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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! 

Portrait photography really shines with the right glass you pick. Your lens becomes the connection between your creative ideas and the picture that captures attention. When it comes to taking those captivating pictures where feeling meets art, Tamron lenses for portraits have certainly found a place in photographers’ bags all over the world! Good things […]

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July 31, 2025

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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

If you’ve been reading our blog for a while now, and you don’t know that I am absolutely OBSESSED with fall, I would be so surprised!! Fall is my favorite season for so many reasons…

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October 14, 2016

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Every fall, Luke and I have a tradition that we now have decided to make time for every single year… and last week, we got the chance to take a little time out of a busy work day to make it happen…

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October 6, 2016

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Whew, did we have a whirlwind weekend together! As you saw here on the blog yesterday, we kicked off a mini work trip with a drive to Springfield for Carli and Cody’s engagement collection, which was truly THE best way to start off our trip! Goodness did we love our time with these guys!! You can see more of that post HERE… trust me when I tell you that you do not want to miss this engagement session…

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September 20, 2016

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It was Christmas Eve 2015. We were at my family’s house (The Bachtold’s), enjoying the night together. We were talking about goals and what we wanted to do in life, and my dad said something that stuck with me: “Set your paths on a long term goal. Make decisions based on where you want to be in 20 years.” 

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September 8, 2016

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Caitlin and Luke Central Illinois Wedding

Woo!! This post has been in the works for a few months now! We are so excited to be announcing fall mini sessions yet again this year! We offered fall mini’s last fall, and we were overwhelmed by the amount of people who wanted to book… which made me super excited to offer them again this year! 

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September 5, 2016

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Caitlin and Luke Central Illinois Wedding

Hi you guys, and happy hump day! Last week, Luke and I had the incredible opportunity to travel to the mountains in Tennessee for a week with my family. We drove about half a day to get there (with multiple stops for sweet cream vanilla cold brew at Starbucks and Chick Fil A for lunch, of course!), and it was completely worth it. This cabin is so special to me and my family, and it was amazing to be able to bring Luke along this year!  

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August 3, 2016

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I cannot wait to chat soon!