When we planned the Cooper’s Family Lifestyle Session I knew we just had to include their bikes. Ryan and his boys love being outdoors and adventuring together. The boys lit up showing off their bike skills (even in their nice clothes :). Caden & Henry were so much fun and game for exploring the forest […]

Cooper Family

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Tim & Emily are celebrating 5 years of marriage this year and capturing them was a joy. The last time we had a Family Lifestyle Session in Chicago they only had Hannah and now Hope has joined the party. The girls have such different personalities and it was fun to see that come out in […]

“We are more settled as a family & it feels good.”

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I have had the privilege of capturing the Feuser Family for the last few years and this year when Aimee reached out we decide a laid back session at their home was a good fit because she didn’t want to miss a year f capturing their family. JoJo and Madeline, who now prefers to be […]

“I don’t want to miss a year”

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Styles 4 Kidz is an organization you want to know about & support. They are creating so much more than fabulous hairstyles. S4K is hair care with heart. S4K’s mission is to provide high-quality, compassionate hair care education and services for kids with textured hair in foster care and transracial adoptive or biracial families. I […]

Haircare with Heart. Partnering with Styles 4 Kidz.

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It was a joy to be invited to capture the Sullivan family again & we also did some creative updated head shots for Tate Enterprises of Jim & Lisa. We also extended our session to include Connor’s Senior Creative Portraits- check them out. Want to do something a little different? Just ask. I love partnering […]

Sullivan Family

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“I love music. Anytime I have the opportunity to go see live music I go or anytime I get the chance to play I will play. It has such a strong significance in my life.” Connor is a Senior this year and we had to include his bass in his Creative Portrait Session. His love […]

“Music has such a strong significance in my life”

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When Logan’s mom and I talked through his senior session the goal was to capture him as himself, “Logan as Logan.” That means we included his beloved dog Ember and captured him fishing and with his first truck. I love getting to know what makes YOU unique and finding creative ways to tell that story. […]

Logan as Logan

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“The title of this photo should be beautiful mess. I love the messiness of the background with the paint splattered and yet it is such a beautiful photo! It is actually really symbolic of our lives right now.” I texted Ashley an image preview and she responded with this- perfect. THIS is why I do […]

“A Beautiful Mess”

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It was a gorgeous prefect end of summer/beginning of fall night for our session and these sweet girls are just adorable. Their princess dancing to Rapunzel songs was a blast and I got a workout from the girls chasing me (I will employ all kinds of tricks to get real smiles.) I always love a […]

Rapunzel dance parties

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