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This engagement session at Ault Park was SUCH a treat for me!! I’ve known Madi since high school, and she was one of my first “models” when I was just starting photography. That took us to her senior photos, her younger sisters’, and now her engagement photos!!! It’s always extra special to photograph people I […]

Okay okay, summer isn’t really proposal season, but it is in my world. I adore summer proposals–a bustling city, lush greenery, a gorgeous Buckingham Fountain we get to call our own, and “wine tasting” plans that Nicole thought she was headed to with some friends that turned into the perfect summer proposal in Chicago. Needless […]

Chicagoans party hard in the summer, but nothing gets us ready for the winter like some colorful fall foliage throughout the city, and South Pond is one of the best places to see it. Erick and Mariah joined my early one fall morning before the rest of the city was fully awake for the most […]

Proposals are some of my favorite sessions to see on my calendar, and this one was such a fun one to help plan!! Olivia got a complete surprise, and my adrenaline was running high making sure she didn’t see me following them through the jungle paths and other groups of people during this winter proposal […]

Frankie and Nate’s colorful wedding is the epitome of summer! Mistwood Golf Club was the perfect backdrop for this colorful and emotional wedding day. Both first looks Frankie did with her parents and Nate were what a photographer’s dreams are made of–all the happy tears and can’t-hold-it-in-anymore-I-have-to-hug-you feels that even made me a little emotional […]

Ellen and Brett’s gorgeous day at The University Club of Chicago was perfect all around, from simple and classic black and white details with a pop of bright green for a modern take, to the most beautiful, sunny summer park portraits in the heart of the city. Not only was this day beautiful, but it […]