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We are a mother-daughter team tucked in the heart of rural illinois. though we are located in rural illinois we always love photographing new places and new people. so grab a dessert and coffee (or tea in our case) and take a look around at the moments we have captured. we are so glad you are here, make yourself at home!

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So many beautiful spokesmodels on our blog lately! We loved our session with Alivia and taking her around to some of our favorite spots in Nauvoo. Here are some of our MANY favorites from her summer session!

July 6, 2022


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Myra is another one of our beautiful spokesmodel girls! She was one of the lucky ones that got her session in before the crazy heat wave we had mid June. We are so excited to get to know Myra better this year! Here are some of our favorites from her full senior session.

June 29, 2022


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Rylee is one of our 2023 Senior Spokesmodels and we are so excited to have her! She might have had to battle the rain for her senior session but that didn’t phase her! And she still ended up with a HUGE gallery to choose from. I have SO many favorites from her senior session!

June 29, 2022


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Smokin Gun | Hamilton, IL What a beautiful OUTDOOR wedding Jennifer and Skylar were able to have! It was raining the morning of their wedding and me and many others were a little worried about their outdoor ceremony but it turned out to be the perfect day! They were able to have their ceremony outside […]

June 13, 2022


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These girls! I can’t believe they have graduated. They captured such a special place in my heart this year! Don’t worry though, I have one more blog post of them coming. We had to do one more fun session before we finished our year together!

June 5, 2022


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I don’t know if there is a higher compliment than to do ALL three siblings’ weddings in a family. Afton is the third Power sibling wedding we have captured. First Kayla, then her brother Blake and now Afton’s wedding just a few weeks ago. We have absolutely LOVED getting to know this sweet family and […]

June 5, 2022


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Sports Session We love when seniors do a mini session to highlight their extra curricular involvement or interests! In Ramsey’s case that was a basketball session. Thanks for letting us highlight your love of basketball, Ramsey and Congrats on an awesome senior season!

June 5, 2022


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When you play four sports like Tanner does your senior session has a whole LOT of sports photos. But we aren’t complaining because we love to highlight each senior and sports were definitely a big part of Tanner’s senior year!

June 5, 2022


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It had been WAY too long since we had gotten to see our 2022 Spokesmodel girls, so we were due for a session together! The snow made the perfect excuse to get together and take some fun winter photos. I can not stress enough how awesome these girls (and the girls not pictures that couldn’t […]

January 20, 2022


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We have done several Ramsey weddings over the years so of course we were looking forward to another Ramsey wedding. Unfortunately my whole family was struck with COVID just days before and I wasn’t able to shoot Maddie & Dustin’s beautiful fall wedding. I’m so thankful for my good friend Brenna of Brenna Pherigo Photography […]

December 3, 2021


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