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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!

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December 5, 2014

Meet Amy, Matt, Ruby, & Olivia Pellum! When Amy contacted me to schedule a session time for their Pellum family pictures, I was instantly excited. I had the pleasure of working with them and their extended family over the summer, but it was one big group of people, so not a lot of time to […]

December 4, 2014

We met up a few weeks ago to take Austin & Alisha’s maternity photos, and very quickly into the session the clouds came rolling in, and shortly after we had rain that wouldn’t stop! It didn’t stop us from getting a handful of sweet photos though! You can see those here. We sat at Austin’s […]

December 2, 2014

This is quite possibly one of my favorite families, ever, but I may be a bit biased. The Schroeder family has lived three doors down from my family since we first moved to Loda. They almost instantly became good family friends and welcomed us all with open arms. Don and Tricia are some of the […]

November 9, 2014

The day was beautiful, and as I drove to Watseka to meet the Heagle family for their session, noticed the trees were already starting to lose their leaves. As a photographer, the signs that fall is coming to and end slightly breaks my heart. We had agreed to meet at Legion Park in Watseka, and […]

November 9, 2014

I’ve known Austin and his family since high school, when my husband and I started dating. Austin was always one of the kindest, hardworking, genuine people I knew. When I first met Alisha, she seemed a perfect counterpart for Austin, and not too much longer they were married. My husband told me they were expecting, […]

November 9, 2014

I first met Kyli & Arik at the very first wedding I ever captured. Arik was a groomsman in the wedding, so I had a lot of time getting to know him then. In the year since that wedding, we have all become good friends, and I knew Kyli was wanting pictures done for a […]

November 6, 2014

As I mentioned in Zeph’s earlier blog post, his sister Carissa joined us for the fun. Since Cari was one of my first seniors as “Mager Image Photography”, I gave her a heads up to dress cute, because I knew I was going to put her in front of the camera at some point. I […]

September 26, 2014

Mom, Dad, As parents you provided many things for us; a home, necessities, love, and support but best of all you gave us an example. We are all very fortunate to have learned what love is through the example of you and the 25 year marriage you share. Bright and early Sunday before you even […]

August 20, 2014

It took Janice Reed and her family two years to get together for family pictures. When she contacted me about her family session, she was excited to finally have them all together for a picture! The day of their session, mother nature stepped in, and once again, the Reed family was without a single family […]

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August 17, 2014

This sweet family came to me after winning their session through an Instagram contest I held a few months ago. The O’Connell family met me in Kankakee, IL for their family session and I immediately fell in love with their two boys! And a shout out to their friend Nichole for tagging along to help […]

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August 13, 2014

After some gross weather led to a rescheduling of their session, the Winnett family finally met me in Champaign for some family pictures. To say I had fun hanging out with these guys was an understatement. Becky is the sweetest lady you’ll ever meet, and Shane (aka: Pup) is downright hilarious. Kendall, on one hand, […]

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August 11, 2014

When Dallas contacted me about doing a “Mommy & Me” session, I was smitten over the idea! A session with an amazing mother, and her absolutely adorable son? Heck yeah I’m in! So we met up outside of Paxton, IL and drove around Dogtown to find a few sweet locations! Their cousin Reece was able […]

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February 9, 2014

“First off, I consider myself lucky to be married to my best friend.  When we first met I couldn’t stop looking at her eyes, they drew me in.  She is so beautiful; I didn’t think I had a chance.  I got brave and didn’t waste any time trying to get to know her.  I waited […]

February 4, 2014

One of the first snow storms of the year was about 45 minutes out when I had the sudden urge to photograph someone during snowfall. In a response to my tweet, Lauren dug her sister’s prom dress out of the closet, touched up her hair and makeup, and met me in Paxton for a quick […]

CHAMPAIGN AREA WEDDING, SENIOR + BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPHER