“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
― Audre Lorde
The birth of a beautiful unnamed boy
Tag: chicago family photographer
Lunde Maternity session |adventure is what we do – Adri De La Cruz Chicago and west suburbs photographer
Sometimes you get so lucky! So living in the middle of suburbian Chicago always leaves me uninspired to be frank. I’m constantly bugging my clients to head out to the beautiful outskirts of this State, most times this isn’t possible. Well when it comes to rad friends that encourage adventure and that want a different […]
Lucky weather with the Rochleau Family | Adri De La Cruz – Chicago and West suburbs family photographer
If you live in Chicago you absolutely know that we could potentially experience all four weather seasons in one day. This is when client communication really can make a difference, another of the not so strong suits that I’m working on bettering. During this specific week, we experienced just that, the day we were supposed […]
Creative mama + kid session | Adri De La Cruz Chicago + West suburbs, family photographer
The beauty of this world can be found everywhere you go! for this beautiful session, we headed to this local coffee shop as well as a walkway. I just loved how spunky and full of smiles this duo was. Heather is a fellow local photographer, I absolutely fell in love between the bond of her […]
Lopez Family rooftop session | Adri De La Cruz Chicago + West Suburbs photographer
The authenticity of this family is just so apparent, isn’t it? I had lunch with the beautiful Jazmine, and she just completely blew me away. She is someone who continuously is doing something to better her spiritual life and the one of her community. They are hella inspiring. Plus the hearts of those girls are […]
Goodbye summer | Adri De La Cruz- Chicago + West suburbs family photographer
Yesterday it felt like a sweet goodbye to summer. Yes, while I know the weather is so unpredictable I felt this overwhelming need to capture these very last moments of summer for my kids. I turned on the sprinkler for about 15 minutes and captured their joy. but let’s be honest there were also moments […]
Baby A | Adri De La Cruz, Chicago’s best documentary + lifestyle newborn photographer
It feels like this was the calm after the storm. I captured this little family as they welcomed their baby at home 2 weeks prior to this image. In reality, this is probably the beginning of a new storm, a beautiful one at that. Angela, however, seems fully equipped to deal with the toughest of […]
Beautiful night to have a baby | Adri De La Cruz- Chicago and west suburbs Birth Photographer
Angela is a birth goddess and she birthed this beautiful baby at home so beautifully.
Baby Harlow | Chicago + West Suburbs Newborn and Family Photographer.
Oh my my, what a great privilege it is to now capture this beautiful family into their second baby. I started capturing this family when Big brother was in the belly, and now he’s a big, busy 1-year-old. Baby Harlow wasn’t as calm as her big brother at this age, she is just as cute, […]
CLIFFORD FAMILY | Adri De La Cruz- Chicago and West Suburbs, rhythmic storytelling family photographer
I taught for the first time! I photographed a REAL FAMILY in their ACTUAL home in front of other 20 + photographers. I was hella nervous, and not to mention, what the rest of my crew doesn’t realize is that I screwed up with Cate (the mama) I gave her the wrong date, and It […]
