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We're an Illinois wedding photo & video team for joyful, classic Caitlin and Luke Brides, educators who teach business owners to be more than photographers, dog parents to our doodle Oliver, and a married couple living life in Central Illinois!
Happy Monday, friends! We are SO EXCITED to officially be launching our all new brand with you all today! This has been in the works for months, and it’s something we’ve dreamed about for years. It feels so surreal to finally be able to share the finished results with you guys today! Woohoo!! We had […]
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May 11, 2020
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Happy Friday, friends! We’re thrilled to announce that our precious couple Taylor and Jared’s Barn at Hornbaker Gardens wedding has been featured over on Rustic Wedding Chic today! We’re so grateful for the feature, and we wanted to celebrate by reliving this beautiful wedding day here on the blog today! Thank you again to Rustic […]
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May 8, 2020
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As we mentioned in last week’s blog post, one of the most common questions we are asked by other wedding photographers is: “How do I book more weddings?” In this post, we started to answer this question by FIRST tackling the question of, “How do I get more wedding inquiries?” We gave you guys 5 […]
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May 4, 2020
Hey friends! We figured we’d take a small step back today and share a little bit with you all about who we are!! As with every aspect of our business, for us, this is more about the relationship and the people than us just dumping a ton of helpful content out into the world! 😉 […]
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March 2, 2020
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Rain doesn’t have to scare you as a wedding photographer, but we know it definitely makes our jobs challenging! A lot of photographers mention being afraid of a rainy wedding day, so if you are one of those, then this post is for you! Here are our 3 tips to remember when shooting a rainy […]
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February 28, 2020
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I never, ever planned on sharing a post like this, but over the past few weeks and months, God has been making it abundantly clear to Luke and I that sharing our story was exactly what He wanted us to do. I tried to run away from it and pretend that maybe we hadn’t heard […]
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February 21, 2020
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This is Luke’s story of how we had to quit something good, to start something great! Some of you may not know that Luke was in Nursing school before we got into business together! We took the leap and went full time, and our parachute didn’t open right away. Now, we are soaring- and we […]
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February 17, 2020
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If you’ve ever peeked at our For Brides page on our website, you probably noticed that we mention our ideal bride likely follows at least a few dog accounts on Instagram. Why?! It is hilarious to us just how many of our couples are MAJOR dog lovers… and it’s actually one of the things I […]
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February 14, 2020
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Are you a photographer who is thinking about adding your spouse to your business? Maybe you are looking into getting into business with your spouse at the same time! Whatever your situation, these 3 tips for working with your spouse as a wedding photographer will help you make the right decision! We’ve learned a lot […]
