Happy Spring, friends! Last week we had the joy of photographing little miss week-and-a-half old Lyla!

Lyla made her entrance into this world about a week earlier than expected - Allyson & Frank were waiting to learn if they would welcome a girl or boy. Allyson was the most surprised to learn they had a girl!

Lyla already has the best big brother, Leo, the golden retriever, who also took it upon himself to decorate her nursery (has there ever been a better boy?). This is one of the cutest nurseries we have seen (I may be a little biased because I also have a golden retriever child…. but, look at how perfect).

Our hearts are so full! We shot Allyson & Frank’s wedding six years ago! Their wedding photos have graced one of the main pages of our website since then, and it is such an honor to document their story as they grow their family. We were blessed with a warm-for-February day with a gorgeous sunset to surround this beautiful couple!

It was so good to catch up with them! Allyson & Frank brought along their first baby, Leo (LOOK AT HIM!), who is going to be the best big brother ever. He was such a good boy for these photos, with a little (a lot) of help from Allyson & Frank’s amazing friends who came along to hang with him while his mom and dad were taking photos.

Charlie really seemed like he was more interested in a mid-January birthday rather than an early-January birthday, because he hung on a quite a bit past his due date. But after a long labor, he finally made his anticipated arrival. Even still, when we met Charlie at three weeks old, he was still sooo tiny! He is definitely a normal weight, but the way he was baking, we were expecting a big boy!

Charlie was an actual rockstar for his first photoshoot. He had one diaper change and one singular cry (his little forehead wrinkles are the cutest!!) and the rest of the time he was sleepy and happy, even with a few outfit changes! He even gave us some little smiles! We were so surprised how quickly this session went!

Happy November and Happy WEDDING WEDNESDAY! You guyssss, it’s been about a year since we decided to take a step back from weddings and only take on referrals. We are thrilled to bring this session to the blog today and introduce you to Stefani & Rob!

We first met Stefani and Rob a couple of years ago, when Stefani was a bridesmaid in her friend Emily’s wedding. It was so much fun to spend this early October afternoon at Lake Forest Country Club in Hudson with them to take their engagement photos! The fall colors this year have been so amazing, even when we shot these at the beginning of fall, we had so much variety! Oh, and we had the entire club to ourselves, plus this beautiful couple… it was a photographer’s dream!

Welcome to the world, little Daliah! Ericka and Devon welcomed their sweet girl in late September. At just over a week old when these photos were taken, Daliah was so tiny! Her nursery was beautifully painted like the bright colors of dahlia flowers and on the walls hung wildflower photos taken by Daliah’s aunt, Ericka’s sister!

You guysss. We photographed Gabby’s sister’s senior photos FOUR years ago. My oh my how time flies by. But… imagine how excited we were to hear from these pretty girlies’ mom again to photograph Gabby’s senior portraits! There was only one request: Gabby wanted to shoot in studio. And…. we had never shot a senior session in studio before. We are so happy Gabby trusted us with her vision and challenged us to a new look that we are kind of now obsesssssssed with. More senior shoots in studio, please! This was so much fun!

Back to school means senior photo time is gearing up for us! Our first 2024 senior this year is Manny. The last time I photographed Manny, he was shorter than me and just a kid! I can’t believe he is somehow already a senior and making plans to head off to college next year to study Chemistry.

Ericka & Devon are expecting their little girl to make her big arrival this fall, and we had the best time photographing their bump session! Ericka and Devon met us in late July for their shoot, and Ericka wore a gorgeous emerald green dress to show off her little bump. Sadly, we were met with the craziest pop-up summer thunderstorm during our session. We took as many photos as we could before the skies got just a bit too dark for comfort, and we called the session off. We got in our cars just in time before it started pouring down rain! We met back up again in early August for a bare bump belly shoot to make up for the time we had missed during their first session. The weather in August gave us a phenomenal sunset during the August shoot, and we love how we ended up with two beautiful different looks all in the same location!

Sweet summertime! It was so amazing to see one of our past wedding clients come back for an extended family session, this time with their adorable baby girl. It was fun to show their flower girl and niece photos of herself from their wedding, and see how much she had grown - now with not one, but two little sisters of her own! We love when the grandparents come along too and get to be in the photos with their kids and grands. It’s so special to capture those playful moments.

It’s so fun to grow alongside our clients. We love how our schedule is filling up more and more with newborn shoots scheduled by our wedding clients! It was the best receiving an email from Emily that they were expecting! We absolute adore this couple and their love story!