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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! 

Have you ever wondered why some wedding photographs instantly capture your attention while others fall flat? The key often lies not in expensive gear or technical perfection, but in the thoughtful application of color. As wedding photographers, our ability to understand and work with color can transform ordinary scenes into memorable keepsakes that couples will […]

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Wow, in today’s super visual digital world, engagement photography offers so much more than a pre-wedding tradition! It’s actually a fantastic marketing tool for photographers like us looking to expand our businesses. With couples spending noticeably more on photography services recently compared to previous years, now is an excellent time to refine how we market […]

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Have you ever browsed through Instagram or a photography website and felt you recognized a photographer’s work instantly, even without seeing their name? That’s the effect of a signature editing style! In a photography world full of talented people, your unique editing approach can become your most recognizable feature and the core of your brand […]

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Hey friends and Happy Tuesday! We Caitlin and Luke, we are Aurora IL Wedding Photographers! Melanie & Mike host their reception at one of our favorite Aurora IL wedding venues, Stonebridge Country Club! It is such a beautiful venue and such a great place to host a beautiful reception! Tuesday’s during wedding season are SO FUN […]

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May 21, 2019

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Hello everyone! We hope you guys have been enjoying all the gorgeousness both we and our team have been getting to share with you all right here on the blog lately… there sure has been a lot of it, right? We’ve all been loving getting to spend so much of this beautiful spring season hanging […]

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May 20, 2019

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Hi friends, and happy Thursday! We hope you guys have had the best week so far! 🙂 Today, Luke and I are SO excited to share another stunning spring engagement session with you guys! You may recognize these two pretty easily, because our wonderful team members & business’ other husband and wife team, Hayley & […]

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May 16, 2019

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Hey friends! Hasn’t the blog just been PACKED with pretty lately?! We’ve been loving getting to share all the photographs of the time both we and our team have gotten to spend with our couples lately! This is spring for you… sooo many beautiful engagement sessions and weddings are packing our calendar, and it’s the […]

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May 15, 2019

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Hey friends and Happy Tuesday!! Around here, you guys know we just love Tuesday’s, because Tuesday’s are the day we get to share the past weekend’s WEDDING with you all here on the blog! Yay! And this Tuesday is no exception to that!! 🙂 Today, we get to share a stunner of a wedding that […]

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May 14, 2019

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Hey friends and Happy Tuesday! It’s another Tuesday after a wedding, and you know what that means… wedding blog post day! Woohoo! We are so incredibly excited to be sharing our sweet friends’ Meagan and Carter’s stunner of a wedding with you all today. Get ready for some gorgeousness, because holy smokes, there’s a lot […]

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I cannot wait to chat soon!