It’s November, and wedding season in Chicago has slowed down just a bit! I’m thankful both for the busyness of fall, and for the quieter pace of late autumn as we enter the holiday season. Right now, portrait shoots are happening (!!), my January and February couples are prepping for their winter-wonderland weddings (please, snow!!), […]

Danielle and Sean’s wedding day felt like the first really BRISK fall day of 2019, and they couldn’t have been happier about it! We didn’t see much of the sun, but their bright, beautiful wedding colors and even brighter smiles made up for any sunshine we might have been missing!! Danielle and Sean are so […]

The forecast for Elise and Caleb’s wedding day kept changing — rain, no rain, rain, no rain. It downpoured the night before (and gave their guests traveling in for the wedding some crazy memorable stories to tell about making friends with strangers and unexpected road trips when the airport shuts down!), but the afternoon of […]

Phoebe and Vince got married on Saturday!! If you live in the Chicago area, you know we had PERFECT weekend weather, which was ideal, because these two got married in their own backyard!! It was THE most beautiful day, the perfect backdrop to a perfect wedding! Here are some fun facts about this cute couple […]

My parents were always so wonderful about taking my brothers and sisters and I on vacation. There are FIVE kids in my family, so transporting all of us across the country was no small task, but my parents really prioritized vacations, and looking back as an adult, I’m so grateful for it! My parents loved […]

Phoebe and Vince are hilarious, delightful people, so much fun to be around! They have been together for years and are officially tying the knot in September (!!!), and it was lovely to document their beautiful relationship during this “almost-married” season with an engagement shoot in Chicago! These two love good food, great restaurants, and […]

Stacia and Max’s wedding day was warm and sunny, filled with glowy, fairytale-esque light… and when I think of one word that could sum up their wedding, it would definitely be “fairytale”! Stacia carefully planned every beautiful detail of their day, and every little thing had significance. Her dad, an arborist, hand-cut the gorgeous cedar […]

There’s nothing like Saturday mornings in summertime Chicago! If you can get past getting up early (it’s tough, I KNOW), Chicago is quiet and beautiful and so peaceful. Last Saturday, I met Alyssa and Jim at the Grant Memorial in Lincoln Park, and the morning was so perfect, so beautiful! We spent some time at […]

Two and a half years ago, on the day the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, my dear cousin Kristen had her lucky #worldseriesbaby. Christopher was born eleven weeks early, in a hospital right in the middle of a city erupting with crazy celebration. Christopher’s early arrival took everyone by surprise, and he was a […]

During my trip to Portland a few weeks ago, I sat next to someone at the conference I attended, and we struck up a conversation. She was from Portland, and I asked her if she ever took it for granted that she lived in such an incredible place (as in, access to nature/mountains/rivers/the ocean, an […]