Allison Johnsen of Cleo Coaching partners with her clients to offer them professional coaching for “Intentional Change for Work and Life.” Cleo Coaching focuses on “Support for the challenges, demands, responsibilities and stress that accompany achievement. Clarify what you need to do, then act, and thrive.” Allison and I met via zoom to prepare and […]

Allison with Cleo Coaching

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23 years married today. My best friend and an amazing father to our crazy crew. I am grateful we have both been willing to work on our marriage and choose joy. We formally said goodbye for now to our favorite city: Chicago; a place we started our marriage, built our family, and grew into who we […]

23 years together & saying goodbye for now to Chicago

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Partnering with Dr. Bonnie again feels more like hanging out with a friend now but we were all about creating intentional content and images for her branding storytelling session. When you book a branding storytelling session we partner closely to help create way more than pretty pictures- we work together closely to understand ad create […]

“Your Accountabilibuddy” Dr Bonnie

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Angelyn begins her senior year in the fall and I was invited to photograph her Senior Portraits. It is so special to partner with families I have known for so long. The Jerozal family are dear to us and I have known Angelyn since she was born so being invited to photograph her Senior Portraits […]

Angelyn’s Senior Portraits

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Before I relocate to North Carolina Patty from the Wardlow Group reached out to have another Brand Storytelling Session. I love ongoing partnerships with my clients because they feel more comfortable and confident as we work together and I am able to better understand their brand and messaging. This session was right around Father’s Day […]

Wardlow Group

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Recently I was invited to photograph Caroline in Milwaukee for her Senior Portrait Session. I had traveled there a couple years ago for her older sister’s session too and we wanted to plan a session unique to her while having a similar city vibe! Partnering with her family we planned locations and made sure we […]

Caroline’s Senior Session in Milwaukee

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Claryssa Rolison reached out for a Branding Storytelling Session to help share her passion for aesthetics. Claryssa is a Aesthetic RN and offers services at Tres Jolie Medical Spa. We carefully planned her session and this is what I mean when I say “a branding storytelling session is WAY MORE than an updated headshot!” We […]

“My Passion for Aesthetics”

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Sean is an amazing young man headed to college soon and his family is preparing for a huge move to New York. We celebrated his graduation with Senior Creative Portraits and some family images as well right near their community. Sean’s mother Jeanne shared, “I’d like to celebrate all Sean’s hard work and who he […]

Sean’s Senior Session

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A neighbor and friend gifted this session to Lashunda and meeting and partnering with her and her mother was such a gift. Lashunda shared, “I just want my melanin to be poppin’ and I love street style and repping my city.” Yes, Yes, and absolutely. We met along the 606 early morning Chicago and had […]

Celebrating success with “Melanin poppin'”

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