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I'm a luxury family photographer serving mothers 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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November 14, 2025

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Have you noticed how much families appreciate those multi-generational photos that capture everyone together! Getting three generations, twenty-plus cheerful faces, and not one person blinking in a single frame can feel like a big accomplishment in photography! Having photographed many extended families over several years, we’ve put together a dependable approach that consistently creates wonderful […]

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November 9, 2025

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Your baby’s first weeks truly are a whirlwind of gentle sighs, tiny yawns, and cozy snuggles! These special times deserve to be held onto with the thoughtfulness and care that only professional newborn photography Peoria IL can provide. Families everywhere understand the irreplaceable value of preserving these first memories through thoughtful photography, with the global […]

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November 1, 2025

May definitely seems to be the month for engagement sessions, doesn’t it?! We have had the opportunity to connect with so many awesome couples throughout the course of this entire month, and it’s been such a joy, guys. We leave every one of our engagement sessions totally in awe of the couples God brings our […]

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May 30, 2017

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Ohh friends… where do we even begin with Abbey and Colton? We couldn’t be more excited to be finishing off this week by sharing these two’s engagement session on the blog this Thursday! On Monday, we headed out to Clinton, Illinois to shoot this adorable engagement session for our 2017 couple Abbey and Colton, and […]

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May 26, 2017

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Alright you guys… are you ready for the blog to be totally packed full of gorgeousness this week?! Because it is TOTALLY going to be! 😉 We are officially back from our time in Alabama, and we’re so excited to share an overload of cute people on the blog this week! Before we headed down […]

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May 22, 2017

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Do y’all remember our big Engagement Shoot Giveaway that we hosted back in January? Well, allow us to introduce you to our winners, Claire and Logan! 😉 Y’all… we cannot express how much we adore these two. Claire and I have had so much fun chatting and communicating over email ever since they won the […]

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May 18, 2017

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Chloe and Zach… ohh, where do we even begin with these two?! We got to FaceTime these two a few months ago right after they inquired with us, and we seriously hit it off RIGHT away! Immediately after that FaceTime call, these two booked us as their wedding photographers, and we were off and running! One […]

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April 27, 2017

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Don’t you just love all of these engagement sessions lately?! We’re so pumped that it’s finally warming up enough for people to WANT to be outside for sessions… ha! We adore a good snowy shoot every now and then, but I think it’s definitely safe to say that we love that a lot more than our […]

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April 20, 2017

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