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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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Who here is a Harry Potter fan??? I am sure I am in the minority when I say I haven’t read the series. I tried, I really did, but the truth is I’m just not a reader. Well Ashley and Colton are both Harry Potter fans and so Ashley wanted to incorporate their love of […]

July 17, 2018


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We are so excited to be sharing Katie and Kayden’s blog with you all today! If you live in the midwest you know just how hot the end of June was. IT WAS HOT. We are talking heat index of over 100 degrees hot! What’s funny is two years ago we photographed Kayden’s cousin, Lea’s, […]

July 11, 2018


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Jennie came to us by way of one of our favorite venues, Lake Hill Winery.  She was an intern there last summer and Courtney, the event coordinator, told her about us! (Thanks girl!!!) When we met Jennie and Aaron for their engagement session we knew Jennie was a girl after our own heart, she has […]

July 9, 2018


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This couple right here has got to be one of the most laid back couples! I mean I seriously don’t even know where to begin with these two! We have just had the BEST time getting to know Allison & Jared throughout their wedding experience with us! From their engagement session to their wedding day […]

July 3, 2018


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We got to know Brittany several years ago when she was the event coordinator at Lake Hill Winery, and though she hasn’t been at Lake Hill for several years we always enjoy catching up with her.  When she reached out to us about doing her wedding, we knew without a doubt it was going to […]

June 20, 2018


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This year we started a marathon of wedding weekends on June 2nd…sentimentally for us it couldn’t have had a better beginning!  My cousin, Riley, entrusted us to capture her day through photographs.  It’s always special to us be to chosen to be a part of a bride & groom’s special day…but to be chosen by […]

June 9, 2018


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It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago that we were meeting Kristie and Brian in Panera for a bridal consult and yet here we are late April and posting their wedding blog post.  Kristie had her heart set on using the beautiful flowering dogwood trees that Quincy is known for but this Illinois weather […]

April 27, 2018


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It is hard to believe that it’s already time to be kicking off our 2018 wedding season. This CRAZY Illinois weather, I mean…what happened to spring??? But wedding season is here, and we’re tracking forecasts and praying for warmer weather! And let’s just be honest, mother nature hasn’t given us many glimpses of reasonable weekend […]

April 20, 2018


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Jon and Abby are such a sweet couple and we enjoyed working with them and getting to be a part of their special day. We couldn’t have asked for a better couple to end our 2017 wedding season with.  When the forecast showed it to be a cold, windy and rainy day we were all […]

December 15, 2017


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When Samantha first contacted us about shooting her wedding this fall we knew instantly it was a wedding we wanted to be a part of.  She was one of the most fun, sweet and personable brides we had ever talked to.  She talked about how much she loved our photos and how important it was […]

November 11, 2017


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