! I can tell she has great passion and pride in her work! I seriously cannot recommend her enough!!

-Sarah Stark

-Sarah Stark

Lexie took our engagement pictures. She was THE BEST!! Prior to our shoot, she helped us choose outfits that would photograph well in each location. During the session, she made sure we had fun. She came up with so many unique poses and was great to work with. She even got in the river with us so she could get the perfect shot! We left the night feeling like we had been on a date. Then, a couple weeks later, we ended up with some fantastic photos that we will cherish for a lifetime!

-Kaylynn Henkenius

-Kaylynn Henkenius

We, of course, HIGHLY recommend Lexie with Views by Lexie Lou for ALL of your photography needs. We have been extremely blessed to have her take many pictures of our family and each session she 100% knocks it out of the park! Even if she wasn’t our sweet sister/aunt, we would still book her over and over again. Our most recent session was styled by Lex and they are some of my very favorite! She knows what looks best and will make your photos go from great to AMAZING! So proud of all you have accomplished and will continue to accomplish! You were made for this!

-Tonia Berry

-Tonia Berry

HIGHLY recommend Lexie to capture everlasting memories or moments you want to cherish! She is one of the most talented individuals you will ever find. She has the knack to “find” the beauty in every moment you present her. I knew she would absolutely kill this business, and that has proven
to be true! Don’t be scared to ask her to explore your ideas, she will only enhance them! Book the session!

-Mike Andersen

-Mike Andersen

I would 110% recommend Lexie for any pictures you want. She is so dang amazing at what she does. The quality of her pictures are stunning. They are unique and everything you have shared with her what YOU want for your session (and so much more). She is so incredibly helpful, and has incredible taste when it comes to selecting outfits and accessories. She also makes the session so much FUN. She’s just the sweetest and put us at ease right away and made everything go smooth and feel natural. We loved the whole process from start to finish. I hired Lexie for my oldests senior pictures. My youngest daughter already told me after hearing how much fun we had and seeing the end result, “I sure hope she still takes pictures when I’m a senior!!“ Lexie, thank you so much for everything.

-Jackie Kuchenreuther

Lexie has been with us through many milestones in our life! From newborn pictures, to one year pictures, extended family pictures and Christmas pictures. Every session she has been amazing!! She’s so good with kids and coming up with different ways to entertain/get the kids to smile and laugh for photos. Our 1.5 year old is hard to crack a smile sometimes😂 I would also say she’s so good at coming up with themes / ways to incorporate lifestyles into every session. The hard-work she puts into making every session unique does not go unnoticed. I 10/10 recommend Lexie for any photography needs!! 🤩

-Wylee Kreft

I HIGHLY recommend Lexie! She did my family pictures and it was such a great experience. She did AMAZING with my kids, had excellent attention to detail, and was overall just so genuine. My little girls were talking about her the whole way home and the entire next day. Our pictures turned out absolutely beautiful which was the icing on the cake. Every time I see her post a session she does, I
am just in awe. She truly has a gift!

-Katie Theulen

-Katie Theulen

I don’t even know where to start to begin to thank Lexie for the pictures she captured for our family during one of the most important time of our life. I reached out to Lexie when we first learned of my grandpas diagnosis in April. I have always loved her harvest sessions and have admired every session she had done dreaming of the day we would do one with our family. Not thinking our time would be sooner than I had hoped. My grandpa who had really been the roots of our family farming operation, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March and I knew that our time with him was very limited as this is a very aggressive incurable cancer. He lived and breathed everything farming from the time he was a small boy to the day he passed away. It was a little late to be booking a harvest session as she always fills up fast but Lexie went out of her way (in so many ways for our family during this process) to make time in her schedule. We were originally scheduled for pictures middle October  by the grace of God she reached out and was able to move us up to September as my grandpa became weaker and weaker as the cancer took over his body.

-Kenzie Carlson

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 We are so thankful they were mixed up because he passed away the week we were originally scheduled. She was so communicative and helpful throughout the whole process. She was also so patient and took the extra time with our family, making sure to capture every precious moment so we had these to cherish my grandpa's last harvest forever. Lexie continued to go out of her way after capturing our photos when she drove 1.5 hours to hand deliver a canvas photo of my grandpa and a card to our home the day before his funeral. 
Lexie’s passion in her photos and the families she photographs is evident from the first glance at her Facebook page. She pours her absolute heart and soul into her photos and makes every session unique. She makes everyone feel comfortable in front of the camera even someone who hates having their pictures taken (my grandpa.) Thank you will never be enough. Lexie, you as a person and your talent in photography are an absolute gift. to this world and especially to our family. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, -The Rittgers Family

-Kenzie Carlson

My daughter, Kortni, wanted her senior photos to be unique and showcase her personality. I was 100% confident that Lexie would be able to capture exactly what Kortni was looking for! Lexie literally did all the work! She organized the entire day, had permission ahead of time for the locations, provided all the props and helped with the styling! She was great!!! It was completely stress free. The photos turned out fantastic! I highly recommend using Views By Lexie Lou to capture all of your memories.

-Melissa Thomsen

-Melissa Thomsen

Lexie "captured" our senior session with our son perfectly. She took the time to research Daniel before our session. She sent a questionnaire for us to fill out and then we visited and got a plan in place. Lexie has an excellent eye for detail, is very creative and fun to be around. Daniel said it was like hanging out with his older sister. Lexie took Daniel's interests like farming, hunting, his dog, his pickup, his passion for being a chapter and district FFA officer, and a 5th generation farm kid's love of the land and turned them into photos we will cherish forever! Thank you Lexie...you shared your talent with us and we are forever grateful to you!❤️ You can tell how much Lexie loves what she does...it shines in her personality and pictures.

-Michelle Tessman

-Michelle Tessman

Our family session with Lexie was perfect! She came to our farm and found the best spots to capture us. She also helped style the whole family! I loved all of our photos from Views By Lexie Lou and can’t wait for our future sessions!

-Haley Wheatley

-Haley Wheatley

Lexie’s attention to the small details really makes her stand out! She is patient and kind, a true professional! She captures the emotion and beauty in each of her photos! I can’t wait to see more of her awesome work in the future for my family!

-Chelsea Wright

Lex has taken our family pictures for 2 years now at our farm! They are the best pictures we’ve ever had taken! She is so sweet and funny! She made us all laugh and feel so incredibly comfortable!

-Megan Alliger