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Happy Halloween/Fall/Autumn/Harvest/It’s-almost-winter-kill-me-now!!!!! Safe trick-or-treating tonight! A few images from a recent one year old shoot… This kid has a wicked sense of style 🙂 Big brother was HILARIOUS… My favorite shot 🙂 Tee hee…love it…

Another engagement session in my favorite big city…Chicago. Seriously. SERIOUSLY. The location and couple were perfection!

It was just a few months ago that I was photographing her big sister, and she was just a bump on her mama’s tummy. But, now she’s here in all of her tiny, perfect glory 🙂 Big sisters like to help too… and have undivided attention from their mama 🙂

Do we shoot? Do we not shoot? The weather forecast stinks! Let’s just do it. Let’s not do it. That was us on the phone 30 minutes before we were supposed to shoot. I was in Chicago for the weekend and we had only one day to make it happen. We decided to just go […]

Oh my…those EYES…and that HAIR!!! Pretty much love. Favorite shot of the day…

A little over four years ago, I was photographing Matt and Alethea’s wedding. A big move and a child later, we are reunited…playing and photographing again. One of my very favorites… Do you love her face as much as I do? Uh huh. They are awesome. Yummiest light ever.

I met Mike and Kady for the first time on their wedding day. I didn’t know what to expect and I was thrilled beyond words to find out how cool they are and to be able to photograph such a special couple. SO much love, kindness, and happiness on their day. Congrats Mike and Kady!!! […]

She says it’s like Christmas to get her pictures taken every year. I say it’s like Christmas to see what she comes up with each year. First it was barns and fashionable hats. Next, it was polar bears and giraffes. Then it was merry go rounds and cotton candy. This year, it is plaid and […]

The super lovely Maria… Hey…it’s the beautiful Vanessa Hudgen’s even more beautiful sister. Dontcha think???

It’s not the location, it’s not the props…it’s all about the love. When deciding on our location, I get an email from mom…”I’ve thought about it and I’d like to do our pictures here at home. It’s not sexy, but I want REAL pictures. I don’t often sport heeled boots with clean manicured kids while […]