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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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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

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Hey friends, and Happy Tuesday!! 🙂 It’s another Tuesday, which means we get to share ANOTHER stunning wedding with you all today! We are so excited to be sharing our sweet couple Mikayla and Kyle’s wedding day with you guys, because this day was absolutely incredible! We have loved getting to know Mikayla and Kyle […]

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Hey friends, and happy Tuesday! We’re Caitlin & Luke, Bloomington IL wedding photographers, and we’re so thrilled to be sharing this gorgeous wedding with you all today, and we can hardly even believe that we’re already sharing our first June wedding of 2019 with you guys! How is it already June?! My goodness gracious!! Taylor […]

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June 4, 2019

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Hey friends and Happy Tuesday!! We are Caitlin & Luke, Champaign IL wedding photographers. You may recognize these two cuties in today’s post, because we actually JUST photographed their darling engagement session a few weeks back!! We have adored getting to know these guys over the past few months via plenty of emailing, phone calls […]

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May 28, 2019

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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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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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