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-F. Scott. Fitzgerald

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Go from I don’t know to I’ve got this! with these 8 tips for taking better iPhone pictures. After years of hearing friends, family, and peers tell me they wish they were better at taking photos….I decided to do something to help. I have to pinch myself that I get to call my passion my […]

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A breakdown of my favorite Chicago engagement session locations and the perfect backdrops to tell your love story at!

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Hidden away amongst the beaming Chicago sky scrapers, much like a secret garden, is the North Rose Garden. I met Kevin here on a beautiful crisp Fall day and picked a spot in the garden for his and Maggie’s intimate Chicago rose garden elopement. ⁠⠀Cozy, earthy, and with beautiful roses everywhere you looked, I couldn’t […]

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We have entered that magical time of the year in Chicago where the weather is just right, the colors in the sky are simply insane, and my heart is as big as ever because it’s engagement session season! ⁠⠀⁠⠀I FINALLY got to meet Rebecca and Sam in September for their Chicago Lakefront engagement session and […]

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Julia + Taylor’s in Home Chicago Engagement Session // I spent the afternoon capturing them goofing around in their kitchen making pancakes and honestly my stomach was sore from laughing so hard. ⁠⠀
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Julia has an absolutely infectious smile and Taylor’s witty and sarcastic personality keeps it permanently plastered on her face. These two, who have been together since they were 18, were simply made for each other. ⁠⠀
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I can not wait to laugh our way through their wedding at the Greenhouse Loft t next January ✨⁠

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I kicked off my 2020 Chicago wedding season this weekend celebrating Sarah & Jacob at the Bridgeport Art Center. If this Chicago wedding was any indication of how my 2020 season is going to go…it’s going to be one heck of a year! I have been looking forward to this wedding since 2018, and loved […]

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I feel like I somehow blinked and I’m finding myself at the end of an absolutely incredible year. A year that was filled with so many wonderful couples who entrusted me with capturing their memories for 2019. As I close out my second year of being in business full time, I wanted to highlight 10 […]

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Old Town Couple

I can’t imagine a better way to start a Saturday morning than by getting to witness and document two darling people get engaged. When Zach reached out to me and told me that he would be including their dog “Piper” in his Old Town proposal and that his (then) g/f “likes dogs more than she […]

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