THE JACKSON FAMILY || OH, I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!

The Jackson family purchased this photo shoot at the Bolingbrook Ward YW Auction in the spring. We’ve been trying to schedule  it for a couple months but sweet Gracie has been super sick and we haven’t been able to make it work. I had some sessions schedule and asked them if they were able to […]

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Children, Couples, Families

I know that Family pictures are SO MUCH WORK!!!! No matter how young or old your kids are, no matter how much you prepare in advance or how much warning you give your spouse, family pictures are still STRESSFUL!!! {believe me, I get it!} I want you to walk away feeling like you LOVED your […]

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Children, Couples, Education, Families

HOW TO PREPARE FOR FAMILY PICTURES || 10 TIPS FROM A PHOTOGRAPHER

THE BURSON GIRLS || SPENDING TIME WITH MOM

When Patti contacted me for a mother/daughter session I was SO excited. I loved their last session so much and I was so excited to work with them again. Her girls are just the cutest and I knew that we would have a great time together. We tried to wait as long as we could […]

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Children, Families

I could tell right from the beginning that Patti and I were going to get along great. She LOVES  pictures and we had such a great time planning her family photo shoot. We had to reschedule a couple times because of weather and scheduling conflicts, but it was worth the wait. We met on a […]

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Children, Families

THE BURSON FAMILY || SUPER-HEROS!!

THE ZAFIR GIRLS || ON A FREEZING COLD DAY!!

You wouldn’t know it by looking at these pictures, but it was freezing cold on the day we did these pictures. The wind was blowing and the sky was completely covered with clouds. I briefly thought about not doing them and seeing if we could wait for better weather, but they were troopers. These girls […]

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Children, Families

Oh baby, look at this sweet little family and their gorgeous parents!! Could these be any more perfect? These little ones were a bit of a challenge {aren’t they all?} but I am always so excited when I know mom and dad are feeling like it’s SO much work…{and it is, believe me, I KNOW […]

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Children, Families

THE EDWARDS FAMILY || TROUT FARM PARK

THE PHILLIPS FAMILY || BOLINGBROOK

This family won a free mini session from my Facebook Page. {Follow me HERE to find out about more giveaways and specials). Dad and Son weren’t real excited about having photos done, but we were quick and had a great time laughing together AND we got some great photos for mom too!! Mom said, “My […]

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Families

I had so much fun at this session. We went to a new location, which I LOVED!! The weather was perfect, we had originally scheduled them for Wednesday, but it was raining on Wednesday, so we re-scheduled them for Saturday and it was PERFECT!! It was the perfect temperature, there was no wind and the […]

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Children, Families

THE BRUCK FAMILY || BOLINGBROOK PARK