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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 are so excited to be sharing the beautiful Daytona on the blog today. One thing we love about Dayton is she is ALWAYS up for something fun! When she said she wanted to incorporate her drums I knew just what we had to do! A fellow photographer, the awesome Shea Gibson a wonderful photographer […]

November 9, 2018


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So excited to be sharing another beautiful senior spokesmodel on the blog today! The beautiful, Liz, never fails to make me laugh, and I love that about her! I seriously couldn’t adore our spokesmodels more, they have just been so much fun to get to know this year. Take a look at some of our […]

November 9, 2018


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We have gotten to see so many of our senior spokesmodels in the last couple weeks and I have absolutely loved it! Each one of the girls is so much fun and I’m so thankful for each of them. It has been so fun to get to know all of them this year and see […]

November 5, 2018


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We had the chance to see the beautiful Brooklyn again this fall. This summer we did a summer session with her and a few weeks ago we got to do her fall session.  It was fun to catch up with her and her mom and explore the fall beauty of Lake Argyle State Park. We […]

November 3, 2018


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The trees, the light, the weather, everything was perfect for McKenna’s session. We got to do some beautiful fall pictures at Argyle and also do some architecture ones in town in Macomb. I love that we have access to beautiful nature at a state park and architecture so close to one another that we can […]

October 30, 2018


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It seems like Kylie’s summer session was so long ago, so it was so much fun to get together again for her fall session. The trees had just started changing so we were able to capture some beautiful fall yellow at Lake Argyle. (Argyle always has such pretty fall color, it is a favorite spot […]

October 30, 2018


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Meet Katie, a  a sweet, fun, beautiful senior that we had the pleasure of getting to know this fall. It was important to her mom that we capture “Katie” and all the things that she loves. So we made a quick stop at the golf course, did a few in her cheer uniform, used Katie’s […]

October 22, 2018


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The fall colors were beautiful for Gracie’s session! We are so thankful they made the trip over to Macomb for her session and that the weather turned out perfectly. Gracie is such a sweet girl and we are so glad we got to know her and her mom! Here are a few of our favorites […]

October 19, 2018


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Meet Sam, a gorgeous QND senior, who is an absolute natural in front of the camera. She also has the most beautiful naturally curly hair! Even though she had a fall session we still managed to find the most beautiful purple flowers for her session. (We even had a butterfly join us for those and […]

October 18, 2018


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Ty was one of our three Columbus Day sessions, and though I’m sure getting up early on his day off to have his senior pictures taken wouldn’t have been his first choice you wouldn’t have known it. He didn’t complain once and happily did anything we asked. Ty is such a fun guy and kept […]

October 17, 2018


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