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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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Meet, Hayley, a Macomb High 2020 senior. Hayley is a natural in front of the camera and sure made our job easy! Her session was so much fun, with even more added fun at the end when we got to meet her sweet pups. They did so well for her photos and Hayley’s mom had […]

October 19, 2019


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The afternoon of Linzy and Blake’s engagement session was RAINY! I am not talking a light drizzle, I mean it was pouring at times. But with our busy schedule and Blake working out of town during the week this was the one day that worked for all of us so we went ahead and planned […]

October 19, 2019


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Meet Kami, a Hamilton High Senior. We actually met Kami and her family several years ago when we did family photos for them, then we reconnected a couple years ago for her brother, Alex’s senior session and here we are now doing Kami’s senior session. We loved their addition of fun with the use of […]

October 16, 2019


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Ryan & Elizabeth traveled all the way from Minnesota for their engagement session!!! So of course we were all super thankful that the weather cooperated and was BEAUTIFUL for their session. We really couldn’t have asked for a more perfect evening. These two are getting married next year at the gorgeous Barn on the Ridge […]

October 15, 2019


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Meet, Taylor, an Illini West Senior. We had originally planned to do her session in Quincy, but the weather had other ideas. When the rain caused us to reschedule we ended up doing her session in Macomb, but we have plenty of favorite places around here that made her session just as FUN! We are […]

October 15, 2019


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One of our favorite fall backdrops is the goldenrod and so this year we added mini sessions in September to be able to capture this early season of fall color. We are so thankful we did, because it was in FULL golden bloom during these sessions. Check out these beautiful families that we got to […]

October 13, 2019


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Breanne & Dwyer met us in Quincy for their engagement session on a BEAUTIFUL fall evening. (And I’m not just saying that because I’m sitting here trying to warm up after freezing at my session this evening, ha!) We had a great time getting to know Breanne and catching up with Dwyer all the while […]

October 12, 2019


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Meet Hannah, a Liberty High senior who we had the pleasure of meeting at her family farm for her senior session. Hannah has a love for showing cattle and so of course we said YES when Hannah asked if we could do her senior session on their family farm. We spent the evening adventuring around […]

October 9, 2019


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Meet, Maddie a 2020 Creative Touch Spokesmodel and Southeastern High Senior. We knew just how perfect Maddie would be for our spokesmodel team when on her application she talked about just how much she loved taking pictures. Talk about a perfect match for our team! Maddie was SO much fun to photograph, I mean seriously […]

October 6, 2019


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Donovan is a senior at Illini West High School, is on the football team and president of student council. We had a great time getting to know him and his mom the evening of his session. Here are some of our favorite from his session, enjoy!

October 4, 2019


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