Kristina is the girl with the biggest smile and an even bigger heart, and Joe looks happiest when he’s holding her in his arms! These two met in college, they’re both teachers (which automatically earns my respect and gratitude!!!), and they are planning a summer wedding next August! They live in the city, and we […]

Alex and Eric have known each other since middle school!! Can you believe it?! When two people have known each other for that long, it’s obvious how much their lives have become intertwined. These two have a sweet, deep connection that is so beautiful to see! I had the most fun with them, walking through […]

Mick and Katie are MARRIED, and their Hotel Baker wedding was an absolute DREAM! Late October weddings in Chicago are completely unpredictable — snowstorms and 80-degree temps are both possibilities!! But these two hit the weather jackpot: sixty degrees and SUNNY, all day long!! Hotel Baker’s gardens were absolutely lovely, the perfect place for wedding […]

I was so excited to be able to shoot Laura and Drake’s engagement session at Fullersburg Woods! This beautiful Oak Brook nature preserve offered the prettiest setting for a fun, laid-back shoot with two wonderful people! Laura and Drake are SO sweet and funny and kind, and I really enjoyed getting to know them better […]

Seven years ago, Theresa and Andrew ran into each other at a sorority mixer in college… and they’ve been together ever since! Last September, Andrew surprised Theresa with a proposal on the Lincoln Park South Pond bridge, and now they are SO EXCITED to be planning a beautiful wedding in 2022! These two are so […]

It feels like just yesterday that I was sitting on my porch, chatting with Nora over Zoom about her October 2021 wedding! That conversation was over a year ago! And now here we are, and Chris and Nora are married!! There are so many things I love about these two, but one thing that stood […]

Just about two years ago, on a gorgeous December afternoon, I met Sarah and Jeff for the first time, in a tiny coffee shop in West Loop. We laughed and chatted about their wedding plans, and dreamed about what their wedding day would look like. I learned that Sarah was a gifted nurse, that Jeff […]

It’s been a few days since Monika and John’s bright and colorful wedding at the Hyatt Lodge in Oak Brook, but the love and JOY of their beautiful wedding day is still fresh in my mind! It’s been well over a year since these two have been planning and dreaming up what they wanted their […]

This session was a change of pace from all of the downtown city sessions we do… and I loved every minute of it! Samantha called me earlier in the summer and said, “We want to do something different for our engagement session, and we were thinking of a sunflower field!” We’ve been planning for this […]

Get ready for photos of Kayla and Cody’s spectacular summertime Independence Grove wedding that will make you smile and might just take your breath away!! But first, a bit about this sweet couple!! Kayla and Cody met in college, and they’ve been together for over eight years! (Plus, four and a half of those years […]