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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! 

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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In a world filled with vibrant colors and super clear images, black and white photography stands out! It is such a timeless nod to the wonderful power of simplicity. When you gently remove those colors, what is left is the true spirit of your subject, raw feelings, striking contrasts, and heartwarming stories that might otherwise […]

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July 12, 2025

Do you guys remember these two cuties?! Jess and Jordan should be familiar faces around here by now!! We first met these two in 2016 when we photographed their engagement session, and we had the complete pleasure and honor of shooting their wedding (click here to see it!) at the ever beautiful Starline Factory last […]

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November 12, 2018

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Hey friends, and Happy Wednesday! We are so excited to be sharing this sweet post with y’all today. I don’t even really know where to start with explaining our relationship with these two! 🙂 Let’s just start way back at the beginning, shall we? Luke and Trevor have been friends since they were SUPER little, […]

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May 16, 2018

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Valentine's Day Mini Sessions Bloomington-Normal Illinois

Hey friends, and happy Saturday! We have some fun news to share with you guys today! Are you ready?! You told us you wanted it, so we’re making it happen… we are hosting our first ever Valentine’s Day Mini Sessions in February! ????❄️ Ahh! We are so excited to be offering these to y’all this […]

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January 20, 2018

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Hey friends, and Happy Thursday! We hope you guys have had a wonderful week so far! We are REALLY excited because today, we get to share our BEST of 2017 Engagements post with you guys! Ahh!! This is, hands down, one of my favorite blog posts of the entire year. We get to look back […]

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January 4, 2018

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Ohh my goodness, guys… if only you all know how EXCITED we were to be sharing this little blog post with you guys today! 😉 We photographed Baylor and Lauren’s wedding back in July of 2016, and their day was actually the first wedding we photographed as a married couple! We have such sweet memories […]

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August 1, 2017

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Happy Friday friends!! It’s been a whirlwind of a week around here for us, between wedding season being in full swing and some other exciting things we have going on… and one of those exciting things happens to be something the two cuties you see above were gracious enough to come help us out with […]

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July 21, 2017

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