For those of you who don’t know, I work full time at Steeleville high school (my old stomping ground) as an individual aide. I work full time now, which I love, but I’m slightly behind in terms of getting my sessions edited. I’m slowly making progress (yay for a day off tomorrow) and I’m so […]

Last October, I took wedding pictures at this amazing venue down in Cobden, Illinois. It was an old B&B that had an amazing old barn that was used for events. Ever since that day, I have wanted something similar in this local area I shoot in. Well my friends, Tim and Rachel took me to […]

I cannot believe that I’m writing this blog post! Seriously, I cannot believe that Gibson is a senior in high school already. For those of you who do not know, Gibson is my cousin. His dad married my aunt and I can still remember meeting Gibson for the first time. I was a senior in […]

Last weekend, on a very chilly morning, I met Kassidy and her mother, Amy, in Collinsville for Kassidy’s senior pictures. The location of choice was the Willoughby Heritage Farm and it was so cool. There was an amazing garden, beautiful mums lining the drive, a big red barn that housed the restrooms, an old wagon […]

I remember driving home from this wedding thinking that I was more in love with being a wedding photographer than ever. You see, I get to be surrounded by love on a weekly basis. Whether it’s taking engagement pictures, a wedding, family pictures and yes, even senior portraits, I get to see love in all […]

I would like to introduce you all to Zach. He’s a senior at Chester High School and when I met him and his family for his senior session, his mother told me that he was recovering from a concussion! They still wanted to do the session but that he may need a little rest in […]