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!

Geneva Photographer: The Winner!

I was so excited that this family won a gift certificate to my studio! It was such perfect timing too...their twin daughters were just getting ready to turn one so we definitely had some celebrating to capture!

It was such an interesting day...not sure if you remember the wild fire that happened in Minnesota, but ironically our area in Illinois was affected. All day I wondered why everything smelled so smokey! Even at this photo shoot I was amazed at how the light seemed to really really be streaming through the trees and I could actually see the sun rays. So after I found out about the fire and started editing these photos I realized that the smoke from the fires really made the light so beautiful in these shots. I guess there was one perk to dealing with some smoggy air!

So here are some of my favorite of this gorgeous family!

Geneva Photographer: A Little Time with the Baby!

I thought that it was so sweet that these parents wanted to get portraits taken with only their youngest child (of four...all girls!!!) for her 1st birthday. What a nice way to spend a little time focused on just one child! I love it! This photo shoot was all about her, and that is how it should be on your 1st birthday!

I think she was loving having us all to herself...such a cutie!

Here are a couple I love!