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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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Meet Liz, yet another beautiful senior that we are lucky enough to call one of our senior spokesmodels this year. I mean seriously not only are these ladies that we have the honor of calling our spokesmodels beautiful but they are some of the most fun, sweet and stylish young ladies I have had the […]

August 20, 2018


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Meet the beautiful Daytona. She has the most gorgeous brown eyes, a big bubbly personality and such great hair! (Just wait till you see her hair swoop)  Daytona had so many FUN added props for her session, including  fun sunglasses, smoke bombs, and sparklers!!! Oh yes she had it all!  We seriously had so much […]

August 20, 2018


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Brooklyn is one of the most kind, good hearted, caring young women you will meet. She has such a sweet personality that anyone would be blessed to know her. When we met her at our Senior Spokesmodel event I knew right away she was a special young lady. In addition to all that, she is […]

August 14, 2018


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Meet the beautiful Katelyn! We are so lucky to have her as one of our senior spokesmodels this year. She is a complete sweetheart, and we absolutely love her easy going personality and carefree spirit! It made for a very fun session. The best part was that we got to showcase her love for reading! […]

August 13, 2018


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We had the BEST time working with Bailey for her senior photos. When we were planning her session her mom sent me an array of outfit options and I knew just then that we were going to love working with her. That was a girl after my own heart, clothes, clothes and more clothes! And […]

August 12, 2018


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If you follow us very closely I’m sure you will recognize the beautiful Emily. She is one of our senior spokesmodels this year and I have shared several photos of her already this summer, but now I get to share some from her full session!  This girl has it! She is SO photogenic. But much […]

August 10, 2018


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When Bre messaged us about her session we knew instantly she was a girl after our own heart, she wanted fun, colorful flowers and anything outside. All things that we LOVE! So of course we knew we had to come up with something fun and unique for her session. And then it came to us, […]

July 26, 2018


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Allison has such a sweet personality, and the most beautiful smile! Oh and let’s not forget her freckles, I just love her freckles! We had a great time going around to some of our favorite spots at Lake Argyle. We had the most gorgeous lighting for her session and the flowers were in full bloom. […]

July 23, 2018


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Brooklyn is one of many of our Illini West girl’s this senior season and we just love her! She was so much fun to work with and willing to do anything we asked!  AND had great outfits including a SUPER cute jumpsuit from Rural Bliss in Carthage. She just happened to find it the day […]

July 19, 2018


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Lake Ruth on Western’s campus has to be on my very favorite locations to shoot during summer! Their hydrangeas are so dreamy. Combine that with the fact that Kylie is going to attend WIU in the fall it seemed like the perfect spot for her senior session. But not only were the hydrangeas in full […]

July 6, 2018


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