It was a day that had a bit of everything: rain, wind, sun, humidity, joy, sadness, tears, laughter. With so much love and excitement, Erin’s mom, Diane, had helped plan Erin & John’s wedding day. Erin had told me how much her mom loves photos and, though she was battling cancer and would need breaks […]

They met in Pennsylvania at a wedding. She was the maid of honor and he was an usher. For a full week prior to the wedding, the wedding party stayed together at a rental house. She thought he was cute and purposely asked him to help her with some of the pre-wedding tasks, “which was […]

Take two of Molly’s senior session went much better than the first when I got a call from Molly’s mom who said Molly was vomiting into a bush. She thought she felt better after that and we started with her session, but it wasn’t long before her body gave out to exhaustion and sickness. We […]

I first met Lauren at her sister’s wedding in 2022. Just a couple of months after that wedding, Lauren met Thomas. In the spring of 2024, I got to photograph Lauren and Thomas when they were engaged and then, later that year, their beautiful fall wedding. Now, two years later, I got to join them […]

I knew their wedding day would be complete magic because their engagement session was beautiful, delicious (that homemade pasta!), and so comfortable and fun. We could’ve made it a whole day event so we could take photos and then hang out for several hours. In the time since, they have moved to their new house, […]

I knew Elizabeth and Michael’s wedding would be beautiful and fun, but even my expectations were exceeded. I started the day with the ladies at the salon where they were eating bits of breakfast in between getting their hair and makeup done. Then, while they finished up there, I moved to Rolling Meadows to start […]