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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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July 20, 2025

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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! We are are Caitlin & Luke- Monticello, IL Wedding Photographers! We are so excited to be sharing Kailee and Blake’s stunner of an engagement session with you all today! These two have been a part of the Caitlin & Luke Couple lineup for a few months now, so we were so incredibly excited […]

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August 12, 2020

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Happy Thursday, friends! We are Caitlin and Luke, Champaign IL Wedding Photographers, and we are so excited to be sharing Laura and Paul’s gorgeous Allerton Park and Retreat Center engagement session with you all today! (Check out our most recent wedding at Allerton Park) These two have been such a blessing to Luke and I […]

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January 23, 2020

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Hi sweet friends!! We hope you all have had such a wonderful week so far and that you’re staying warm! It got COLD here in Illinois all of a sudden, my goodness! Today, we’re so thrilled to get to share another beautiful fall engagement session at Allerton Park and Retreat Center that our fantastic team members […]

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November 8, 2019

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Hey friends and happy Wednesday! We hope you all have had such a wonderful week so far!! 🙂 Today, Luke and I are SO incredibly excited because we get to share yet ANOTHER darling engagement session with you all! Yay! We’ve loved getting to share so many over the past few weeks, and today we […]

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June 3, 2019

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Hey friends! Hasn’t the blog just been PACKED with pretty lately?! We’ve been loving getting to share all the photographs of the time both we and our team have gotten to spend with our couples lately! This is spring for you… sooo many beautiful engagement sessions and weddings are packing our calendar, and it’s the […]

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