St. Charles Photographer: What a dad!

So Jeff called me awhile back and had the idea to get some photographs of the beautiful ladies in his family for his wife's birthday. What a nice guy!!! He has been blessed with 2 daughters and 4 granddaughters...a whole lot of ladies! So finally we got together with his family and it was exactly what you would imagine with a bunch of girls all getting ready at one place-a lot of primping and time in front of the mirror. It paid off though :) All of the girls look gorgeous and I couldn't help posting my favorite of Jeff and his little pooch! I love this shot of him!

So thank s Jordan family for the chance to photograph you all together...and as usual thanks for the long wait for my blog post. Come January I should be caught up :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wheaton Photographer: A Blast from My Past!

Oh Facebook...you are such a bothersome nuissance...yet so addictive!

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Yeah, Facebook has a bad rep, but being the positive person that I am (ha!) I think that I have had some pretty great experiences reconnecting with people that I have lost touch with over the years. Multiple times I have gotten messages from friends that I went to school with looking for someone to photograph their family, and it is so great to get to see them after all those years...and to meet their family!

So Rachel sent me a message saying that exact thing. What is even better, is that she didn't even know I was a photographer, but someone else we went to high school with told her to call me! (Thanks Kate!) So, through the complex web of Facebook, Rachel found me and we ended up getting to spend a beautiful afternoon with her family, taking some photographs and trying to keep up with her hilarious little boys.

Here are some of my favorites!

Bartlett Photographer: All Aboard!

I feel like this fall has been better than ever! The nice days outnumbered the bad days...and that really works out great for a photographer :) So this photo session was another beautiful fall day, and another great location! Perfect spot for some photos of a little boy, and what a handsome little guy. He has quite the look he gives...a little charmer!

I am always thrilled when a new family comes my way, so it really was a pleasure photographing Karina and her family. I especially love our U of I connection...the world is a small place. So thanks for the great afternoon and here are a few of my favorits among the vintage trains...

Geneva Photographer: 3 in one day!!???

Third blog post in a day has to be a record...and hopefully good luck :)

It feels good to be catching up and making my way down my long long list of To Do's.

So my favorite Canning family is next up..

They rock. Plain and simple. Nicest family and so much fun! Little Colbie has these sparkling blue eyes that are just so beautiful and is always dressed like such a fashionista.

So another year, another family portrait for them...and even though Colbie made us all work for every smile she gave, the final product makes it all worth while!!!

Batavia Photographer: A Birthday Celebration!

Amy planned such a great celebration for her mom's birthday! She planned a whole weekend of fun activities including a surprise visit from her mom's best girlfriends, a great dinner party, and the weekend concluded with a big birthday brunch that I showed up for to get some great shots of some special time with some very important friends and family!

West Dundee Photographer: Happy Halloween!

I love when I photograph babies around Halloween and their parents bring out these adorable costumes for me to photograph them in! Well Gina is the best at coming up with adorable outfits for her little baby girl...and the halloween costume she had for her was the best! Nothing cuter than a little baby as a monkey :)

So here are a few of my favorites!

Geneva Photographer: Soccer, photo shoot, soccer

So I have known the Lee family for awhile...whther it was at Geneva High School, kids baseball, or living down the street from each other, I can't even remember how we met! But let me tell you this family is fantastic (and their oldest son is my boys' idol)!

The best part about them is they are busy...just like my family, but this did not stop them from working in a family photo shoot. They had a soccer game right before the photo shoot and then when we finished, they headed out to another one.

We lucked out with another gorgeous day, so I was so happy that we made this work! Their boys are as handsome as can be (especially with Lucas' model posing!!) and their daughter...oh my! She is a cutie...but I had to act fast. She was not going to make it easy on me, but below is my favorite shot of her and she is smiling and as happy as can be!

So thanks Lee family for such a great photo shoot...and thanks for fitting me into your tight schedule :)

Geneva Photographer: The Little Lady in Charge

My oh my, this little cutie is going to be a pistol when she grows up. She has got this attitude that is wise beyond her years. She can't say much, but you sure can understand what she does and does not want to do! Don't get me wrong, this little lady was a DOLL to work with! It was a pleasure!

While editing through all of the cute photographs I took of her, I can't help but be grabbed by this little smile she gives the camera! The only word to really describe it is pretty :) She is one pretty girl and she sure is loved by her mom and dad!

So thanks Craig Family for sharing your little lady with me for an afternoon of fun! Here are a few I thought really showed off her personality!

Geneva Photographer: Some good smiles!

So this is going to be the first of many blogs I start working through. The busy season is in full swing and I could really use about 5 more hours a day to get through all the photographs that I need to edit! Is it really already November!!!???

I will say that even though I have fallen behind on my blogging, I am keeping up with all my editing and loving all of the wonderful families that I have gotten to work with during the past month!

So here is one of the first of many blogs to be posted over the next couple days (fingers crossed!!!).

This family was awesome! While we weren't to sure the quantity of smiles we would get...the quality of the ones we did get were great! I was so proud of both these great boys for working with me, giving me smiles...and hopefully making their mom and dad happy all the while :)

Geneva Wedding Photographer: Kevin & Carrie

I felt so lucky to be able to photograph Carrie & Kevin's wedding! I have known Carrie since we were very little. Our parent's were good friends and we all vacationed together and spent many of days playing school, bossing each other, and just being silly kids.

So when I had heard that Carrie got engaged, I was THRILLED when she contacted me to photograph her big day.

Carrie was the most gorgeous bride, so relaxed and ready to have fun...so it was a great day! Her new husband Kevin, was the same. He is such a great guy and was so fun to work with.

I am so happy for both of them...and even happier with how the photographs turned out!

Here are a few of my favorites!

Glen Ellyn Photographer: Enjoying the Trees

I know too well how quick kids grow up, but with these two kids it really does seem like time has flown by. I photographed Elsa for the first time at about 3 months old and Owen at newborn...look at them now! Wow! So big, so cute, and so fun! It had been a long time since I photographed Elsa, and it was so fun to see how she has grown up! She was ready to get her photograph taken too...lots of smiles, lots of creative ideas, the perfect little model :)

We spent the afternoon at the Arboretum taking in the beautiful tress, exploring and chasing squirrels, and I got to photograph all the fun. I got taken to some parts of the arboretum that I had never been too, and I was thrilled! It was a gorgeous day and I am glad I got to really see what makes the arboretum such an amazing place.

So here are some of my favorites from the afternoon! Enjoy!

North Aurora photographer: Red Leaves Only for a Moment

This is one of my favorite places to photograph! During the fall the bright red leaves are so beautiful...but darn they never last long enough! This family was the one lucky group that got to enjoy some of their photographs with those red leaves glowing around them. I was so glad that we got to enjoy some beautifully warm weather, golden sunshine and the last of those red leaves. So Jennifer enjoy some of my favorites of your great kiddos!

Geneva Wedding Photographer: A Love Story

Maggie and John are the IT couple!

Maggie made the most beautiful bride and John was a strikingly handsome groom...and to think they told me when we first met that they are really unphotogenic...ha! They have to be kidding, right?! I find it hard to believe that they have ever taken a bad photograph in their life.

So the weather was up then down, rainy then sunny, but in the end it ended up being a gorgeous day with a lot of celebration to be had! I had a wonderful time getting to know John and Maggie and getting to know all of their friends and family.

So here are some of my favorites from the fabulous day!

Wheaton Photographer: With Friends

It is always a hilarious experience to photograph my friends...and especially their kids! This family is a group that are my closest friends. It has been a friendship that has stretched nearly 20+ years (that is too big of a number!)!!! Within all those great years of friendship, we have had many great moments together...many of which will not be posted here, but my fondest moments were when Jessica and I were pregnant with both our children at the same time and in turn basically raised our kids together. I feel lucky to have seen their kids grow up and especially those moments with our first kids!

So it was a beautiful afternoon that we got to spend together, with me behind the camera catching funny laughs, quirky glances, and funny smiles. It was a great day!

So here are a few of my favorites that I feel capture their family perfectly!

Enjoy!