This year has definitely been filled with lots of surprises to say the least, but I’ve also been experiencing some “firsts” with my couples which has been so exciting and fun! I love when couples plan their engagement sessions to coordinate and reflect their personalities, things that they like or just something that screams “THEM”! Earlier this year for example, for the […]
Read more10 Years of Us | Blurb Photo Book
Yesterday, July 20th, Brian and I celebrated 10 YEARS of us and had a picnic at our favorite place with some bubbly and yummy snacks! (view the post here ) A whole decade ago he asked me to be his girlfriend and SO much has happened ever since then. We got MARRIED (during year 7), lived in 5 different places together, bought the very house where he asked me out in the driveway, adopted a […]
Read moreAlyssa & Krystian | Rainy Museum Campus Engagement Session in Chicago, IL
This year has been filled with seeing some of my 2021 couples to photograph their engagement sessions and I have been to a few “new to me” locations which has been so fun to get my creative juices flowing again! Alyssa and Krystian decided they wanted to have their shoot at the Museum Campus in Chicago, which […]
Read moreErika & Robert | Summer Engagement Session at the Naperville Riverwalk
I’ve said this once and I’ll say it again… it feels SO GOOD to be back behind my camera photographing my lovely couples! I’ve missed them SOOO much! It also feels amazing to be back at one of my favorite engagement session locations- the Naperville Riverwalk!! I’ve done sessions here in every single season and as I was walking around before we started Erika and Robert’s shoot, I determined that […]
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 more5 Photographer Must Haves That I Can't Live Without
I have been a photographer for a WHILE now, but this is my 7th year shooting weddings (and 3rd year being full time, yay!) Over the years I have found some amazing products that I continue to use over and over again because they are just THAT good! AND they have lasted this long so that is a huge plus! I thought it would be fun to make a blog post about a few of these items that I […]
Read moreLisa & Aaron | Glowy Sunset and Wildflower Maternity Session
OH MY GOSH! I don’t even know how to begin this blog post with these twoooooo! About 3 years ago Lisa found her way on my website and filled out the contact form to get more information for her wedding photographer! Little did I know, that email would start the beginning of a great friendship! I should have known that from our first […]
Read moreMy Wedding Keepsake Box
There are so many special pieces from your wedding day that you might not know what to do with after the big day is over! Where do you keep your garter? Do you save your invitation? Where should that go? What about our cake topper? I had all of these questions in my head after our wedding day and I knew I wanted to find something to store them all in together that wasn’t just an old shoe box. I also didn’t want […]
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