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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 Jayleigh, a sweet, smart and absolutely beautiful young lady that just happens to be one of our senior spokesmodels this year.  (She is actually the first of our spokesmodels to do her session, so be prepared for many more spokesmodel sessions to come!) Jayleigh had so many fun props for her session. Her and […]

June 26, 2018


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Last week we got the opportunity to meet this amazing group of girls, our Creative Touch Spokesmodels. Every one of them is beautiful, talented and kind. Not to mention they all are just such sweet hearts!!! These girls will be the face of Creative Touch Photography for our seniors for the 2018-2019 school year. We […]

May 16, 2018


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My kiddos favorite senior is finally getting her blog post! Abi has been so patient while waiting on her fall senior session, probably because she knows how little I actually can get accomplished unless I have a babysitter helping with my kids.  Abi is the sweetest, kind hearted girl ever and we are happy to […]

November 21, 2017


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You probably recognize Michael from his session we did with his brothers a few weeks ago.  We got to meet up with Michael in Macomb to do a few more and highlight his extra curriculars and a few fun shots at the train station. He even had an antique suitcase to use! Howe fun is […]

November 17, 2017


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Jacob is a senior at Illini West this year and like many high school seniors he is involved in various extra curriculars, one being golf.  So we hit up the golf course for his senior photos, what better backdrop than a place he spends a lot of time!?! And to top it all off we […]

November 16, 2017


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We had to reschedule Alex’s first session due to bad weather and then we had to cut his reschedule session short due to a rain shower that none of us were expecting.  I usually keep a good eye on the weather so we know in advance if we need to consider rescheduling etc… but the […]

November 15, 2017


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You might remember the mini session we did with Lauren and her show cattle earlier this fall. We recently did her full session with the beautiful fall colors, and finished it off with some super fun pictures in the pasture with her cattle.  What is better than the glam of a prom dress, an old […]

October 26, 2017


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We did Kailee’s full session back this summer on what was one of the hottest days in July.  We met up this month on a BEAUTIFUL fall day to do some more pictures.  When planning a fall session you can guess when you think the trees will be pretty but you never know when the […]

October 19, 2017


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The Janssen boys were a first for us, our first ever set of triplets! What a unique opportunity to get to photograph them together as well as individually to highlight their individual personalities.  It was a fun first, and we are so excited to share some of our favorites from their session! Save

October 10, 2017


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Zach is a Senior at Illini West this year and we are honored to say he is the third senior in his family we have photographed.  Years ago when we were just getting started we took his sister Danielle’s senior pictures and just last year we did his brother’s senior session.  We have enjoyed working […]

October 4, 2017


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