Violet - Chicago Newborn Photographer

When little Violet came the studio for her newborn session I was in for a special treat. She was a little angel to photograph and gave me lots of smiles! I had a wonderful time and I look forward to watching Violet grow!

The Skipton Family - Chicago Children's Photographer

I had a chance to meet the Skipton Family while they were visiting from St. Louis. The mom, who used to live in Chicago, was super excited to get to have a beach session for the kids since they don't live near a beach. North Avenue Beach was a perfect setting for them. I had a great time with them and the kids were pretty hard to drag away from playing in the sand after our session.

Kathleen - Chicago Family Photographer

Recently, I had an wonderful session with Kathleen and her amazing parents. Kathleen is one of the sweetest girls I have ever met and she looked beautiful throughout our whole session. She has all this gorgeous hair that was blowing perfectly in the lakefront wind.

I can't wait to hang out with Kathleen again soon!

Halloween Costume Party & Pictures

Join us this Saturday morning at Flourish Studio for a Halloween party, treats, costume pictures and a book signing.

Details
10 a.m. - noon
Flourish Studios
3020 N. Lincoln
$10 includes a digital image

Kristina & Kevin are Married! - Chicagoland Wedding Photographer

Kristina & Kevin had an amazing wedding. The day started with a little rain (okay it was a downpour), but the weather cleared up long enough to take a lot of fun pictures outside as the cocktail hour got started. The ceremony was at a gorgeous Croatian Catholic Church - St. Jerome and the reception was at Silver Lake Country Club. The entire wedding party was so much fun to photograph all day. Everyone had such a great time, especially me!

Kauai, Hawaii

We had a beautiful trip to Kauai a few months ago, a pre-honeymoon for us. We knew I would never have time to get away in the summer after the wedding, so we decided to take a pre-honeymoon. That's just how we roll.... It was an awesome trip and an worked out great. We were completely able to enjoy planning the trip without all the wedding stress getting in the way and fell in love with the island when we were there. Here's a few images I thought I would share.

The sunrises were stunning. Thanks to the time difference we were up every morning to walk down the beach and enjoy the sunrises (and our coffee :-)

The view off our balcony was fabulous. Palm trees in the wind, ocean waves crashing - we LOVED our hotel and highly recommend Koa Kea to anyone staying on the island.

How I got talked into this I have no idea. Adrenaline junkie I am NOT. This picture is definitely of J, my hands were gripping the instructors seat in front of me the entire time, not casually steering the wings of death (or birds of paradise as they are more widely known).

But, I survived...

Everything was postcard perfect there!

J has definitely perfected the arm out to take pictures of us

Kristin and Tom are Married! - Chicagoland Wedding Photographer

Yes, I am extremely behind on updating all the fun stuff I've been working on. So I will have lots a new stuff to post in the coming weeks.

Over Memorial Day weekend (yes, back that far), Kristin and Tom had a beautiful wedding day and I was honored to photograph their extremely special day. And a special thanks to Robyn Martin for taking lots of great shots throughout the day as my second photographer.

Congrats to Kristin and Tom!