I was really looking forward to meeting Bridget Ollesch for her senior session. Bridget is friends with Rachel Vandermyde, who’s senior sessions I took earlier this summer. Bridget is absolutely gorgeous! She’s tall, thin, has long, brown, naturally curly hair, and the biggest brightest blue eyes ever! She has the sweetest smile too! When Bridget …
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Alex Friedrich Senior Photos | Rock Springs, Decatur IL | Senior Photography
I was super excited to do Alex’s senior photos. The day of his sessions I was a little worried about the weather because it looked like it might rain. But the moisture held off and we were able to get some great outdoor shots.Alex really loves playing guitar. It’s one of his favorite pasttimes, and …
For a few months now, I’ve been submitting articles to a website called Ezinearticles.com. This website posts worthwhile articles with pertinent information for people. So I’ve been submitting my own articles related to photography that I thought might be helpful to people. I’ve had around a dozen accepted to the site and was recently dubbed …
Macon County Annual Harvest Dinner and Awards Ceremony
As a 4-H alum – I like to stay involved with 4-H now through volunteering and other projects. I’ve been lucky enough to be hired to do some design and photography work for the Macon County 4-H and Extension Office. Earlier this month, Amy Leman asked me if I’d be available to come take some …
Laila Anne’s Newborn Pictures | Newborn Photography | Mattoon, IL
I had been looking forward to doing newborn pictures of little Miss Laila for Ryan and Raeanna since I did their maternity pictures back in September. If you’ve been following my blog – you’ll know that Laila Anne was born on Wednesday, October 20 at 7:24 am. She weighed 5 lbs. 13 oz. She is …
Butler-Rotramel Wedding | Arcola, IL | Wedding Photography
I have been looking forward to Nikki & Jake’s wedding for quite some time now. Nikki and Jake are a couple of the coolest, most fun people I know. I had technically only met Nikki once before the wedding, but I knew her and Jake were going to end up together. It is so easy …
Gratitude and Changes
Well this has been an incredibly busy week. From last weekend to this coming weekend, I have literally stretched myself to the limit with work. I feel incredibly blessed that I have so many amazing clients who love what I do and come back to me again and again. It’s a truly humbling feeling. Amidst …
My New Favorite Album…
So my friend and June bride – Meagan – finally got to see her wedding album this past weekend. After several months of looking for the perfect vendor and designing the perfect layout for her photos, the completed project arrived in the mail. This was my first album design and my first product order from …
Escalate 2010 | Tamara Lackey’s Talk | Washington, IL
Today I’m going to cover some of things I learned from Tamara Lackey at Escalate Live. I have followed Tamara’s blog for at least a year now. Tamara is an award winning children’s photographer based in North Carolina. Tamara captures these beautiful spontaneous moments and expressions and has a unique shooting style, which is similar …