I met Courtney + Zach in Grant Park at the Buckingham Fountain, very close to where Zach asked Courtney to be his wife. It was a beautiful, sunny day… and Courtney + Zach had driven in from their home in Wheaton to spend a few hours celebrating their engagement with me. Despite Grant Park being filled […]

Ahhhh the last few cities of my European Adventure. If you missed the first two blogs, here are the links: Dublin, Madrid, & Barcelona and Paris & Switzerland. Let’s be honest. If you follow my work and/or any of my social media accounts, it’s pretty obvious that I love food. So up until this point […]

If you missed the first blog post from my Europe Trip, you can see Dublin, Madrid, and Barcelona here. Blog #2 from my European Adventure includes Paris, France and 3 cities in Switzerland that were some of my favorites from the entire trip: Zurich, Bern, and Lenk. Paris // After a few nights in Barcelona, Cari and I […]

I’ve been sitting on a plane for about four hours now, about halfway back to that same old place, sweet home Chicago. If you’ve been keeping up with me… you know that for nearly the past three weeks, I’ve been hopping all over Europe… from Ireland to Switzerland to Italy… and many places in between. […]

A few weeks ago, I was blessed with the opportunity to second shoot for my good friend, Rebecca Read Photography… in one of my favorite states, Colorado. The anticipation leading up to this wedding was nothing short of spectacular, so when the tornado sirens sounded and the skies were filled with cloudy shades of grey, my heart […]

There’s always those moments with couples during the portrait session… where I have to tell them to get a little bit closer. Not because they don’t want to be snuggled up to their fiancé or new husband/wife… but they’re just not quite sure how close is close. But not these two. From the first tearful moments of the First […]

After having to reschedule because of this unpredictable Chicago weather… I finally got to shoot Jackie + Matt’s (I mean Mark, Matt, Mark, Matt, Matt… ahhh #photogproblems – when two of your couples almost have the same names, it takes about half the session for my brain to adjust) Naperville engagement photos. The day couldn’t […]

I wanted to share a quick peek into my brother and sister-in-law’s adorable baby shower for their soon to be daughter, Adrianna (and my soon to be first niece!). It was such a great day full of love from both sides of the family and friends. Ditka’s did an amazing job hosting the shower… the […]

Lexi and Tim are hands down one of the sweetest couples I have been lucky enough to work with. They’re not only sweet to each other, but they’re kind to me, their family, their friends… and even strangers (as Tim was sure not to disrupt Chicago pedestrian traffic during the Engagement Session). Their wedding was […]

A lot of my clients ask for suggestions on where to shoot Engagement Photos, so I figured I’d put a little post together with my suggestions for you! These locations can also be applied for Wedding Day Portraits as well! I always like to encourage couples to think of a place that has some sentimental value […]