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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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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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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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Meeting Liz was like meeting a ray of sunshine! I’m serious, she is such light! She talked very highly of her fiancĂ© Tyson and her beautiful daughter Bentley. Meeting them was just as amazing as meeting with Elizabeth! I knew their studio engagement session was going to be fun and it exceeded my expectations! Bentley […]

Studio Engagement session

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Champaign, natural light, and beautiful humans equals an amazing engagement session in downtown Springfield Illinois. Emma and Keaton remind me of The Notebook. I know, cheesy to say. They just do though in a modern way! The way they have fun with each other, the way they laugh and play together. It is the cutest, […]

Emma & Keaton

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This downtown Springfield Illinois engagement session with Micah and Galdino was a dream! I have worked with Micah multiple times from her sisters wedding and her senior session. Plus I know her family! I’d say Micah is an amazing balance of fierce and sweet. She knows who she is and I love that! So when […]

Micah & Galdino

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When Brock asked me to capture their proposal, I was eagerly hoping they would ask me to be their wedding photographer. It was the fastest yes I ever sent over! I have had the pleasure of working with Brock & Mattie years before this Midwest engagement session! Watching them grow has given my heart so […]

Midwest Engagement

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The moment Brittany & Trevor’s wedding info came through my email I was all smiles. I could tell they were awesome people. That was reassured at our first face-time session and again at their engagement session. My favorite thing about Brittany is how inspiring, open & uplifting Brittany’s soul is! She is so kind and […]

Central IL Engagement Brittany & Trevor

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When Morgan brought up the idea of doing her and Zach’s engagement session at a coffee shop, I could not have smiled harder! I started searching for a cute coffee shop that had great natural light. I came across The Sweet Divine in St. Louis and fell in love with it! Thankfully Morgan did too! […]

Morgan & Zach :The sweet divine engagement

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I was lucky enough to get to meet John and Lauren twice for engagement photos! We scheduled a sunrise session and it rained the whole session… we were able to go get a couple of photos, just not the epic places that we had planned. We set up a second sunrise session and the weather […]

John & Lauren, Jacksonville Engagement

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