Nicole & Jeremy’s wedding day was a warm & sunny late summer day at Cedar Fox Weddings and Events! There was a never ending amount of happy tears from both guests and the couple, as they got ready with their closest family members, did their first look, watched each other walk down the aisle, and even when the ice cream cart arrived for their late night snack! :) You should have seen how happy they were when they saw the final ice cream setup and I loved photographing them dancing around happily while eating their ice cream! Their wedding day was fun, intimate, and truly full of meanin ..read more

If you need a beautiful venue with the prettiest brick ceremony location, a flower shop where your friends and family can purchase the prettiest flowers and home decor (I can’t lie I may or may not have snagged a pretty floral plant before starting this incredible wedding day), Blumen Gardens in Sycamore, Illinois is the perfect wedding venue for you! :) I met Sean & Sarah a few years ago for their engagement session, although they chose to reschedule the wedding day to a later date just due to craziness that was 2020, we celebrated their wedding day happily surrounded by their family and ..read more

Carter & Hannah got married at Stone Prairie on a beautiful and a little rainy September day but everything about their wedding day radiated with warmth, love and joy and a little rain couldn’t stop this celebration. Stone Prairie has a beautiful greenhouse where we took the majority of the couples and bridal party photos, and their wedding day was elegant, classy, and simply stunning. Celebrating them with their family and friends was so wonderful, and my favorite part of their day was seeing how much fun their whole bridal party had together! They just all seemed like a group of old frie ..read more

Zeke & Alex reached out to me about their engagement session & how they really wanted photos along the lakefront! :) Aside from beach sessions being one of my favorite types of sessions, these two were so fun to work with, they were just non stop laughing and smiling, and even were willing to run and splash around in the water! We finished up the session with an outfit change and a location change in a field filled with wildflowers and a pretty pink sky ..read more

Brandon & Sydney celebrated their beautiful wedding day at Fishermen’s Inn in Elburn, IL! The late summer/early fall flowers were blooming and despite a little bit of rain, they said their I do’s in front of their family and friends and ended the night dancing, chatting & cheering & kissing by the Photo Booth for some photos! From the flowers, to the dress, to the colors, everything was so well thought out and beautiful curated and chosen, which is all due to this couple’s careful planning and thought-filled choices as they envisioned their wedding day. Celebrating them become a ma ..read more

Tom & Julia got married on a sunny April day surrounded by all the love from their sweet community of friends and family. They wanted their love for God to shine through the whole day and they chose to carve out some time out of their ceremony just for worship. During their reception at Olympia Fields Country Club, we braved the wind and chilly weather to take some photos outside, and then with a family member’s car & finished up inside the reception hall that had these amazing fireplaces! Their wedding day was beautiful, filled with so many happy emotions and a consistent want to hono ..read more

Zach & Grace got married at a beautiful California wedding venue, The Casino in San Clemente! I loved being able to connect with these two before their wedding day when we did their engagement session in Moab, and then I got to meet up with them for their rehearsal at the venue. These two has the most perfect sunny day, and we ended their couples photos on the beach the day of, catching the last bit of the sunset. The next day, I met back up with Zach & Grace and we got to take photos at golden hour on cliffs overlooking the ocean! It was such a sweet experience to have spent so much t ..read more

Nick & Ally had their incredible wedding day the Brix on the Fox in Carpentersville, Illinois. It was a chilly but sunny November day, and these two were willing to embrace it fully! We took some of their getting ready photos outside, with Ally opening a bottle of champagne with her girls, and Nick brought a vintage car to take photos with his guys! We took their bridal party photos outside & then spent the rest of the day celebrating with their family and friends. My favorite part of their wedding was when they did their “sparkler exit” after their ceremony with just their bridal part ..read more

If you’ve ever considered doing a winter engagement session, but think the logistics of getting it set up are too difficult, let me stop you right there, ABSOLUTELY DO IT. Here’s the thing, snow engagement sessions are hard to time, but your engagement photos will look so different from the other engagement sessions out there that typically happen in the other 3 seasons that are way easier to plan and create. Here’s how to plan for a winter engagement session: Coordinate with a photographer and watch the forecast each week for potential snow. Bring handwarmers and anything else you need to sta ..read more

Kole & Ally began their elopement in Breckenridge, Colorado in the cutest Airbnb, followed by the first look just a few minutes away, where these two shared a few happy tears! The rest of the family met us at the Blue Lakes Trail where they had their ceremony on top of a boulder overlooking the prettiest mountaintops. They also brought their pups to be a part of the celebration as well! :) Being a part of this intimate elopement with Kole & Ally was incredible & I’m beyond honored to have been a part of capturing this moment in their lives ..read more