It hit me the other day when I had to physically write the date on a check (who writes checks anymore, right?). 8…. 8, really? It’s already August. People are talking about how the days are shorter. There’s chatter about fantasy football drafts. I’m working on timelines for my September, October, and November weddings. Let’s face […]

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. […]

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 […]

I’m backpacking through Europe in less than a month (whoa!)… and of course I’m super excited about the incredible, once in a lifetime photos I’m going to be taking every step of the way. But, I was a little concerned about carrying my Canon 5D Mark iii everywhere with me since we’re going to be walking […]

This year, I’ve chosen to focus my business on weddings, engagements, and events. But, when it comes to my future niece, Adrianna… I just had to make an exception and photograph my brother and sister-in-law’s maternity photos. I’ll admit, I was a little out of my comfort zone stepping away from engagement and wedding portrait photography… but […]

Today I booked my fifth wedding for 2015. While that may not seem like a lot to some, and I’m sure other photographers have many more booked than me at this point… it’s a big deal to me. I look back at my records from last year, and at this point in 2013… I had […]

From Jill: One of the biggest things I learned at the United 2014 Conference in Santa Barbara was to use my gifts to serve others. So when Jesse, one of my clients, reached out to me about helping raise money for her early childhood education center – I knew this was an opportunity to really take what I […]

One of the biggest things I learned from second shooting for JordanQuinn Photography and Brittany Bekas Photography in September 2012, was that I appreciated the direction they gave me when sending me to shoot the guys’ portraits by myself. I knew what I would want to photograph for myself, but when you’re second shooting it’s […]