It was a beautiful sunny day on a Sunday afternoon when family and friends arrived in Farmersdale, IL to witness Jennifer and Chris vowing to love each other forever more. I took Chris & Jen’s engagement pictures in June this year and I was really looking forward to taking their wedding pictures. Jennifer is such …
The Journal
Showin’ Some Love #6
Well Friday is upon us! I honestly don’t know where this week went. I guess having Monday off for Labor Day really threw off my week, and made me feel like the weekend snuck up behind me, grabbed my shoulders and yelled “SURPRISE!” I feel like it’s been a couple weeks since I posted a …
Preparing for Your Maternity Session
It has become fairly common for moms-to-be to get photos of their expecting bellies. Maternity photos can range from a sweet and simple portrait of the growing family or they can be artistic, dramatic, and sensual. However you chose to be photographed, the end result will be a beautiful piece of art that will celebrate …
Jason & Gina Engagement Shoot
Jason & Gina drove all the way to Sullivan to meet up with me for their engagement photos. We were blessed with absolutely gorgeous weather on the day of the shoot so I was ecstatic! We started off taking some pictures in the square in Sullivan in this cute little corner. And then went over …
Labor Day Weekend Wedding
We had a busy weekend over Labor Day weekend. I had both an engagement shoot and a wedding scheduled for the weekend. With all the new information I have been learning from Jasmine Star and the creativeLIVE team, I was super excited to start using some of it for the wedding on Sunday. So what …
Olive Madison’s Newborn Photos
I felt so incredibly lucky that Raedena let me come over and meet her precious little girl, Olive, and snap some pictures of her! Olive is absolutely adorable (although with parents like hers – she was just destined to be a cutie)! I had never really done a newborn session, so I learned a lot …
Absorbing Knowledge Like a Sponge
I’ve been learning a lot lately. As I mentioned last week, I was participating in creativeLIVE‘s amazing online Wedding Photography Workshop with the fabulous Jasmine Star. It was amazing! I still haven’t finished watching all the videos, but I’ve already learned so much! So HUGE thanks to the whole creativeLIVE team for all their hard …
Leighton One Year Old Pictures
I was so excited when Kathy Althoff asked me if I would take pictures of her one year old granddaughter Leighton. Leighton is such a cutie – and she looks just like her daddy, Scott. Dark brown hair, big blue eyes, and such a serious little face. She is precious! We just kept trying to …
A Quarter of a Century
Well yesterday was my birthday, and I am now a quarter of a century old…less dramatically known as 25. It was a good day. I got to meet my cousin, Raedena’s, new baby girl – little Miss Olive Madison. She is absolutely adorable! Raedena let me take tons of pictures of her little princess too, …
Delaney Family Photos
I was finally lucky enough to get to take pictures for the Delaney family. We’ve been talking about doing it for some time now and we finally picked out a date to do it. We had several of the generations present for pictures and it was really kind of neat to see them all. Plus, …