Something that always inspires me and gets my creative juices FLOWING is when I’m able to photograph a session at a “new to me” location. When Jessica and I were going over different options for where her maternity photos would take place, she had a request for a forest look. With this being my favorite type of “background”, I have a handful of foresty places that I love and go to frequently! For a while I’ve had Herrick Lake on my “bucket list” to do a session at after […]
Read moreSummer Picnic Lifestyle Family Session - The Alberico Family | Monee Reservior in Monee, Illinois
Samantha is someone who treasures experiences with her boys and always tries to find new ideas they can enjoy together (love that!) and when she reached out to me to get another session on the calendar, we started brainstorming ideas that would be unique and also something they haven’t done yet! We landed on this summery picnic and I L O V E D it! She thought of everything down to the cutest little details! The picnic basket, the wine and sparkling lemonade in an […]
Read moreAmanda & Nick | Golden Hour Summer Engagement Session at Worth Waterfalls
It feels SO GOOD putting together this engagement session post because this was the first one I’ve had in MONTHS! (thanks a lot Covid, waaahh!) Getting back behind my camera made my heart flutter and made me so happy! But to make it even more incredible, is that I got to spend this first session back after quarantine with Amanda and Nick! I have been dyyyyying to get these two in front of my camera ever since […]
Read moreKristin & Victor | Goodenow Grove Fall Engagement Session
Victor proposed to Kristin while on a hike, right by the lake, and when she told me that she wanted an outdoorsy, woodsy location for their engagement session, I knew just the place that would be perfect! It wasn’t the exact place where they got engaged, but it is very similar in looks! Bonus points, Goodenow Grove is one of my favorite places on the planet, for so many reasons! So I felt right at home shooting here! They also requested that they wanted some color in the leaves when we did their session and […]
Read moreMaranda & Jake | Summer Naperville Riverwalk Engagement Session
These two are living proof that you can find your soul mate anywhere, even if it’s online. When you have found your person, no matter where or how you found them, you will just know! Maranda and Jake compliment each other so well and I absolutely loved watching them from behind my lens. Despite this day being […]
Read moreKellie & Kevin | Milton Lee Olive Park and North Avenue Beach Chicago Engagement Session
When I start the planning process with my couples about their engagement sessions, one of the first things I try to figure out is what type of look they want for the location of the shoot. Do they like more of a nature/foresty look? Garden/whimsical look? Beachy? Small town “downtown” feel or even a larger scale “downtown” look like Chicago! When this question was brought up to Kellie, there was no hesitation […]
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