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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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Laura is originally from the area, while Ryan is from Chicago.  They met while attending ISU.  They now live in the Chicago suburbs and were making a special trip down for their engagement session.  It was clear skies all morning and then the clouds started rolling in,  rain was added to the forecast.  We all […]

August 29, 2017


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We met up with the Jacob Family at one of our favorite spots in Macomb, Lake Ruth.  They have had the most beautiful landscaping this year! We loved seeing how much their little ones had grown and changed and meeting Mr. Grant for the first time!  These are just a few of our favorites from […]

August 28, 2017


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Kelsey is a senior at Southeastern this fall. We met up in Macomb for her session, and it was going great and then a rain storm popped up. Luckily it was quick and we got to finish her session, but it turns out the rain was a great thing. After the rain came through the […]

August 24, 2017


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We have been photographing the Mohr family since Kaleb was just a newborn, how can he already be 5! Where does the time go? It is always so much fun to see how much he has grown and changed each year.  This year the rain cut our session a little short but Kaleb was SO […]

August 22, 2017


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The Sparks Family are good friends of ours so when Tisha came to me and said she wanted to do a fun session with Violet and her new puppy I was excited for the fun and unique session to be had.  Violet got to have a tea party with little miss Molly, their family dog […]

August 17, 2017


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It’s hard for us to believe that this girl is already almost 6! That just doesn’t seem possible.  I remember doing her newborn session in my parent’s backyard and all the fun sessions we’ve done since then.  It’s always a fun time when we get Charli in front of our camera, and once you take […]

August 7, 2017


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Kailee was such a trooper, as she had one of the hottest days of July and she didn’t complain once! I mean seriously who looks this good when the heat index is over 100, Kailee does! She ROCKED her senior session, heat and all!  We had a great time exploring some of our favorite spots […]

July 27, 2017


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It’s officially senior session season and we couldn’t be more excited! They are some of our very favorite sessions, and the fact that the wildflowers are in full bloom right now makes it that much better!  We met Ashlyn in Augusta and went around using all sorts of different flowers and other favorite spots of […]

July 24, 2017


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Kayden and Katie made the trip back to Carthage for their engagement session. It was important for their to do them in the Carthage area as that is Kayden’s hometown, and their wedding will be in Columbia. MO. It was fun to go around town and use some of our favorite spots and a couple […]

July 21, 2017


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Kayla and Mitchell had a beautiful Friday evening wedding at Lake Hill Winery in Carthage.  We love to shoot at Lake Hill, but hadn’t been there yet this wedding season so it was great to be there and use their beautiful scenery for pictures.  Add in all the beautiful details that Kayla had planned and […]

July 19, 2017


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