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My job often leads to interesting and unique opportunities and today was no exception. Opening up my email this morning I saw an invitation to take part on a media flight on the “Berlin Express,” a fully restored B-25 Bomber which will be available this weekend at Flightstar in Savoy (behind Willard Airport) for ground tours and flights.

Welcome Home, Beckett! Miss Beckett was so sweet for her in-studio newborn session. I can’t get over her hair! Just absolutely adorable.  Beckett’s older brother Calvin was thrilled to be a part of this session, too. He was once one of my newborns! It was crazy to see just how big he had gotten. Calvin […]

This beautiful, loving couple had their stunning golden hour engagement session in Champaign County. These two are getting married at Miller Farms Barn on May 28, 2022, and I can’t wait for their big day!   They met while working together at a mortgage lending company and dated for two years before he proposed. The proposal […]

Welcome Home, Joel! This was such a beautiful in-studio newborn session with baby Joel and his adoring parents, Jessi and Walter. I met Joel’s mama and daddy when they modeled for a styled wedding shoot back in 2020. Such a stunning couple! Jessi and Walter are the sweetest new parents. Baby Joel was so calm […]

This gorgeous outdoor engagement session with Brooke and Nick was taken on a chilly fall day in Leroy, IL. These fiancees are a beautiful couple getting married on May 7 at the Venue Chisca in Peoria, IL.  Brooke and Nick met at work in 2014 where he was a fermentation operator who would bring samples […]