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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 actually met Caitlyn several years ago when taking her sister’s senior pictures and so when she reached out to us last year we were so excited she wanted us to be a part of her and Josh’s special day.  We had the most beautiful evening for their engagement session, especially after the slow spring […]

May 1, 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 met Jennie and Aaron at Compton Park for their engagement session back in September. We were off to a great start, we caught some of the beginning fall leaves changing, a friend of theirs had brought their dog by for a few shots; we were all having a great time.  Then unfortunately rain cut […]

November 7, 2017


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Abby & Brandon had a lot of fun things that made their session unique; from the hockey jerseys to Brandon’s police uniform we had fun showing off Abby and Brandon’s personalities through their engagement pictures.  Abby had also brought all sorts of fun things to do her ring pictures on, and we loved that! Here […]

November 5, 2017


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We know Brittany from her days as the event planner at Lake Hill Winery in Carthage.  We were just starting out in the wedding business then and though we didn’t get to work together long, we so appreciated all her hard work and enthusiasm on wedding days! When she contacted us about her wedding, we were so […]

November 3, 2017


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Megan and Rickey are another extra special couple to us. (It’s the year of extra special couples: high school friends, family friends and even family!)  Rickey and I were friends growing up and our families were close family friends. Most Superbowl Sundays and New Year’s Eves were spent at his house.  And though Megan hasn’t […]

October 16, 2017


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When your cousin asks you to be their wedding photographer of course the answer is YES! I am so happy that Riley asked us to be a part of their wedding.  She recently started PT school and her schedule is CRAZY, so finding a time to do engagement pictures was a bit challenging. But we […]

October 11, 2017


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We met Kristie and Brian in Quincy for their engagement session.  They had wanted some buildings for architecture pictures as well as a little nature, so we met up downtown so we could catch a little bit of both.  We used a few of our old favorites but what we were most excited about was […]

September 29, 2017


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We met Allison & Jared at the beautiful Bob Mays Park in Quincy. And let me just say that it is quickly becoming one of our favorite places to do a session in Quincy.  They had beautiful weather (maybe a little warmer than we all expected for late September) but none the less still beautiful […]

September 22, 2017


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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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