Wedding & Portrait Photographer
This family is a familiar one to this page. - I love love love seeing these guys every year. I am always so shocked at how big the boys get every time. The are turning into little men right before my eyes.
Hudson loved his cake and enjoyed playing ball with his toys with his big bro <3
UM. All couples that adopt a new puppy NEED a couples session. This was just the best.
Downtown Crown Point was the perfect backdrop for these.
SO CUTE. So adopt a puppy… and then lets have a downtown session!
Puppy kisses star in a lot of these photos. Avert your eyes if you dont want to be blinded by cuteness.
I loveeeee these guys. Its been amazing to see them almost every year for the last couple of years!
Their sweet family just keeps growing! This takes me back to amazing weather and beautiful fall sunsets.
I miss it… as its 25 degrees and there is snow on the ground.
Yes. im THAT behind in blogging
Looking forward to seeing these guys again soon. They are all fun, games, and laughs.
When your oldest, and longest best friend asks you for a special session.. you dont say no..
I was GAME for this when it was brought up. Its such a special bond between mother and child. I am so excited I was able to capture these memories. Rory is just the sweetest little boy and its been just amazing to capture all of this milestones
I love when my couples stick with me, to capture their lifetime memories. I remember these two when they got married… it was a HOT day. HOT HOT HOT. Im so glad they got a beautiful day for their sweet sons baptism. Its for sure one of my favorite baptisms. Super special ceremony for special people! <3
Hands down… favorite smash cake. 2020 has been a crappy year but its really pushed my creativity and set the bar high for awesome sessions like this! Jessica & Adam were a past couple of mine and already are celebrating this little chunks first birthday! This sweet baseball themed smash cake was SO fun.
It started to rain about 10 mixtures before we were done with the session, but the sky did some pretty cool things afterward.
I met Jessica last year when she booked a boudoir session with me!! She lives out in Michigan and I causally mentioned I was going to stop at Round Barn to get some wine to take home since I was so close! She was like HEY! I like wine! SO thats the story about how we spent the rest of the day together! Stephanie, one of my trusted makeup artists rode up with me to the session so it was the three of us enjoying a nice couple of hours beautiful weather and wine!
Now fast forward to May of THIS year. I finally got to meet Kyle! I loved loved loved their sessionnn! It was SO fun to see a familiar face, and take pictures. Their pictures are some of my favorites! AND they brought their sweet pups! <3
The first beach session of the year, did not disappoint. AT ALL.
I love this sweet family - it has been a year since I had seen them and I didnt realize how much I missed faces up until this point in quarantine… Matts face is nice and all but I missed other faces!
I just love EVERYTHING about this whole gallery. I could not even narrow down their gallery to less than 400 images, so I knew their blog would be huge as well!
My longest ever friend had a baby a few months back, and im just now getting around to blogging about it!
This was the first lifestyle session I have done without natural light, and im digging the contrast and lighting!
Im sure this little nugget is getting bigger and bigger every day! <3
Back in January I had a sweet sweet maternity session for some long time clients. It had been a few years since I have seen them. It was the greatest surprise ever when Liliya messaged me and said they were expecting. What a great day it was for their pictures. <3
I enjoyed catching up with them and talking about the new addition that was going to making her appearance.
My last session of 2019 ended on a high note. LOOK AT THESE TWO! I am so excited to see these two again in just a few short months. They are so easy to work with!
Im letting these images talk for themselves. - Oh and I loved black and white.
Its been a hot minute since I have seen this adorable family! Since, they have added a new addition!
They were my first beach session of the season <3 I loved it so much!
The light was perfect. The family was perfect.
Kate contacted me a few months ago, and we instantly clicked! She sent a couple of location ideas and I was game for ALL of them! The first session we tried to have it rained, our rescheduled date wasn’t looking so hot either… As it literally snowed. In April. It was insane. But these love birds cuddled up and enjoyed their session! <3
Wedding season is quickly approaching and I have slim to nothing as far as open session dates for family sessions. I LOVE these family sessions, so if you have an open day during the week, and the kids dont have any sport practice or you dont have to work late. Book a session! I want to be able to pack as many sessions into summer and fall as I can. Weddings aren’t the only thing I do ;)
F A I R S E S S I O N S - were a HIT last year. I cant tell you how many times people asked me if I was going to be doing them again this year. SO here they are! I have slots already spoken for so book soon!
$100 retainer & signed contract to hold your time slot.
Im addicted to puppies. We know this. Everyone knows this.
So is this a surprise that I swindled my way into my best friends home to take pictures of her brand new black lab puppy.
I am so in love with these. I need more of these in my life.
I was missing the sunshine and warmth this morning, so I thought id blog one of my favorite Fall family sessions.
I know I don’t post a lot about family sessions anymore, as weddings have completely taken over. Its no secret I am a wedding photographer, but I still adore family sessions… Interacting with your kids, making them smile, and my favorite “SQUUUUUISH”.
I make sure we get a couple “grandma poses”, ya know just incase. The remainder of the time is spent cuddling, and asking the kids to look up your nose..
I miss family sessions. I miss sun… and warmth. Not the mosquitos though…..
I always squeal when Amber contacts me for photos, because, well don’t you have eyes!!? Look at this adorable family. Finley always gives me a run for my money and will very rarely look at me and smile. Which is fine! I prefer just to chase her around and get her looking at the flowers and her sweet cuddles on her parents. <3
I met Mackenna at a wedding last year, so when she contacted me to say SHE was getting married I was beyond excited. THEN she told me they wanted pictures at VU and by their house which are two very big parts of their relationship, how could I say no? I adore this couple. I can not wait for their wedding next June. They are the cutest, and their love for each other runs deep… Its shows in these images.
Sometimes you meet a family and everything just clicks. I have photographed the Weiler family a few times now, and every time I see those adorable girls they seem to get bigger and even more beautiful. This time we added a few more family members, which made a perfect beach family session. I don't get too many extend family sessions on the beach, but when I do I jump for joy. The sunset that night did not disappoint either. It was so clear you could see Chicago right across the lake.
