THE ISREALSEN FAMILY & JET || THEIR AMAZING BACKYARD

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 […]

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Families

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 […]

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Couples, Uncategorized

ENGAGED || AND SO SO CUTE!

MOTHER DAUGHTER FUN || JOY & LAUGHTER

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 […]

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Families

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 […]

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HS Seniors

SENIOR GIRLS || GIRLFRIENDS ARE THE BEST!

THE BRUCK FAMILY || BOLINGBROOK PARK

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

I had so much fun with this family taking their pictures. I told them multiple times that they were so much easier to work with then a running toddler, it’s really nice when they can all listen to instructions and understand what I am asking them to do….and it’s even better when they do it!! […]

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Families

THE ZIELINSKI FAMILY || KEEPING IT REAL