"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

Andriana reached out because all of her mom Denise’s grandsons were in one place at one time and it needed to be captured because it is so rare. We wanted to photograph them all together capturing their personality right now- I love their creativity. The two oldest young men live in Greece but are here […]

Her Grandsons

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Haley is pursuing her love of music by studying at Belmont University in Nashville & we wanted to include her love for music, singing, and playing guitar in our Creative Portrait Session. I have heard Haley perform and she is the real deal- gorgeous voice and she is so kind. It was so much making […]

Haley’s Creative Portraits

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Foster Progress held their Graduation & Scholarship Celebration on August 8th in Chicago to mark the achievements of the Class of 2021! In addition to the challenges of thriving in school during a global pandemic with remote learning these students also face unique challenges of navigating foster care during their high school years. Foster Progress […]

Congrats Foster Progress Graduates!

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Joy and Grace are sisters who also are stepping out together in business and it was an absolute BLAST photographing them together for a Creative Portrait Session. Allowing women to see and feel their created beauty and to appreciate their unique unfolding story is my favorite part of these sessions. Confidence is powerful when you […]

Sister’s Session

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Emily reached out to capture their daughter Ellie for her first birthday and to celebrate moving to their new home. We decided to have their session at their home and a park nearby they take Ellie to all the time. Their home is beautiful and smelled divine as they were preparing empanadas for Ellie’s party […]

Celebrating Ellie’s 1st & their new home!

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Mike, Rhiannon, and Eamon welcomed Colin just 6 weeks ago and it was an honor to capture their family of 4- well 5 with their pup at their beautiful home. Rhiannon wanted to capture, “this stage of our lives: the mess, the newness, the closeness, and the smallness of my babies.” We did just that! […]

Welcoming Colin

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We headed to Virginia Beach with family for a week to celebrate my sweet niece’s 2nd birthday and squeeze her because we do not get to do it nearly enough. My parents just moved to this amazing house and welcomed our crazy crew to crash it! Jason and I also celebrated 20 years of marriage […]

Dear Family in Virginia Beach

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Grace was so excited and invested in our Senior Creative Portrait Session which made it SO MUCH FUN! Her family invited me to travel to Milwaukee for her session and capture her unique personality, creativity, and love for music near their home. Grace was ALL IN which is everything on a Creative Portrait Session- I […]

“my personality & creativity”

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Jill Wiles Wolf writes about “body image, eating, mental health, physical health, and things like puppies and motherhood” on her website. A recent post “It’s Time to Love Yourself in a Swimsuit” hits on so much that many women struggle with to love their today body. She shares, “The Fake It Til You Make It […]

Jill writes

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