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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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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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Meet the beautiful Katelyn! We are so lucky to have her as one of our senior spokesmodels this year. She is a complete sweetheart, and we absolutely love her easy going personality and carefree spirit! It made for a very fun session. The best part was that we got to showcase her love for reading! […]

August 13, 2018


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We had the BEST time working with Bailey for her senior photos. When we were planning her session her mom sent me an array of outfit options and I knew just then that we were going to love working with her. That was a girl after my own heart, clothes, clothes and more clothes! And […]

August 12, 2018


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If you follow us very closely I’m sure you will recognize the beautiful Emily. She is one of our senior spokesmodels this year and I have shared several photos of her already this summer, but now I get to share some from her full session!  This girl has it! She is SO photogenic. But much […]

August 10, 2018


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It was SO good to finally meet Rachel & Jason at their engagement session. We have been corresponding with Rachel via email for quite some time now but we hadn’t ever got the chance to meet because she lives a couple hours away from here. When it came time for their engagement session it was […]

August 8, 2018


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Who doesn’t love small town midwest weddings?!!!  Where else can a photographer get a greeting with a hug to start the day?   This day was an absolutely incredible representation and celebration of this sweet couple, and it was such an honor for us to be a part of it!  So let’s just start with the […]

August 7, 2018


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