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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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It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago that we were meeting Kristie and Brian in Panera for a bridal consult and yet here we are late April and posting their wedding blog post.  Kristie had her heart set on using the beautiful flowering dogwood trees that Quincy is known for but this Illinois weather […]

April 27, 2018


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It is hard to believe that it’s already time to be kicking off our 2018 wedding season. This CRAZY Illinois weather, I mean…what happened to spring??? But wedding season is here, and we’re tracking forecasts and praying for warmer weather! And let’s just be honest, mother nature hasn’t given us many glimpses of reasonable weekend […]

April 20, 2018


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As many of you know we stopped offering newborn photography about a year ago. But ever since we stopped doing posed newborn photography I had been wanting to try a Fresh 48 session. For those of you that haven’t heard of a Fresh 48; it is a session done within the first 48 hours of […]

April 6, 2018


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Kayla & Grant are one of our awesome 2018 couples! We had been planning a snow session for them and just had to wait for the snow to come.  When it snowed last week we planned a last minute snow session and it worked our perfect! Their fingers and toes had to be chilled to […]

February 12, 2018


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We had the privilege of taking Corbyn and Dylan’s wedding pictures last year and were honored that they asked us to do their maternity photos. We had been having unseasonably warm December weather and then on their session date it was FREEZING, but they were troopers and withstood the cold temps for their session.  We […]

January 3, 2018


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Jon and Abby are such a sweet couple and we enjoyed working with them and getting to be a part of their special day. We couldn’t have asked for a better couple to end our 2017 wedding season with.  When the forecast showed it to be a cold, windy and rainy day we were all […]

December 15, 2017


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We have been photographing the Dion family for 4 years now, and we just can’t believe how big the girls are getting and how fast time goes! They moved to Texas a while back to work with the awesome organization Casas por Cristo.  And while they were home visiting in November we were lucky enough […]

November 30, 2017


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We love it when our brides and grooms start their families and then come back and see us! We just LOVE IT! It is so fun to see our couples again and photograph their beautiful additions to their lives.  But you know what we love even more, when they want to recreate a wedding photo. […]

November 22, 2017


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My kiddos favorite senior is finally getting her blog post! Abi has been so patient while waiting on her fall senior session, probably because she knows how little I actually can get accomplished unless I have a babysitter helping with my kids.  Abi is the sweetest, kind hearted girl ever and we are happy to […]

November 21, 2017


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Our fall mini sessions couldn’t have been more different, our September Minis were SO warm, practically hot.  Then our October Minis rolled around and it was SO cold and windy.  All of our clients were troopers and stuck it out in the cold, and we are so thankful for that. Here are a few of […]

November 17, 2017


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