"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

Creative Portrait Sessions are so much fun because we plan each session based on YOU and what beautiful, messy story you are living and Senior Creative Portrait Sessions are a blast because young people have so many fabulous ideas. Abigail wanted her session to show “I’m ready for adulthood as I leave my girlhood.” Abigail […]

Abigail’s Senior Creative Portrait Session

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“We want people to know with the audacious hope and beauty of the resurrection,” Matt Tinken the Senior Pastor shared First Free Church in Chicago’s hope for their service on Easter morning. First Free invited to to partner with them to help photograph the life of the church now as it has changed over the […]

Where strangers become friends; Easter Morning at First Free

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Carissa from North American Baptist Conferences reached out to ask me to photograph a recent Summit Conference. I partnered with them a couple years ago as well was excited to photograph their event and spend time with these leaders focused on leading themselves and others well. I definitely stayed a bit late one of the […]

“a global community of churches”

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Isabelle and Grace have been friends since 1st Grade and are graduating 8th Grade this month so their moms gifted them a BFF Creative Portrait Session. We had so much recreating some images of them were they were younger and running through the forest together chasing the beautiful golden light. Isabella shared, “I just want […]

BFF Session

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“ This extended family session was such a blast! I love that they joking described their family as “loud Midwestern humans”- I am here for it! The Zaremba extended family gifted this session to Holly (Grandma) and Norm (Captain) and our biggest goal was to get a whole family image. We did that and so […]

“Loud Midwestern Humans

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Laura’s husband Dan reached out to gift her a Creative Portrait Session to celebrate her 40th birthday!! When I chatted through our session Laura wanted to embrace that you can be “40 and playful” and I absolutely love that. As a woman who adores celebrating other women I was SO EXCITED!! We planned her session […]

“Young at heart”

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Dear Mama, I get it. You really want family photos but it all seems like too much and so stressful. I know you’ll be running around last minute trying to find an outfit that matches or that your kid will fall the day before and skin their knee or your teenager will roll their eyes […]

Dear Mama,

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Neena, Declan, and Cora are dear to Meegan because she has been nannying for them since they were babies! Meegan reached out to have a Lifestyle Session at their home before this sweet family moves soon. We wanted to just photograph their real life at home and it was so much fun spending time documenting […]

Moving on & remembering

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Matt is a Senior this year at Westmont High School and he describes himself as someone who has a push to succeed and loves to always keep going towards his goals. He shared that he is “inspired by pushing myself and loves adventure.” It was so much fun to photograph him at the track and […]

outgoing, energetic, & motivated

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