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Alex and Destinee picked the most perfect spot to promise forever to each other at The Artisan at Baetje Farms! From gorgeous building to the cutest little white goats, it was amazing! Destinee brought all her dreams true with a lot of creativity, family, and hard work. She put in extra time in ever single […]

The Kennell’s at The Artisan by Baetje Farms wedding

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Centennial park in Springfield Illinois is beautiful, add the stunning Emma into the picture and it becomes magical! The little pond, green grass, and yellow wild flowers all in one place make it easy on this photographer! Centennial Park treated us very well for this session! Emma is a sweet force of nature. She is […]

Centennial Park, Emma

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When the goal is “Charleston” yet we live in Illinois, we get creative. Thankfully Jacksonville has great places like the Duncan Mansion and gorgeous historical homes! We were able to get a little feel of those soft colors that Charleston has in good old Illinois. After the Duncan Mansion in Jacksonville, we headed to Washington […]

Duncan Mansion engagement

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Chloe, her confidence shines so bright! It is literally contagious! I hope she will journey through life with the same energy and love that I felt from her in downtown Springfield IL. Thank you for showing up with an open mind and having so much fun with me! You are already rocking your senior year. […]

Downtown Springfield IL, Chloe

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The McCarty wedding at Bellecourt Place in Belleville IL wasn’t your average wedding. It was unique because Matt and Anna decided to do a brunch wedding. It was fantastic, filled with all the mimosas, donuts, fruits, coffee and all the delicious breakfast food! They made their ceremony room into a reception room in 5 minutes, […]

BELLECOURT PLACE, BELLEVILLE IL

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The surprise wedding! Emma and Keaton took control of their day, the day that celebrates there story and adds so much love to their journey. They turned their wedding day into a surprise wedding! Advertised as a wedding shower yet an undercover wedding day! A really fancy wedding shower although because Wendy from DK Boutique […]

Surprise wedding

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Lane and Katie, the sweetest couple! When Katie and I sat down at Papo’s cafe in Springfield Illinois, she filled me in on their proposal story. It was the perfect proposal! Not planned at all and long story short, after a day full of crazy events they were standing in the kitchen laughing. After becoming […]

Katie & Lane

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This St. Louis senior session was pretty special to me since it was for my handsome nephew, Hunter! It is wild to think that he is graduating in a little over a month. He is dedicated to his love for welding and will be going to school to further this education on it. Hunter is […]

St. Louis senior session

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When your office is in your home, sometimes it’s good for the soul to adventure out to find different work spaces. Last year I ventured to Elm City Roastery in Jacksonville Illinois. The environment is cool and different but you have probably seen that on my story if you follow my instagram! What keeps bringing […]

Elm City Roastery, Jacksonville IL

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Anna and Matt’s engagement session at Millikin University was beautiful! The weather was on our side and so was the beautiful sun. We deserved it after having to reschedule 3 times because of my sickness and theirs but third times a charm! Matt and Anna are sweet, quiet, fun and connected people. I loved getting […]

Millikin University engagement

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