Tim

Tim, his mother and I went on a brief excursion during Tim's senior session to get some unusual pictures down by a railroad bridge, as well as some in the studio. But those by the bridge and rr tracks were my favorite. Here is one of them!!

The Fioriti-Butts family

This awesome family makes the long trek from the Quad Cities to come to have their portraits done which I so appreciate. We met at a park in Bishop Hill. It is so pretty there, you cant go wrong. ere is one of my favorites.

Halee

Halee, a senior from Brimfield-Elmwood came last week for her Senior pics. She is my daughter-in-law's cousin and was maid of honor at their wedding. She is a sweetie and we had a ton of fun during her sitting! Here is one of her volleyball pics.

The Yager family

I met this family at a park in Kewanee for their family photo session, it looked like rain but we got some great photos even so! Little Lily had fun running in the leaves! Here is one of Lily having fun in the leaves!

The Craig's

The Craig family came in Sunday for a family portrait. After some confusion on my part about which son had the beautiful wife, we were off and rolling and got some great family pictures. They were so cooperative and willing to try some "different" poses. Here is one of my favorites!

Ashley and Chad

This was such a beautiful day, I dont know where to begin. Ashley's parents Danny and Ronda, are long-time friends of my husband and I, we have known her since she was a little girl, which made this an honor for me to photograph her wedding. Chad's parents Mary, Rod and Carol are also friends of mine. I photographed Chad's senior pictures as well as his brother Jason and sister Brittany,also Ashley's sister Kelsey's. Chad and Ashley as a couple bring the love from both of these special families together, and you can see how much they love each other. The setting was amazing, at Ashley's aunt and uncles log home in the country, the weather perfect, I could go on and on. Uncle Mike "dressed up" and drove the girls over to the Wedding site on a hayrack which the Wedding guests loved. Lots of love and lots of fun...who could ask for more! Congrats and thank you! Here are a few images....

Stacey

Stacey came in Sunday for her senior sitting. She is absolutely gorgeous and was so fun to photograph. She started to laugh a few times as I was getting ready to take the picture, which in turn made me laugh as well. A couple of these laughing ones are my some of my favorites from her sitting!

Ben and Lacey

Just a note to tell everyone I added my son's wedding album pages to my website on the wedding tab. Check it out.

The DeWolfe's new addition

Ben and Tara invited me to their home to photograph their new son Griffin, born Oct. 4th. I have photographed big sister Ava a few times in the studio and she is so adorable and her baby brother is as cute as can be as well. Ben and Tara are so nice and they have a beautiful family. Here are a couple of images from the sitting.

Dalton

Dalton, my senior model from Abingdon High School was in Saturday for his senior sitting. He was accompanied by his Mom, Dawn and Dad, Kert. He brought an awesome hat that we defintely made use of, as well as a black vest and suit pants that made for some great shots, too. Here are a couple of preview pictures.

Ashley and Ryan

Ashley and Ryan were married Saturday at Lake Calhoun on a hill with a beautiful view. It was a gorgeous day, and as the beautiful bride walked down the aisle with her grandfather, a string quartet played the wedding march. WOW! The bride and groom are so in love, and it shows. Their love of family is evident as well. I had previously photographed them for their engagement photos and enjoyed being a part of their special day.

The Farmer and his Cow

Cute as anything brothers Kellen and Evan brought their Halloween costumes and boy, did we ever get some cute pictures!This will be little brother Evan's first Halloween and he sure will be adorable in his cow costume. Older brother Kellen has been a monkey and an elephant in past years and now they can be a team at Halloween!

Evie

Evie was in town with her parents Jackie and Scott from the Chicago area, and they popped in for Evie to have her portrait done. She was trying to cut some teeth so was stingy with her smiles, but her eyes are the bluest blue, so cute, and we got some adorable ones anyway!