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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! 

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September 6, 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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August 31, 2025

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Table of ContentsEnhancing Client Communication: The Photographer’s Guide to GrowthReal Progress Examples: Photographers Who Transformed Their Business Through CommunicationCreating the Groundwork: Setting Clear ExpectationsThe 5-Step Client Communication FrameworkThe Practice of Mindful Listening and UnderstandingLeveraging Technology for Smooth CommunicationMeasuring Communication Progress: Key Performance MetricsAdjusting to Feedback and Ongoing ImprovementHandling Challenging Conversations with Grace Enhancing Client Communication: […]

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August 22, 2025

Hi guys! We are Caitlin & Luke, Bloomington IL Wedding Photographers! When we delivered Alyssa and Jake’s proposal photos to them the other day, we told them that we believe there are few honors greater than getting to documenting a marriage proposal… and we’ll say that again today! 🙂 Luke and I had the total […]

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June 12, 2020

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We are Caitlin & Luke- Springfield, IL Wedding Photographers based in Bloomington-Normal! Oh friends, are we SO excited to be sharing Dana and Logan’s stunner of an engagement session with you all today! 🙂 We first connected with Dana and Logan via Instagram a few weeks back, and after a few weeks of chatting back […]

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June 10, 2020

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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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How to book more weddings

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

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How to book more weddings

One of the most common questions we get asked is: “How do I start booking more weddings?” As photographers, what we should be asking first is, “How do I get more wedding inquiries?” The truth is that the MORE wedding inquiries you get, the HIGHER your chances are for booking up! This is why we’ve […]

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April 27, 2020

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