THE BLOG

This winter, I moved my studio location to 475 Dunham Road in St. Charles just north of 64 and west of Kirk Road. It’s a cute and cozy little studio in a converted farmhouse. It’s definitely got some charm! Here are some photos of the new space! I don’t know how I manage to fit […]

This is Leslie Meredith. She is the woman who owns and runs Farmhouse School in Campton Hills. She’s absolutely lovely, kind and wonderful- everything you’d want from someone teaching cooking to adults and kids! I have had the pleasure of working with Leslie and I aim to bring light to her business at Farmhouse School. […]

This year I decided to go back to offering In Home Newborn Sessions for various reasons but the main reason is because I had enough inquiries last year to make me re-think my view of offering an in home newborn session. I used to do In Home Newborns, but I stopped a few years ago […]

I have TWO dates available for upcoming Motherhood Mini Sessions!! I have times available for next Wed. 4/10 and Sat. 4/13 for these beautiful Motherhood sessions. These sessions are designed specifically for Moms to get in the photos with their children. This could be a young Mom with her babies or this could be grown […]

Oh, this is a fun question! Honestly, it just depends on the type of maternity session you want. For both in studio and outdoor sessions Moms can go ultra glam and wear a maternity gown and look like the maternal goddess they are OR they can keep it super casual and wear jeans with a […]

The photo above shows one of the strongest families I know on this earth. I was honored when Christine Waggoner, who’s a good friend of mine from high school asked me to photograph her and her amazing family this past year. Christine and I reconnected over social media about 9 years ago and shortly after […]

Typically, I capture a Maternity Session between 30-36 weeks of pregnancy. Sometimes women will request to shoot before that, but often times they won’t look as rounded as they would in those last weeks of pregnancy. I believe that pregnancy is an absolutely magical time (from the outside, not necessarily how it feels on the […]

Newborn sessions typically occur 5-15 days after birth to insure that a sleepy baby arrives for easier posing HOWEVER, that is not always the case! I’ve photographed hundreds of newborns and I’ve had some that were 5 days old and WIDE AWAKE! And, I’ve had 1 month old’s who sleep like champs. There’s no real […]

With each new year, I can’t help but reflect on the past year to see what went really well and what could have been better. Over the past few years a kind of burnout has occurred within me that I’ve never really experienced before. As a creative person, I’m always excited to try new things, […]

A while back, a client of mine asked me about doing heirloom portraits for her children and at the time I wasn’t sure what she meant.  I googled it to find many photographers offering it with various techniques being used.  I found one photographer in particular in South Carolina whose work was just breathtaking.  I […]