It is fitting that the last family I photographed before my big move to North Carolina was this beautiful family. Kim was one of the first other mamas I met when I moved to Westmont 10 years ago. I have seen her family change and evolve over the 10 years we have been friends and […]

Gruenstein Family

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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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Seeing how much Lexie has grown (since our last session) and being invited to this beautiful family’s home was a blessing! We made time for play and had a great family session at home. Mallory shared, “Thank you SO much for taking the time to photograph our family. You have a natural way of making […]

Poe Family at home

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The Rasmussen family invited me to photograph their family in their community of Westmont. We found a great mix of the area right near the tracks and a park nearby. Rosemary and Arand are so close as siblings and it was so much fun to tell the story of this family’s connection.

Rasmussen Family

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The Kone family is dear to us as our family has been a part of their house church CEM Christ Empowered Messengers for the last few years. Karim and Juliette lead their family and community with love and their home is always full of people and buzzing with positive energy. They are passionate about community […]

Kone Family

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Nev is growing up so much and her pigtails and smile are magic. Seeing this beautiful family again after photographing their maternity session and then their newborn session is so much fun! Nev is changing so fast and clearly adored by Fern and Olive (the original fur babies). We photographed them in a community they […]

Summer Family Session

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Being invited to photograph my clients over years of your family growing is a gift. Having another session wit the Delzell family is always a blast. I loved what Liz shared, “we want to remember that teenagers are still kids…they are beautiful and unburdened and here with us (and that won’t last forever as they […]

“Beautiful & Unburdened”

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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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Amber invited me to photograph their beautiful family as they close a chapter in the Chicago area and I was so excited to explore their neighborhood with them and document this season. Amber shared that she wants to remember most right now is “the sweet spirit of the boys, the closing chapter of Chicago, and […]

Closing a Chapter in Chicago

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