"Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here.” 
Sue Monk Kidd

Stories that matter

Nick & Kathryn welcomed their sweet firstborn son Joey a month early and he is precious. His little old man faces are just the best. Kathryn shared, “he just makes the cutest old man baby faces” and we made sure to get lots of photographs to document his sweetness. They describe their growing family as […]

Welcoming Joey

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August 11, 2022

Erin & Jason welcomed their sweet girl Neville recently and it was a joy to be invited to their home to photograph this special time in their lives. We did their maternity session just last month and now their precious little girl is here- with 2 very involved dog pup big sisters. There is something […]

Welcome baby Nev

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August 9, 2022

Our family summer adventures took us out West to Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota this year. We explored Yellowstone together and camped in our pop up Opus camper. There was plenty of sibling arguing, laughing, seeing amazing sites, and memories made together. I am so grateful for this time and for me I adore photographing […]

Yellowstone & travels out West

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August 7, 2022

My beautiful sister’s family is expecting baby girl #2 soon and I was able to photograph their family in this exciting time before Aliza’s little sister arrives in their hometown of Virginia, Beach. Before their beautiful daughter Aliza was born we did a maternity session at the beach and now 3 years later they are […]

waiting on little sister

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July 23, 2022

JJ described himself as “gritty and rough” and I think you need both to thrive in the world but I must also say he is also fun! We decided to split our time for his Senior Creative Portrait session between his high school and a downtown area near him. I love that for these sessions […]

“Gritty & Rough”

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July 22, 2022

Maggie + Derek met on Hinge and Maggie was right away impressed with how chatty he was and he commented on her cooking skills. They quickly realized how important family was to both of them. Maggie shared, “we are thrilled to celebrate with the family and framily who have been praying for us all this […]

Maggie + Derek

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July 21, 2022

After Turkey we headed to the islands of Greece after a mad dash through the airport to make a flight (we were sweaty mess and 2 of the last 4 people on the flight- crazy!) It was all good as soon as we arrived in Santorini because we had a few days to explore the […]

Island Exploration & Athens, Greece

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July 9, 2022

Turkey was absolutely amazing- way underrated for international travel IMO. We adored it and the culture, food, people, and natural beauty is a must visit. We visited Istanbul- such a cool blend of East meets West and the food was so good and such a great value also highly recommend a stop at a Turkish […]

Adventures in Turkey

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July 8, 2022

Erin & Jason are expecting their first baby in July and it was a git to be invited to photograph their family at this exciting time. We had to include their fur babies Olive & Fern too as we explored Oak Park together on a beautiful summer night. We even included a few shots at […]

Erin + Jason + baby coming soon

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July 7, 2022