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!
Feed Mill on Front Wedding | Fisher, IL This one felt like home the whole way through. Last fall I photographed their engagement session at Allerton Park, fitting since that’s exactly where Jack proposed, right at the white tower in the Fu Dog Garden, September 2024. Their story actually started earlier, (on blackout Wednesday) 2021 at […]
July 20, 2026
Alexis has been a Mager Image girlie for a long time, so when she messaged me that she got engaged, I knew exactly what was coming and I was so ready for it! Their day in June was not a perfect-weather day. It rained, but it held off to a sprinkle every time we needed […]
June 5, 2026
If you’ve never been to Cantigny Park in Wheaton, Illinois, let me tell you something – you need to fix that. It is genuinely one of the most beautiful parks I’ve been to in the Chicago area, and it is absolutely massive. Like, “you could spend four hours here and still not see everything” massive. […]
the latest blog posts...
August 11, 2026
Feed Mill on Front Wedding | Fisher, IL This one felt like home the whole way through. Last fall I photographed their engagement session at Allerton Park, fitting since that’s exactly where Jack proposed, right at the white tower in the Fu Dog Garden, September 2024. Their story actually started earlier, (on blackout Wednesday) 2021 at […]
July 20, 2026
Alexis has been a Mager Image girlie for a long time, so when she messaged me that she got engaged, I knew exactly what was coming and I was so ready for it! Their day in June was not a perfect-weather day. It rained, but it held off to a sprinkle every time we needed […]
April 29, 2026
Gracelyn & Calvin’s New Orleans elopement started with a quiet morning and ended with a full Second Line parade through the streets. From City Park to Jackson Square, this day had it all.
June 5, 2026
If you’ve never been to Cantigny Park in Wheaton, Illinois, let me tell you something – you need to fix that. It is genuinely one of the most beautiful parks I’ve been to in the Chicago area, and it is absolutely massive. Like, “you could spend four hours here and still not see everything” massive. […]
May 6, 2025
A laid back summer engagement session | Kailey + Drew This is an OLD one, but this engagement session deserves it’s spot here on the blog! This is Kailey and Drew and we did this session at Middle Fork Campground one summer before their wedding. They wanted to get in the water for a few […]
April 22, 2025
Abigail & Nolan’s Beautiful Golden Hour Engagement Session at Lake of the Woods Abigail and Nolan’s engagement session at Lake of the Woods in Mahomet, IL, was nothing short of magical. Shot by my talented associate, Kaula, this session perfectly captures the golden hour glow that we both adore. Lake of the Woods offers the […]
December 31, 2024
Buckle up folks, it’s time for the longest post of the year. Yep. It’s baaaaack. We may have taken some time off since COVID (hell, I don’t have time to be doing this one) but here we are! If you’re new here, you’ve missed my almost annual End of the Year Blog Posts. They usually […]
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 […]
June 25, 2021
So the background may look familiar on these, but I decided to bring my kiddos to The Magers Family sesh that was just on the blog last week! All the Magers babes have matching outfits (thanks to Grandma Lisa) so I thought what a prime opportunity to get updated pics! We took these right after […]
