Mary and Mike are the type of people that I become instant friends with. They are super chill people who just have such charismatic ways of making you feel like a friend immediately. I loved spending time getting to know them and their handsome pup Mason for their engagement session. We met halfway between our […]

Emma and Seth are the kind of people you meet once and instantly click with. They are fun, energetic, extremely kind and just plain good people. I love the way they look at each other and laugh together and their wedding day was no exception.  These two got married on a gorgeous Labor Day weekend. […]

Michelle and Charles grew up just 30 miles away from each other, but they didn’t meet until college on Michelle first night of her freshman year at the University of Illinois. Charles was a year in already and the perfect gentlemen to show Michelle around campus. They bonded over a love for the outdoors and […]

I was so excited to photograph the wedding of Edie and Luke because these two were just made for each other; they even share the same birthday and were born just hours apart!  Edie grew up in Springfield and we shared some mutual friends, I was ecstatic when she reach out to me about her […]

Alison and Devon are two very special people. These two lived mere miles from each other, their families connect all the way back to their grandfathers, they went to the same high school followed by the same college, but it wasn’t until moving back home from school that fate finally crossed their paths. I cannot […]

I have loved getting to know Adriana and Nico over the last couple of months! They are so sweet and have such a unique love story. They both grew up in the same town, had mutual friends and their families even knew each other! But it wasn’t until they were 15 and 17 years old […]

Sweet Rebecca and Tanner were married by his cousin at the historic courthouse in Carlinville. Rebecca had been looking forward to their first look for such a long time, she was a little nervous, but Tanner’s presence made her feel totally at ease while I snapped away at their reactions towards one another. He was […]

Wandering around the big city with Jenny and Nick was so much fun! They are both very adventurous souls who met at a rock climbing gym in the city–so it was perfect for their engagement session to include some adventure! It automatically felt like we were longtime friends as Jenny and Nick both have down […]

Ali and Luke are such a sweet couple. I have really enjoyed working with them over the last year. Ali has worked so hard planning her big day and I have been so excited to see it all come together! From the moment I arrived at her bridal suite, I felt right at home with […]

You ever meet anyone and just automatically think “these are my people!”? Well that is exactly how I felt when I met Lauren and Zach for the first time for their engagement session. I felt like we had so much in common and we’re instant friends! Lauren and Zach are college sweethearts who met through […]