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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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We had the pleasure of meeting Heaven & Joe at Siloam Springs State Park for their engagement session. We hadn’t been there in YEARS but Heaven knew all the right spots to take us. Both of their families enjoy camping there so it was the perfect location for their session. Not to mention,the possibilities for […]

November 15, 2018


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We are SO excited to be sharing Carley & Austin’s engagement session with you today! (I know Carley is equally as excited!) Where do I start!?!? There is so much I could talk about from their session. We got to adventure around the beautiful property where they will have their ceremony, and it got us […]

November 13, 2018


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Michelle and Brad’s engagement session was extra special to us. Michelle was a very good friend of mine growing up, I remember countless sleepovers at one another’s houses, one summer in particular we were inseparable. She even went on vacation with my family that summer. I have so many fond memories of our high school […]

November 2, 2018


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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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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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Whew, it has been one CRAZY busy week so far. Sessions everyday, editing happening non stop and sharing so many session with you all along the way.  It has been senior sessions galore around here but today we get to share an engagement session with you. Meet Brianne and Dave, and I promise you you […]

July 27, 2018


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We met Leah last November at her brother’s wedding, and it was a very cold wintry day.  Fast forward to July and we met up with Leah and Philip for their engagement session, on what was the polar opposite weather, it was such a hot evening. But that didn’t stop us from having a great […]

July 20, 2018


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Happy Friday friends! We are back from a fun week hanging out with family in Texas (if you follow us on Instagram you know it included a trip to Magnolia Market, AHH!) But our week off has come to a close and we are excited to be preparing for a wedding tomorrow but we are […]

June 22, 2018


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Engagement sessions are such a great way to get to know our couples before we photograph their wedding day, however in Danielle and Jordan’s case we already knew them so that made their engagement session that much more fun.  We photographed Danielle’s sister’s wedding several years ago and have done family photos for Danielle and […]

June 11, 2018


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We met Hayley back in January when doing a bridal show in Quincy and we we were so excited that she asked us to do her engagement photos. When she contacted us about their engagement shoot and said it was going to be a styled shoot we were excited to do our first ever styled […]

May 22, 2018


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