"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

Roxanne Engstrom

Patty Wardlow, CEO reached out to partner for a storytelling and portrait session for the Wardlow Group. We wanted to do more than just update headshots. We created some group images and photographed a celebration of a recent milestone of 100 homes! I even joined them for a bit after at a local restaurant in […]

Wardlow Group

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The Westmont High School Girl’s Basketball team invited me for Media Day- after recently hanging with the Volleyball team I knew we would have a blast. Hyping each other up and celebrating the team was the vibe; music, encouragement, laughter, some screaming (see pics) and creativity was what it was all about. Thanks Sentinels & […]

Basketball Media Day Nov 2023

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When we started Styled Sessions as an offering of Your Entrepreneurship Hype Squad we knew this needed to exist- a place where women feel celebrated and hyped up. Honest story time: If you believe in something do not quit when it does not work out at first. A place where collaboration and abundance is celebrated […]

Styled Session Nov 2023

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Styles 4 Kidz Gala was held at The Nineteenth Century Club in Oak Park, Illinois again this year (check out last year’s gala day here). Styles 4 Kidz knows how to show up fabulous and celebrate all the great work the organization does in serving their clients, impacting families, and creating an amazing community in […]

“What’s Your Dream?” Styles 4 Kidz Gala 2023

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This is 44.Celebrating my birthday this year hits different.This last year was a year full of blessing, hard, joy, healing, & comeback. I am claiming Comeback: learning to take up space and know I can live more authentically as I pursue growth, impact, and abundance.May I choose to heal & live fully present in the […]

Comeback

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Take me back to the Bahamas for early morning session on the beach. Hayley and Chris are recently engaged and it was a blast celebrating their love and photograph them our last morning on a recent trip to the Bahamas. Congrats and blessings Hayley & Chris!

Hayley + Chris Beach Session

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Booking now OPEN!! Your Entrepreneurship Hype Squad is so excited to announce our next Styled Session Event. on November 3rd. Work that fuels creativity AND serves others is such a gift in my life; one that I am so grateful for and will continue to work hard to be worthy of the invitation into your […]

Nov 3rd Styled Sessions are now OPEN for booking!

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I have had the privilege of photographing the Prince family at some many beautiful times in their lives; family storytelling, maternity, and even the home birth of their daughter. When Erin reached out wanting to learn more about and launch her own photography business I was so excited for her. She lives abundantly with such […]

Erin Prince Mentorship Session

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Hayden describes herself as “chill, adventurous, and a free spirit” and wanted to include her bike and skateboard in her Senior Creative Portrait Session- LOVE that! I am always IN when my clients want to bring their unique individuality to their session. We found a great location in Chicago that shows both the natura and […]

Hayden- free spirit & roaming

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