ALEXA & TYLER || HOW IS SHE A SENIOR?

I had so much fun photographing Alexa and Tyler a few months ago – yes, I’m still way behind on my blogging, but now we can all dream of warmer weather and relive summer again!! When this GORGEOUS girl was a baby, she used to come to my house at 6am and spent 3 days […]

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Children, Families, HS Seniors

  I love meeting high school seniors for their senior photos. Sydney actually graduated about a week before we took these pictures. Time got away from them and they didn’t happen last fall and that’s totally ok!! Senior pictures can happen anytime, there is no time limit! Most seniors contact me during the summer between […]

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HS Seniors

SYDNEY’S SENIOR SESSION || ST. JAMES FARM WHEATON

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

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

This Senior session was SO much fun. The lighting was perfect. The night was beautiful and Emily rocked it!! I loved every one of her photos and had a hard time narrowing it down to post just a few of my favorites…..so there might be a couple more than a few on this post!! She […]

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HS Seniors

EMILY’S SENIOR PORTRAITS || NAPERVILLE RIVER WALK

JARON’S SENIOR PICTURES || CANTIGNY

I was J’s Youth Conference Mom 4 years ago and I can’t believe how much he’s grown up in the last 4 years. I can’t believe he’s a Senior in High School already….it’s SO crazy to me how fast these kids grow up and become adults!! We had a great time at Cantigny Park and […]

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HS Seniors

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 […]

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Families

THE THORELL FAMILY || FABYAN FOREST PRESERVE

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 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!