A quintessential summer day. Playing with bubble wands, cooling off with a water balloon fight, drawing on the driveway with chalk and chasing your sister around in your motorized ride in cars! (or should I say, Jeep and tractor) These are things that you can typically find G and E doing in the summertime at home to soak up the sunshine in between naps and snack breaks. Their sweet momma Erin reached out to me and wanted me to come to their home and document these activities that […]
Read moreFamily Baseball Game | Documentary Photo Session - The Mead Family Celebrating Brady's 1st Birthday in Peotone, Illinois
Let’s play ball! This was such a special day for the Mead family because they were celebrating their little man’s first birthday by doing something a little different than the traditional “cake smash” session! Kaycie decided to just have a more laid back, documentary style session that captures their whole family doing an activity together! Since Brady’s party theme was going to be […]
Read moreSummer Days on the Farm - At Home Documentary Session with The Biesterfeld Family | Beecher, Illinois
There’s just nothing like spending a summer evening with your family roasting marshmallows and playing on the farm. As the sun was setting, the Biesterfeld family showed me around their land (that was so peaceful and beautiful!) and I got to photograph them all being together at their favorite place and sharing sweet little moments in between! It was a day filled with warmth, nostalgia and abundance of joy and I loved every second of it! […]
Read moreMy 30th Birthday in the Rocky Mountains | Five Days Exploring Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park, Colorado
I truly couldn’t even dream up a more perfect way to ring in the next decade of my life and say hello to my 30’s then spending it with my hubby in the beautiful state of Colorado. Our main goal for this trip was to explore as MUCH as we possibly could, and I think we squeezed out every last bit of time we had in this beautiful state. We visited the local coffee shops, we went on lots of hikes in Rocky Mountain National Park, drove tons of scenic routes, had our own photoshoot with a photographer, explored the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, visited Boulder for a few hours and so so much more! […]
Read moreOur Couples Session with Bold Love Photo | Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park, Colorado
A dream come true. We visited Colorado last month for my 30th birthday and it was everything I hoped it would be and more. We stayed in the CUTEST little cabin, rented my DREAM of all dream cars (this green cutie you see in these photos!) and we explored Rocky Mountain National Park and a few different surrounding areas. It was the perfect way to ring in this new decade of my life! One thing that was at the top of my little “bucket list” while on this trip was to hire a photographer to […]
Read moreThe Film Files - Roll No. 01 | Saugatuck, Michigan in the Fall and 30th Birthday in Colorado
I am so giddy about this post because it is the first in a new blog series I’m started that documents and catalogs my journey with film photography! I have always been inspired by film photos and brings back so much nostalgia because my entire childhood is preserved in print, thanks to my momma, and what makes this journey so special to me is that I’m using […]
Read moreJessica & Oscar | Lakeside Maternity Session at Herrick Lake Forest Preserve in Wheaton, IL
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 moreAudrey Christine | In-Home Lifestyle Newborn Session with The Sass Family | Beecher, IL Photographer
Meagan and Chris have been with me since what feels like a lifetime ago (back in 2018!) when I photographed their engagement session in downtown Woodstock, IL and had the most gorgeous summer wedding at the Gardens of Woodstock! I’ve seen these two at ALL of my holiday mini sessions and also at so many of their friends […]
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