Wedding Photographer Peoria IL | Outdoor Greenhouse Wedding When Miah and Kaleb got in touch with me about photographing their wedding, I couldn’t have been happier! I had the privilege of photographing Kaleb’s brother’s wedding a couple years ago, and I LOVE being a part of sibling’s weddings! It’s so fun for me to get […]

Engagement Photographer Peoria IL | Spring Engagement Session Remember how, in the Midwest, we typically have this season called spring? The first signs of green appear, trees are in bloom, it’s often rainy and the temps are in the 60s/70s… you know the drill. Yeah, this year we skipped that season almost entirely. It seems […]

Engagement Photographer Peoria IL | Spring Engagement Session It’s hard to believe that this session took place a mere 2 weeks ago! It was windy and 63 degrees and there was almost no green to be found anywhere. There was snow (!!!!) earlier in the week. With temps in the 80s these days (in the […]

Wedding Photographer Peoria IL | Winter Engagement Session Melissa and Tate got in touch with me about photographing their September wedding on a Saturday, a few days later we met for coffee to get to know each other, and we took these engagement photos the following weekend! I think that’s how they’ve done this whole […]

Wedding Photographer Peoria IL | Winter Maternity Session Sam and Jerrod are some of my favorite people. There, I said it. I know photographers aren’t supposed to pick favorites, but when you meet humans like these humans, it’s hard not to! When we first met to talk about their wedding almost exactly two years ago, […]

Wedding Photographer Peoria IL | Fall Engagement Session I feel like everything I write these days begins with something about the weather (haha!) but weather plays such a huge role in the entire tone of a session, that it’s tough to not at least mention it. In this case, we’d been having uncharacteristically warm weather […]

Wedding Photographer Peoria IL | Starved Rock Engagement Session Two of the sweetest people are getting married next year, and I cannot wait to capture all the love and joy! On the day of their engagement session, the forecast was looking like rain and we almost rescheduled. But as their session time drew nearer the […]

Champaign IL Wedding Photographer | Erin and Jordon | The Refinery   “The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.” — Helen Keller   Erin and Jordon have two of the biggest hearts, and their wedding day and the family and friends they […]

Peoria IL Maternity Session | Jessie, Steve and Baby Hinrichsen! “Everything grows rounder and wider and weirder, and I sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be.” – Carrie Fisher Right?! Being pregnant is weird, and overwhelming, and scary and tiresome, and absolutely […]

When Sarah and I met for coffee a couple months ago, we could tell right away that we were a perfect fit! We talked about how we both have loved being long-term nannies (she still is!), our struggles with student debt, her hopes and wishes for her beautiful wedding day, and I think we chatted for over two hours! […]