Allison Johnsen of Cleo Coaching partners with her clients to offer them professional coaching for “Intentional Change for Work and Life.” Cleo Coaching focuses on “Support for the challenges, demands, responsibilities and stress that accompany achievement. Clarify what you need to do, then act, and thrive.” Allison and I met via zoom to prepare and […]

Allison with Cleo Coaching

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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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Partnering with Dr. Bonnie again feels more like hanging out with a friend now but we were all about creating intentional content and images for her branding storytelling session. When you book a branding storytelling session we partner closely to help create way more than pretty pictures- we work together closely to understand ad create […]

“Your Accountabilibuddy” Dr Bonnie

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Before I relocate to North Carolina Patty from the Wardlow Group reached out to have another Brand Storytelling Session. I love ongoing partnerships with my clients because they feel more comfortable and confident as we work together and I am able to better understand their brand and messaging. This session was right around Father’s Day […]

Wardlow Group

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I absoutely adore partnering with organizations doing great work in the world and the ongoing partnership with the SCA is so much fun!! I recently had the opportunity to photograph a tree planting with some special guests. The Student Conservation Association shared, “ We ended Earth Month with a bang! On Sunday, April 28, we […]

Tree Planting with The SCA

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Recently I was invited to teach a Intro to Photography Class with some amazing young people with Traverse, a program of Foster Progress and It was a blast and the students had excellent questions- at the end of the class we decided we needed a morning of Creative Portrait Sessions and these images are what […]

Chicago Portraits with Foster Progress & Traverse

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The number one question I get for brand storytelling sessions is “what do I wear?” It can feel overwhelming to choose your look/s after you book but I promise you got this and I am here to help! You want to first and foremost FEEL confident in what you are wearing so do not leave […]

Tips for 🔥Brand Storytelling Session Looks

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Women tell me so often they want to book a session but….. “I’m not confident enough” “I need to lose 10 pounds first” Can we have some real talk? I get it. In fact when I saw this self portrait of me I almost didn’t keep it because of my mid section squish. BUT here […]

YOU are a beautiful creation

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