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Engagements

Formal Wrigley Building Engagement Session

I am so excited to introduce you to Emily and Andrew – they are both so sweet and fun! Fun fact –  all three of us actually went to the University of Iowa! Go Hawks! I had such an incredible time with them at their engagement session. We had the perfect early fall Chicago weather. […]

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Engagements

Fall Glencoe Beach Engagement Session

There’s something magical about taking engagement photos in a place with meaning for the couple. Take Julie and Joe, for example. She grew up right by Glencoe beach, AND it’s where he proposed. It was actually showing tons of rain for that night. But Julie had a good feeling it would pass and she was […]

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Bride Education

5 Ways to Personalize Your Wedding

One of the biggest compliments that a couple can receive on their wedding day is that it felt like “them,” that each detail was unique to the style and preferences of the couple in such a way that their friends and family felt invited in to knowing them on a deeper level. As a photographer, […]

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Bride Education

9 Reasons To Have An Intimate Wedding

If we learned anything in the wedding industry in 2020, it’s that intimate weddings are here and they are NOT going anywhere. While the COVID-19 pandemic did impact the wedding industry in many negative ways, it has been truly refreshing to see all the positives that have resulted in culling guest lists to stay in […]

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