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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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Happy Friday, friends! We are so excited to be sharing Morgan & Colter’s engagement session with you. I’m not kidding you they are the SWEETEST couple! Anyone would be lucky to know this joyful, fun and caring young couple. We seriously had the best time hanging out with them on Colter’s family’s farm a few […]

September 7, 2018


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We can’t believe that Parker is already one! It is so much fun to watch our clients grow and hit new milestones and we are so thankful for the Murphy family and being able to watch their boys grow. Here are a few of our favorites from Parker’s 1 Year session! Enjoy!

September 5, 2018


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We had the worst luck when it came to weather for Zarra’s session. Let me start by saying, we are always checking the weather for sessions just to be sure that we get the best possible outcome for our sessions (just call us part time weather girls) It had been sprinkling a little, but was […]

September 5, 2018


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Laney is one of our beautiful senior spokesmodels this year and we are SO excited to have her.  I’ve known her since she was a little girl, I even babysat her a time or two. (So the answer is yes her being a senior does make me feel old.)  Laney is astoundingly beautiful, a tremendously […]

August 28, 2018


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Addison is a senior at Unity High School this year and we are so excited that we got the opportunity to meet her and capture these memories for her. She was completely laid back about the fact that it RAINED for a solid 20 minutes during her session. We found a little protection from the […]

August 27, 2018


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More often than not we have the pleasure of meeting the couple before the wedding day, whether it be for a bridal consult or an engagement session.  But it just so happened that we hadn’t met Megan before the wedding day.  But I’m gonna be honest with you, it didn’t feel that way at all! […]

August 25, 2018


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We absolutely adore these girls, and are so thankful that each of them decided to be a part of our spokesmodel program this year! We had so much fun this spring getting to know one another at our modeling event and taking beautiful glamour shots of each of them, so when it came time to […]

August 20, 2018


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Meet Liz, yet another beautiful senior that we are lucky enough to call one of our senior spokesmodels this year. I mean seriously not only are these ladies that we have the honor of calling our spokesmodels beautiful but they are some of the most fun, sweet and stylish young ladies I have had the […]

August 20, 2018


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Meet the beautiful Daytona. She has the most gorgeous brown eyes, a big bubbly personality and such great hair! (Just wait till you see her hair swoop)  Daytona had so many FUN added props for her session, including  fun sunglasses, smoke bombs, and sparklers!!! Oh yes she had it all!  We seriously had so much […]

August 20, 2018


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Brooklyn is one of the most kind, good hearted, caring young women you will meet. She has such a sweet personality that anyone would be blessed to know her. When we met her at our Senior Spokesmodel event I knew right away she was a special young lady. In addition to all that, she is […]

August 14, 2018


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