Oh you guys know how much I love my LSA peeps and I look forward to every opportunity I get to come take photos of these amazing guys and gals. With trying to figure out the balance of being a mom and a photographer – I don’t feel like I got to make it over …
My Top 10 Best Business Decisions
I’d been thinking a lot lately about my business and how far I’ve come. This year will mark my 10th year in business and I’m hugely proud of that. There have been some amazing years and some not so profitable years. But every year, I feel infinitely blessed to have my clients continue to come …
Marlee’s 10 Month Session | Sullivan, IL
It seems so crazy to me that this beautiful little girl we get to call our daughter is already 10 months old!!! These first months are just zipping by so fast. I was commenting on that to Ryan the other day – how I’ve always known that these little ones grow so fast and so …
Small Wedding Love
So you may have noticed that over the past several years I have not really shot weddings – nor do I advertise them. One of the biggest reasons I stopped taking weddings was due to when Ryan and I started getting really serious about our infertility treatments. Since my schedule was dictated to me by …
Out in the World…
You know, there’s a lot I’ve done over the past several years I’m really proud of. I’ve built this portrait business, which quite honestly I still struggle to grow. I’ve created this online space where I’ve shared my heart and journey with you and I’ve had so many reach out to me with how that’s …
Asher & Brinley Turn One! | Decatur IL Photography
Oh my goodness you guys!!! I LOVE all these sweet babies that come to me but – oh my heart! They all grow so dang fast! It kills me a little! A little over a year ago, I was photographing these sweet twin’s newborn portraits! And here we are documenting their first birthday! For Asher …
Favorite Album Spreads of 2017
One of my absolute favorite products to design is albums. They are truly a labor of love for me because while they do take extra time and work to create unique designs I know each of my clients will love – they fill me with an immense amount of joy. As an artist with a …
Marlee’s Nine Month Session | Sullivan, IL
And just like that – we officially have a nine-month-old!! Our little girl is getting to be SO big!! She wants so badly to walk… even though we haven’t quite figured out crawling – she’s become quite the pro at pulling herself up and we’re pretty sure she’ll be walking by her birthday. She’s still …
Our Christmas Cards
One of my favorite things to do over the years has been to design our Christmas cards. Every year I’ve tried to some up with a way to make our cards special or clever. It never mattered to me that we didn’t have children to show off on our cards – it just meant we …
Favorite Senior Portraits of 2017
And now for our last category – seniors! While I may not have had a ton of seniors this year – I feel like I always end up getting the absolute best of the best seniors! (Sorry other photogs – but my seniors are seriously amazing!) All of these guys and gals have been so …