Well hot damn, i'm excited you're here. I'm Emily - you can call me em.
welcome to the blog!
I love taking adventures all over the world, photographing weddings. seniors, boudoir, and helping other photographers perfect their craft. When I have my shit together, I blog about them using way too many exclamation points. What can I say, I love my job! Grab a coffee and stay a while!
July 11, 2023
April 2, 2023
Blossoming Love: Caitlin + Ben’s Allerton Park Engagement Hello, wonderful readers! Spring had finally arrived, filling the air with the sweet scent of blooming flowers, and love was in full bloom. I had the privilege of joining Caitlin and Ben for their engagement session at the enchanting Allerton Park in Monticello, Illinois. Our adventure began […]
March 23, 2023
Rural Paxton Fall Engagement Session, Illinois When you’ve got 83 blog posts sitting in drafts, it means going wayyyy back in time! So far back in fact, that these two are already married! But it doesn’t mean I didn’t LOVE their engagement session, in fact, it was a fall favorite! So for today’s #throwbackthursday, we’re […]
March 22, 2023
Allerton Country Barns Engagement Session It might have been cold with a wind chill that made it feel like -20, but Lindsay & Cody handled it like champs. You can’t see me behind the camera, but while these two were in one layer, I was photographing them with four, and STILL cold! My favorite series […]
March 16, 2023
Midwest Family Farm Engagement Session Chelsea + Nick met up with me and Jess on what felt like the windiest, coldest, sunniest day of the year. Despite all the weather factors working against us, I’m absolutely in love with these photos! We ended up learning that cows, in fact, get the zoomies! Much like dogs […]
February 9, 2023
October 25, 2022
Gloomy Day Engagement Session at Green Acres Sportsman’s Club, Roberts, IL Another throw back for you… Ashten & Colton! Where are they now? Married and newly EXPECTING! Ahh, I’m so excited for these two to add to their family! It was a few years back now… but I remember meeting up with these two at […]
October 19, 2022
Fall Engagement Session at River Bend Forest Preserve, Mahomet, IL An oldie but a goodie! We took these photos a couple YEARS ago, but since they’re one of my favorite couples of all time, I couldn’t leave out their fall session! We met up in Mahomet and literally had so much fun we walked all […]
October 13, 2022
Ford Co. Fairgrounds Session with 2022 Queen, Gracelyn Greenburg
August 13, 2022
Mechanics Nursery Newborn Session, Watseka, IL
August 7, 2022
Surprise Rainy Day Proposal on the U of I ACES Quad, Champaign, IL JT + Emily met at the College of ACES on the University of Illinois, so I think it’s super fitting that it’s the spot JT decided to ask her to spend the rest of their lives together. He and I planned for […]
August 1, 2022
Weldon Springs State Park Summer Engagement Session, Clinton, IL
July 26, 2022
Summer Wedding at the iHotel Conference Center, Champaign, IL
July 20, 2022
Rural Cissna Park Area Engagement Session
June 4, 2022
A Classic Wedding at University Place Christian Church & iHotel, Champaign, IL
May 30, 2022
A Rainy Day Engagement Session in Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL Imagine: snow, in April. Hard right? Well, for Danielle and Jeff, what seemed impossible became possible. As I drove up to meet these two at Lincoln Park for their engagement session, it began to flurry! We made the best of it though, and visited the […]
April 30, 2022
Gaming High-School Senior Session Guy in Downtown Paxton, IL
April 25, 2022
First Date Engagement Session at the Harvest Moon Drive-In, Gibson City, IL
April 15, 2022
Summer Pondside Engagement Session at Sunset, Paxton, IL
April 10, 2022
Fall Engagement Session at Middlefork Campground, Paxton, IL
April 6, 2022
Extended Family Session at Ballard Nature Center, Effingham, IL
March 31, 2022
A Winter ONE-derland Cake Smash Session for MY ONE YEAR OLD BABY! Holy. Shit. How are these photos already done?! HOW are they already almost TWO months old?! Good lord – time goes so quickly. This little boy is our saving grace. He’s our spunky, energetic, bull-headed, LOUD rainbow baby born in the eye of […]
March 26, 2022
Charming Fall Engagement Session on the U of I Campus, Champaign, IL I could go on and ON about these two, but since this is a catch-up post I’ll keep it short and save it for their EPIC wedding photos! Brett + Ismael (Ish) met up with me on the U of I Campus and […]
March 21, 2022
A Fun Dusty Blue Winter Wedding at the Carriage House in Altamont, IL Now THIS wedding deserves a little extra special attention, because within the photos below you’ll recognize someone VERY special to this photographer’s heart. Kasey was not only a high school classmate of mine, but has been a second shooter at a handful […]
March 16, 2022
Casual Summer Wedding in Newman, Illinois VENDORS // Venue : Wesley Chapel // Dress : Lindsay Lane Bridal // Band : The Kay Brothers //
March 11, 2022
Summertime Family Farm Engagement Session
March 6, 2022
Middlefork Forest Preserve Summer Maternity Session
March 1, 2022
WOW, it’s been a minute since I’ve been around – huh?! Hopefully I’m not the only one who’s missed seeing Mager Image blog posts go up, because I’m BACK in the blog here and am going to be setting things up for future posts! Blogging is fucking hard. You may ask – then why do […]
September 9, 2021
Casual Outdoor Blush Toned Tent Wedding Reception in Paxton, Illinois HELLO, it’s me, again! It’s been a minute, I know – but dang let me tell you, this summer and leading into fall has been JAM packed with sessions and weddings on Friday AND Saturday!! I’m staying afloat, but barely, so bare with me! So […]
August 5, 2021
Sage Green Outdoor Wedding at Fair Oaks Farm in Fair Oaks, Indiana I’m so excited to talk about this day!! First off, I brought a good friend with me to this wedding to shadow shoot (aka PAIGE, who will now be helping second shoot!!) and Natalie from NRS Photography was the second shooter! Lucky for […]
