I got this text from Yasmine when she opened her gallery and it made my day! Capturing you all & having you SEE yourselves as the amazing & beautiful people YOU ARE is what I love most about this work. We recently captured Yasmine, Bryan, and their adorable son Ezra during their Family Lifestyle Session […]

“we absolutely LOVE EVERY ONE OF THESE”

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Stephan reached out to me to ask if by chance I could capture his surprise proposal to Judith surrounded by a few of her close family members. I wanted to so badly to make it happen despite having been booked on weekends for months. When I asked more we realized he was actually planning it […]

“we find beauty in the most unexpected”

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Chris & Briseyda welcomed their sweet baby boy Fernando during this pandemic and had not had the opportunity to safely have newborn images so when she reached out to do some family portraits I was so excited to capture their right now. Bri shared I want to capture the “delight of our smiles generate for […]

“the delight of our smiles”

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Sam & Brittany’s wedding plans- like everything else in 2020- were shifted and changed but their day was so special and intimate. I was amazed how chill they were and how their day surrounded only by close friends in a tent in their backyard was just perfect. When we captured their engagement story earlier this […]

Sam + Brittany’s Intimate Wedding Day

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Fezzik: “Why are you wearing a mask, were you burned by acid or something like that?”Westley:”Oh no, it’s just that they are terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.” The Princess Bride. Halloween 2020. This is what you get when a theater nerd has a family willing to indulge her […]

Halloween 2020

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Tamara, Scott, and their sweet boys resettled in the area recently and wanted a beautiful fall colors Family Lifestyle Session to celebrate their new home in the Midwest (well, at least we get the fabulous colors since we have these crazy winters). Their boys Beckett and Riley were so polite and sweet and we allowed […]

Our New Home

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Evelyn describes herself as “crazy, weird, & bubbly” and I would add fun and so kind (my oldest daughter runs Cross Country with her and looks up to her so much)! We wanted to capture her Senior Creative Portraits in her hometown in the community that has shaped her thus far. We celebrated her involvement […]

“crazy, weird, & bubbly”

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The day before our session in their neighborhood in Chicago Henry turned 2! “We are super close and any and all time I have with him is precious.” Kelli shared that she wanted to capture their right now to remember the joy and happy times right now, “Life has not been easy this year but […]

Smiling Daily

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When Helen reached out and shared some of her family’s story I knew their session would be special and sacred. She described their family as a normal “Korean-America-ish” family of 5 plus their grandparents. Their lives radically changed when their daughter Anna was born in December 2019 with the diagnosis of trisomy 13. When Anna […]

“For His glory & to capture our fierce love for Anna”

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