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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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Have you ever noticed how some engagement photos possess a wonderfully romantic quality while others seem to miss that spark? The explanation might be wonderfully straightforward! Natural light—that amazing, freely available resource for every photographer—often marks the distinction between standard engagement photos and truly captivating ones. Learning to work with natural light develops beyond a […]

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Table of ContentsClient Direction Skills for Natural Engagement PhotographyPre-Session Preparations for Successful Client EngagementEffective Communication Tips for a Smooth Photo SessionBehavioral Cues and How to Direct Different PersonalitiesAddressing Challenges in Real-TimePost-Session Follow-Up: Building Client Satisfaction and Encouraging Future EngagementsContinuous Improvement: Learning from Each Photography Session Client Direction Skills for Natural Engagement Photography Before we get […]

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Capturing the unique connection of an engagement session really benefits from having the right tools for the job! We know from experience that what’s in our camera bag can make a big difference between good photos and truly memorable images that couples will treasure. Having the appropriate gear helps solve technical challenges and opens up […]

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WOW! We received the sweetest email from WeddingWire this past week letting us know that we had been named a 2020 Couple’s Choice Awards winner, and it just made our week, friends!! What a sweet honor to have received this award this year, for the FOURTH consecutive year in a row. My goodness gracious- we […]

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Hi sweet friends! We are so excited to be sharing one of our very favorite posts of the entire YEAR with you all today! Woohoo!! We are sharing our all time FAVORITE images from all of our 2019 weddings with you all today, and this is a special post for us, because this has been […]

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Can you guys even believe it?! We are about to share our LAST wedding of 2019 with you all right here on the blog, and we have no idea how that’s even possible!! This wedding season flew by faster than probably any other season we’ve experienced thus far, and we cannot believe that it’s already […]

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November 19, 2019

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Hey friends and happy Tuesday! We are Caitlin & Luke and we are wedding photographers in Bloomington, IL! Get ready, because we are SO excited to share today’s post with you all… oh my goodness! Emily and Jacob had the most beautiful, sweet wedding day this past Saturday, and it was truly such an honor […]

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Hey friends and Happy Tuesday! Today, we get to share a stunner of a wedding that our sweet team members photographed on Saturday for their amazing couple Sam and Austen! Sam and Austen’s gorgeous wedding photos at The Cannery in Eureka, IL have our whole hearts- isn’t it just so evident from looking at these […]

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Hey friends, and happy Tuesday! You guys know that Tuesdays are the day we get to share Saturday’s beautiful wedding day with you all, and today we are so thrilled to get to share Jenny and Ryland’s gorgeous October wedding day with you all! We first met these two last fall when we shot their […]

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