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    Well hot damn, i'm excited you're here. I'm Emily - you can call me em. 

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    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!

    These two may look familiar from last week’s blog post. Today we have Emily and Sean’s big day at Carmon’s in Champaign! This venue was going through a change in ownership right around this time. Which, hello stress, but Emily’s coordinator totally kicked ass and handled everything with ease so Emily could enjoy her day. […]

    February 4, 2025

    It’s finally time to share Emily and Sean’s engagement photos in downtown Champaign! We got to explore a few different locations for this session, which is always so fun for me. Emily is a Pinterest babe and had a whole organized board with engagement and wedding inspiration pictures, and I LOVED it. This is such […]

    January 28, 2025

    I’m so excited to share Mary and Josh’s gorgeous February wedding with you today! We were in a typical Illinois winter cold snap, and it was FRICKIN’ COLD. But it was also the most beautiful day for a wedding! I met them at Spruce Street Studios in Shelbyville, IL. They got ready at the big […]

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    February 11, 2025

    These two may look familiar from last week’s blog post. Today we have Emily and Sean’s big day at Carmon’s in Champaign! This venue was going through a change in ownership right around this time. Which, hello stress, but Emily’s coordinator totally kicked ass and handled everything with ease so Emily could enjoy her day. […]

    January 28, 2025

    I’m so excited to share Mary and Josh’s gorgeous February wedding with you today! We were in a typical Illinois winter cold snap, and it was FRICKIN’ COLD. But it was also the most beautiful day for a wedding! I met them at Spruce Street Studios in Shelbyville, IL. They got ready at the big […]

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    October 1, 2024

    Join me for a beautiful fall wedding in Kankakee If any wedding screams fall, it is definitely Madison and Marc’s. From their color palette to their venue, everything made for the perfect fall wedding day! We began the day at the Kankakee Country Club where everyone got ready for the day. The bridal suite had […]

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    February 4, 2025

    It’s finally time to share Emily and Sean’s engagement photos in downtown Champaign! We got to explore a few different locations for this session, which is always so fun for me. Emily is a Pinterest babe and had a whole organized board with engagement and wedding inspiration pictures, and I LOVED it. This is such […]

    January 21, 2025

    Allerton Park is one of the most beautiful locations in any season! This week we have Mary and Josh on the Mager Image blog. Their engagement session was full of greenery and gorgeous florals and I’m OBSESSED! We met at Allerton Park at the peak of the season for their gardens which gave us a […]

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    January 14, 2025

    The Most Perfectly Fall Engagement Photos with Evie and Joshua This week I have a familiar face to share here on the blog! You may recognize Evie from her days as the 2019 Miss Ford County Fair Queen. She and I got to know each other during her photoshoot at the fairgrounds and we had […]

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    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 […]

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    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 […]

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