Holy cow, wedding season number EIGHT is officially a wrap! And whew, what a wedding season it was! We started the year out with our first wedding of the year in January and planned to have a break until spring… What we didn’t plan to experience was a six-month break between weddings (January 25th – […]

This was the best last engagement session of 2020! Say hello to Bree and Hans! They found my work this fall after getting engaged – shout out to Lyndsey & Drew and Lauren & Will for sharing our work with this couple! Before we knew it, we were jumping right into planning their Allerton Park […]

Our 2020 shooting season was packed with engagement sessions and lots of them! TWENTY-SEVEN unique engagement sessions 😍 Season after season and year after year, it’s a joy to photograph engagement sessions. These sessions more often than not are the first time couples have been professionally photographed together. With that comes some nerves, excitement, and lots […]

Our last wedding day of 2020 was one for the books! You might remember this couple from their fall engagement session a couple of months back. Today, we are so very excited to share Katelynn and Jamey’s rustic and romantic wedding day in St. Joseph on the blog! The Love Story Katelynn and Jamey met […]

It’s that time of the year! The Pantone color of the year for 2021 is here… But this year, there is not only one color but TWO – Ultimate Gray and Illuminating! Pantone’s announcement of two colors this time around takes me back to 2016 when they announced two colors for the year! It’s true […]

Engagement season is upon us, AND I’m loving the engagement sessions I’ve gotten to photograph in the last few weeks! This Chicago skyline engagement session did not disappoint! Meet Kim and Josh! These two met through a coworker and went on a double date for Mexican food (speaking my language!) a little over one year […]

Hello December! A new month means another monthly recap about the previous month! I’ll be honest, my November 2020 recap is going to be short and sweet… It was a quieter month for us (nevertheless a good month), but it was quiet and needed and good. Here’s a quick bullet list of some of our […]

Right before Thanksgiving, I met up with Ari and Adam in downtown Kankakee on a rainy, dreary day for photos. And you know what? We put that rainy day to shame! We had a blast! When Kyle and I moved to Kankakee County five years ago, I remember meeting Ari in those early days of […]

Over the last year and a half, I’ve been looking forward to photographing Bethany and Jon’s wedding day! And now I have the honor to share their intimate November wedding day at The Standard in Rockford! You might remember these two from their Chicago engagement session (where they first met!) last year. They’re as sweet […]

Another fall Chicago engagement session is hitting the blog today! Meet Jessica and Tommy! Jess and I grew up in neighboring towns and have always known of each other – if you’re from a small town, too, then you’ll totally understand that! Back in summer 2019, Jess was a guest at Courtney and Todd’s wedding […]