I was so excited when they asked me to take their family pictures this year…..mostly because I knew their family would be SO easy and so fun. These girls are the cutest little hams around. They were all into the posing and doing exactly what I told them to do….they really needed very little direction […]

I’ve known this family since our boys were two. We’ve moved away from each other, but thanks to social media we’ve remained friends and stayed in contact for all these years. Mom contacted me and told me it’s been YEARS since they had family pictures taken and they didn’t really like having them done, but […]

We had such a great night together at the Swinging Bridge in Riverside. I had never been to this location, but when K & M wanted go there, I was excited to try a new location. They had their wedding pictures take here two years ago and they hope to return one day for maternity […]

I was so excited when this family contacted me to take their family pictures. Their oldest son left for his LDS Mission this morning and I was so happy that I got to capture their family before he left. We decided to meet at their house and I was so happy we had planned to […]

I had the best time with Kahlid and Shoshanna last night at the Deer Grove Forest Preserve in Palatine. We met a little early to scope it out and started taking pictures right away. There were at least two parties going on {with lots of music and fun!} and we made the best of finding […]

We had such a great time last weekend at this mother-daughter shoot. They were so nervous that they looked good and that they matched and that we were losing the light….I kept assuring them that everything looked beautiful and as you can see….they turned out great!!! I loved watching their relationship together, I could tell […]

I had an amazing session with these three beautiful girls tonight, I mean seriously, look how beautiful they are. They were up for EVERYTHING I asked them to do, they were fun and funny, sweet and kind, they were all naturals in front of the camera. They have the most amazing friendship and they were […]

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 […]