THE HANBERG FAMILY || NAVY PIER CHICAGO

These are my friend Marie’s cute kids. We took family pictures too, but just like me she’s saving those for her Christmas Cards. {I’ll add them later} I am so happy she moved to Illinois a year ago so that I could be friends with her, and her family. EDITED: This is my FAVORITE family […]

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Children, Families

I love meeting new families. I love being able to capture the joy and the challenges of having little ones. When your child doesn’t act like they usually do, I always try to assure mom that this is totally normal, that ALL kids act like this at pictures. I’m a new adult, I have a […]

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Children, Couples, Families

THE BECKER FAMILY || DUPAGE FOREST PRESERVE

LULAROE || SMALL BUSINESS & NEW FRIENDS

If you haven’t heard of LuLaRoe, I’m not sure where you’ve been living for the last two years. 🙂  I found them a little over 2 years ago and have made SO many friends through LuLaRoe and their community. Also, BONUS, I love their clothes. I had so much fun with Lindsay capturing the joy […]

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Headshots

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 […]

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Children, Families

THE KORELLA FAMILY || DOWNTOWN DOWNERS GROVE

THE EDWARDS FAMILY || TROUT FARM PARK

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

Oh my word, this family was SO fun to work with. The littlest one is a spitfire and she kept us on our toes all night….you’ll see in the photos that she caught some grasshoppers and wanted to kiss them {ewe!} and then she wouldn’t put them down because they were going to get away! […]

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Children, Families

THE SASSACK FAMILY || GROUP HUGS

CUSTOM PHOTO BOOKS

I am now offering CUSTOM PHOTO BOOKS as an ADD ON to your photo session!! My passion and love for photography started when I began scrapbooking. I am a memory keeper at heart. I want to provide you with a custom designed, hardbound, printed album of your photo session. Price includes my design time, printing […]

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Children, Families, Photo Books

For Labor Day weekend I went to Minnesota to visit one of my best friends, Meagan. She had a new baby 7 weeks ago and I HAD to go and see her. We pretty much stayed in the house and played dress up with the baby most of the weekend. We ventured out of the […]

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Children, Families

THE JOHNSON FAMILY || AND FRANCIE