Maternity Photography session in Evanston’s IL historic lighthouse

Maternity Photography session in Evanston’s IL historic lighthouse

I'm back sharing one of my favorite families! This session, from the weather, the outfits and the overall vibes and connection were perfection. Sarah is an incredible mother who honestly inspires me to be more patient and more kind every time I work with her. Her kids are so incredibly lucky to have such an [...]

Rainy day Maternity session at the Montrose Bird Point Sanctuary Chicago IL

Rainy day Maternity session at the Montrose Bird Point Sanctuary Chicago IL

The greens peeked through just in time for this Spring time maternity session in Chicago. I have worked with this beautiful family before and it was amazing to see how much bigger big brother to- be had gotten. To get to take these images of them celebrating another big moment in their lives. Baby number [...]

The Kurani family, A warm Evanston IL. by the lake session

The Kurani family, A warm Evanston IL. by the lake session

Octobers are such a wild card. Octobers can be an extension of summer or a rigid cold early winter. On this specific session day we got the loveliest weather on one of my favorite locations. The skies were perfection and this family's laughter echoed in the surroundings. They truly made my job so effortless. We [...]

McCall family, a beautiful summer session in Chicago

McCall family, a beautiful summer session in Chicago

Every winter as I look out into the dreary environment Chicago ultimately turns into I think of sessions like this. Sessions full of beautiful blue skies and bright sunny warmth on skins . Sessions where the connection to each other is so real. I am in love with this amazing south shore Chicago session. While [...]

Lynda’s first maternity session, Hyde Park Chicago IL family photographer

Lynda’s first maternity session, Hyde Park Chicago IL family photographer

If you can imagine it this day was a dreadful cold wet morning. I had two sessions and a knee injury. Hectic awful day but with a wonderful ending. I limped through the whole session with Lynda but it was worth it. She reached out to me earlier this summer and I was immediately excited [...]

Jessica and Alex, Maternity session in Hyde Park- Chicago IL

Jessica and Alex, Maternity session in Hyde Park- Chicago IL

Im completely in love with this location. Let me just start by saying that. Sometimes you get little victories and surprises by taking the time to venture out some way out of your comfort. So much of what makes a good photographer is their ability to connect their clients to the enviroment. Love was certainly [...]

Mayorca family at the South Shore beach | Adri De La Cruz, Hyde Park family photography

Mayorca family at the South Shore beach | Adri De La Cruz, Hyde Park  family photography

Throughout our whole session I felt so connected to their family story. It was so heart breaking to hear the longing to be somewhere else, to go back to their home Venenzuela. But truly the way I saw them, it felt that even though circumstances (much like my own) have forced them to migrate to [...]

Goddess at the beach | Chicago maternity beach session, Adri De La Cruz

Goddess at the beach | Chicago maternity beach session, Adri De La Cruz

Flabbergasted by her beauty. Sometimes in this line of work you get meet some truly calm and powerful souls. The way in which she told me her birth plan was amazing, full of hope and steadiness. Nothing could rock her. For her session we headed to the beach, probably the only available location due to [...]