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The Caitlin & Luke Blog has been retired for now! Feel free to browse the blog's archives to view lovely weddings, sweet families, and personal posts dating all the way back to 2011. Xoxo!
Ever felt that shooting pain in your shoulders halfway through a wedding? Or maybe you’ve experienced that moment of panic when your camera strap decides to twist up right as the couple starts their first dance? Yeah, we need to talk about camera straps – because they’re either making your life easier or slowly destroying […]
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January 20, 2025
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As wedding photographers, we know a camera bag needs to handle everything a wedding day throws at you. From rain showers during outdoor ceremonies to quick gear swaps at receptions, the right bag makes a real difference in how smoothly your day runs. While the Pelican 1510 has been our trusted companion through countless weddings, […]
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January 18, 2025
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As a wedding photographer, your clients trust you with their most precious memories. Behind every portrait and candid moment lies something often overlooked but absolutely crucial – your memory cards. While most photographers obsess over camera bodies and lenses, we’ve learned through both success and failure that these small pieces of technology can be the […]
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January 17, 2025
Hi guys! We hope you all have had the most incredible first week of 2017! The blog certainly has been busy, hasn’t it?! We kicked off the new year with a bang on Monday and announced our Engagement Session Giveaway, on Tuesday we shared our best engagement + anniversary photos from 2016, on Wednesday we shared our best wedding photos from 2016, and yesterday we gave you guys a little peek into our first home! Whew!! Talk about jumping right back into work after the holiday weekend…
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January 6, 2017
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Happy Thursday friends! It certainly has been one heck of a week on the blog, hasn’t it?! Rounding up our absolute favorite images from 2016 is a huge job, but we truly loved getting to share a glimpse into our year with you guys! We love sharing bits and pieces of our lives with you all… and today, we wanted to share a little peek into a few corners of our little home…
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January 5, 2017
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Hi y’all! We don’t have a huge blog post planned today as we are taking the day (mostly!) off to spend time with family and each other… BUT, I did want to share a little about our very first married Christmas with you guys today! Between shooting a wedding and traveling to see both sides of our family, we were definitely a little tired come Sunday night! At the same time, though, we…
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December 26, 2016
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Merry Christmas sweet friends! We wanted to pop in really quickly and wish you guys the merriest Christmas this year before this weekend gets underway! Today, we’re shooting the most GORGEOUS wedding for our sweet friends Heather and Shea up at Starved Rock Lodge (follow along in Instagram HERE to see the very first sneak peeks from that!), we’re spending Christmas Eve with Luke’s…
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December 23, 2016
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The fact that I am sitting down to write a blog post on the year of 2016 is absolutely CRAZINESS to me! Luke and I say all the time that we can’t even believe how quickly this entire year has just FLOWN by for us. Of course, with planning a wedding for June, we wanted the first half of the year to go by as fast as it could! But we definitely assumed it would all slow down once we got to June 18th, and it totally DID NOT…
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December 21, 2016
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Happy Thursday friends!! We hope you have had an amazing week! I don’t know where y’all are at, but here in Illinois it has been crazy cold this week! The high for Sunday said 0 degrees on my phone earlier this week, and though you KNOW I love snow and the cold, I’m not sure I’m ready for a full-blown Midwest winter yet…
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December 15, 2016
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Cue the confetti! I've officially received your inquiry, and we couldn't be more excited to start this journey with you.
I'm now a full-time mama and a part-time photographer, but all messages will be responded to as soon as I'm able. Thank you for your patience! My average email response time is currently 3-5 days.
I cannot wait to chat soon!
