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I'm a luxury family photographer serving families who desire a stress-free & joyful photoshoot by providing an experience that allows my clients to enjoy each special season & receive jaw-dropping, joy-filled photos they'll pass down for generations to come.

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Welcome to The Caitlin & Luke Blog! Feel free to browse the blog's to view educational posts, lovely weddings, sweet families, and personal posts dating all the way back to 2011. Xoxo! 

Portrait photography really shines with the right glass you pick. Your lens becomes the connection between your creative ideas and the picture that captures attention. When it comes to taking those captivating pictures where feeling meets art, Tamron lenses for portraits have certainly found a place in photographers’ bags all over the world! Good things […]

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July 31, 2025

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When you’re with loved ones, camera ready, imagine a grandparent laughing so much at a grandchild’s joke that tears well up. In that quick second, you capture not only their expression, but the pure happiness glowing between them. That’s the wonderful thing about candid portrait photography, freezing true happenings that show who people truly are! […]

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July 25, 2025

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Taking that leap from natural light photography to off-camera flash can feel like a big step, but you’re already closer than you think! Every time you’ve wanted more control over light or dreamed of creating those lovely, deep portraits you see, that’s what off-camera flash helps you with. The photography community has fully embraced this […]

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July 20, 2025

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Today is my favorite person’s birthday!!! It has been an unusual and bittersweet week for us, and Luke is always the first to say that his birthday is “just another day” (whatever babe 🙄💓), but I want to make sure this guy still feels incredibly celebrated and loved today!⁣⁣The past year has been one of […]

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March 25, 2021

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Casual Fransen Nature Area engagement session in Normal IL with Caitlin and Luke Photography, Illinois wedding photographers

Hi friends, and welcome back to our blog!! If you are new here, let us first introduce ourselves- we are Caitlin & Luke- Bloomington, IL Engagement Photographers! We had the total honor of getting to photograph Clarissa and Drake’s adorable engagement session just a few days ago, and we are so excited to be sharing […]

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March 11, 2021

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winter maternity session at Fransen Natural Area with mom in emerald green gown photographed by Normal Illinois maternity photographers Caitlin and Luke Photography

Hi friends! We are so very excited to be sharing another precious maternity session with you all today! This truly is the time of year for SO many maternity sessions, and I have been LOVING it lately! 🙂 In case you are brand new around here, we are Caitlin & Luke- Bloomington, IL Maternity Photographers, […]

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March 3, 2021

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Bloomington Country Club maternity portraits with mother in red dress in the snow photographed by Illinois maternity photographers Caitlin and Luke Photography, IL maternity photographers

Happy Friday, friends!! Welcome back to the blog! We are Caitlin & Luke- Bloomington, IL Maternity Photographers, and we are so very excited to be sharing this Bloomington Country Club maternity session with you all today. This is very easily one of my favorite sessions we’ve gotten to photograph in a long time- I’m just […]

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February 26, 2021

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Pregnancy must haves for first time mom

You know it’s the off season when we have time to share things like this 😉 I love putting together posts with fun content like this for you guys, and our off season is a perfect time! I also found posts like these SO helpful throughout my pregnancy, and if I can pass anything along […]

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February 17, 2021

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We are getting so close to meeting baby Grayson! My due date is exactly two months away, which is so crazy to me. We are so grateful that we got to squeeze in these maternity photos before baby boy arrives! It may have been absolutely freezing during our shoot, but it was still so special […]

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