I love being a newborn photographer. Who wouldn’t love getting to cuddle sweet babies in their first few days of life?   Well, it’s not for the faint of heart let me tell you!  Being a newborn photographer is actually not as glamorous as you’d think!  Yes, you get to cuddle those sweet little darlings – […]

The Lemenager family has been coming to visit kDarling Photography every 3 months for well over a year – until Colt turned 1 anyway – then I had to wait 6 MONTHS to see Colt (and his family) for his 18 month session.  It was wonderful to see one of my favorite families again.  Let’s face […]

When Brynlee’s mom, Ashlee contacted me about a “Tea for Two” session for her daughter’s 2nd birthday, I knew it was gonna be special! The Bertan family has been coming to kDarling Photography since big brother Jack was a baby, and watching this sweet family grow has been awesome! Brynlee was born a tad bit […]

WEDDINGS Cody and Kelly had the most amazing wedding day at Pear Tree Estate in Champaign on June 25th.  But the excitement for us as their wedding photographers actually started the night before. Kelly has been growing her hair out for 3 years for her wedding day.  While Cody had never seen Kelly in short hair he […]

My entire life I have been obsessed with beautiful light, romance of all sorts, and connections between families, couples and friends.  Some of my earliest memories involve the clicking of a shutter or the scratching of my pencil drawing on paper to preserve a moment.  Once a moment is gone, it’s gone. Or is it? […]

There are negative people. And there are positive people. There are sad people. And there are happy people. There are people when you are near them, you want to claw your eyeballs out. And there are people who from the first time you meet them, you don’t want your time with them to end. Wanna […]