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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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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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Meet Katherine, an Illini West Senior, that we have had the joy of getting to know this year through our spokesmodel program. One of my favorite times of year is when the golden rod is blooming and it is beautiful right now!  We had the chance to use it for Katherine’s session, and we just […]

September 30, 2019


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Meet Rylie, a gorgeous 2020 senior from Southeastern High School, who also just so happens to be part of our Spokesmodel Team. Rylie’s session was one of the first ones this fall where I felt like things were starting to look just a little bit more “fall” like in the photos. (cue all the heart […]

September 29, 2019


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You might recognize Avery, not only is she one of our 2020 Spokesmodels but we also had the chance to do a summer session with her last month. This time we hit the gym for a volleyball session and enjoyed highlighting this special part of Avery’s senior year. Avery is a beautiful girl inside and […]

September 28, 2019


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We loved being able to capture Savana’s passion for all things sports! We did softball, volleyball and basketball during her sports session. So many favorites and we are excited to be sharing them with you! Enjoy!

September 21, 2019


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We absolutely when this sweet family travels home for a visit and we get the chance to catch up with them; all the while taking some updated family photos. I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again, I LOVE watching our #creativetouchkids grow up in front of our camera. And these two adorable girls […]

September 18, 2019


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