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    A beautiful classic styled shoot at The Cadillac I am beyond excited to share this one on the blog. You have no idea! This classic styled shoot at The Cadillac in Paxton, IL was so much fun. And the vendor team? Out of this world. Seriously, if you are getting married, just contact these amazing […]

    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 29, 2025

    A Colorful Summer Wedding at Crooked Creek | Leslie + Ryan Buckle up, because this is a long one you guys! Leslie and Ryan’s colorful summer wedding at Crooked Creek Whitetails Estate was stunning. This is one of my favorite venues. It is light, it is white, it is just clean and crisp in every […]

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    May 13, 2025

    A beautiful classic styled shoot at The Cadillac I am beyond excited to share this one on the blog. You have no idea! This classic styled shoot at The Cadillac in Paxton, IL was so much fun. And the vendor team? Out of this world. Seriously, if you are getting married, just contact these amazing […]

    April 29, 2025

    A Colorful Summer Wedding at Crooked Creek | Leslie + Ryan Buckle up, because this is a long one you guys! Leslie and Ryan’s colorful summer wedding at Crooked Creek Whitetails Estate was stunning. This is one of my favorite venues. It is light, it is white, it is just clean and crisp in every […]

    Colorful Summer Wedding at Crooked Creek

    March 25, 2025

    An exciting destination wedding in Cancun for Liz + Nico I’m so excited to share Liz and Nico’s destination wedding in Cancun this week! I love this family so much. I actually met them when I shot Liz’s brother, Ian’s, wedding in Jamaica (you can see more on that here). That was my first ever […]

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    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 […]

    April 8, 2025

    This week we have Ciara and Ethan’s beautiful downtown Champaign engagement session on the blog! And even though it was still February, Ciara’s pretty spring dress gave the feeling of all things spring.  We started out right near the old Dallas and Company store in downtown Champaign. From there we walked down some different paths […]

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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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