Today I get to share the amazing Jennifer, one of my St. Teresa High School senior ladies! I knew I liked Jenny from the moment I met her. I feel like she is one of those seniors who already has a pretty firm grasp on who she is and who she wants to be. And …
St. Teresa 2016 Winter Sports Portraits
This marks officially one full year since I started working with St. Teresa. My first shoot for my alma mater was last year for their winter sports portraits and a couple weeks ago we did the 2016 winter sports portraits. For those who don’t keep track of sports… that means we got to photograph the …
Book Review: If You Feel Too Much by Jamie Tworkowski
What?! Book 2 is done already! How is this happening? For the past few years I’ve struggled to find the time to read… but with this new goal to read a book a month – it’s really helping me get some much desired reading in. (Real Talk – It also has helped that I’ve started …
THRIVE February 2016 Shoots
I feel like that last month went by super quickly and here we are with another little peek at some of the shoots I got to do for THRIVE magazine in Decatur last month. If you live in Decatur I’m sure you have seen this awesome entertainment magazine in various places around town. THRIVE does …
Behind the Scenes: We All Start Somewhere
Once upon a time, I was a new and budding photographer with big hopes! When I graduated from college with my BFA in photography and design, I had hardly any money and only basic camera equipment. But I decided if I was going to have a home business – I needed to start now and …
Baby Journey: Why Adoption Is Not Always the Answer
When you open up about something that people have no experience in or don’t understand… you undoubtedly are going to get questions. A lot of questions. There is one question that seems to be incredibly common when you are struggling with infertility. Before we changed directions in our path towards parenthood… I was asked this …
New Fine Art Series: Invisible
One of my goals for this year is to create at least one fine art piece per month. I felt like this was very manageable goal even for the busy months of the year. But I found myself feeling uninspired. Most of my creations stem from a momentary visual in my mind that I feel …
CoSchedule Review: Save Time, Blog More, & Increase Traffic
It’s been over a year since I last shared my love of CoSchedule with you and I thought I’d go ahead and share a little about this awesome plugin with you again. (If you missed the previous post – you can check it out here.) As you all know – I love writing here on …
Cole Lamb Senior Portraits | St. Teresa Decatur
Today I get to share this awesome stud with all of you! Cole is another one of my Saint Teresa seniors. I’ve been lucky enough to already Cole several times at school for sports and dances. So I was super excited to get to work with him for his senior session and to get to …
Harrison’s Birthday Mini | Sullivan, IL Baby Photography
This little man! I mean… when did he get so big?! I feel like it was only a month or two ago that we were taking his newborn portraits, and here we are doing a little mini session for his birthday party cards. You guys probably remember that this handsome little man is one of …