The Magic is in the Family As a portrait photographer, I am often asked what the “secret sauce” is and how I get such emotive photos showing natural connections. They also ask what kind of camera I use and if it’s hard to maneuver. Or if certain parts of the day are better to shoot […]

Family Photographer In New Lenox About thirty minutes into this session as mom is juggling one kid on her back and one in her lap, while squatting in a clump of tall grasses she says ‘I’m sweating and I didn’t know this was going to be a workout… I should have worn my Fitbit’. ‘I’m […]

High School Senior Photography It was such a pleasure working with Drew on this high school senior photography session. He is a senior at Paris High School in Paris, Illinois and will be graduating in 2020. The urban style of this session that took place in downtown Lockport was fun and a nice change of […]

Family Mini Sessions Family mini sessions have become increasingly popular over the last few years. These short and sweet sessions are a great way for families to get their photos taken more than once a year and I offer these mini portrait sessions all year round to my clients! I have a couple of digital […]

Downers Grove Fresh 48 Session When he was only your baby. Thirteen hours into the world is when I met this beautiful, bright-eyed, head-full-of hair baby boy. He was as ‘new’ as any newborn could be. He was magical, in the same way every brand new baby is, but the calmness of the day paired with his […]

Authentic Newborn Photography | The first 500 hours The first 21 days of your baby’s life is such a whirlwind. Everyone talks about how exhausted you are during that period, but they don’t ever touch on why. Those days are filled with overwhelming joy, and the same amount of worry. Each day, your baby will […]

Storytelling through family photography I am sure the afternoon before this session started like any other. Mom and dad packing all of the essentials for their family session, hurrying out the door to beat traffic and arrive on time so they didn’t miss that sunset glow, and chatting about how sweet their little girls look […]

Meet this adorable family! This is the second time I had the opportunity to photograph this adorable family of four from Lemont! The ‘M Family’ are so incredibly loving with one another and my cheeks hurt from smiling after our session together. We had a beautiful night for our session. The temperature was a gorgeous […]

Engagement Photos in Mokena, IL Today on the blog we are celebrating this beautiful couple and their engagement! Sending a big congratulations to Tiffany and Kenny! This happy couple traveled all the way from Springfield, Illinois for their engagement session with me. As a couples and engagement photographer in the Chicagoland area, I knew the […]

How on Earth Did We get Here? Time has been embedded in our brains like a scale that we’ve inherited. It is inevitable, and it never dulls. But still, I don’t give it enough thought. Thinking back on when time was first scaled, I can’t help but think that one of our ancestors took the rapid and astonishing growth of our babies […]