6th grade is where it all began.  Because sometimes love finds you before your ready…before you could know that you’ve met the person that you want to hold hands with through ALL the things. But that spark still remained.  As did their friendship. And so years later, when they saw each other at a party […]

Pea coats were donned.  Gloves were required.  Full blown snowsuits could have been a necessary addition. But no temperature warnings could keep us from celebrating.  Because these two have a love that requires a party.  They see the incredible gift they have in one another.  What started as a friendship has grown to a love […]

Lindsey and Kurt – YOU TWO.  (Yes – I must use caps and I’m shouting)  I love you to the moon and back.  I’m pretty sure that the two of you make me laugh harder than anyone ever.  (Except for Ted.)   I am so glad that God kept bringing you two back to one another […]

Morgan and Sean…it’s no secret.  I love you both.  I love your hearts.  The way you love each other.  How you make people feel like family from the very beginning.  How you see the wonder and the good in the people that you meet.   And PIPPEN.  Don’t even get me started on Pippen…   […]

Four years. Seeing each other in the hallways.  Living just a few minutes away. They knew of each other.  They eventually became friends, even.  But…that was it. As it turned out, they found themselves at the same university.  And their friendship grew stronger.  Feelings started in each of them, but at all the wrong times. […]

He met her and was immediately smitten. She was beautiful.  Witty.  Kind. So…he asked her out for a date. And she said no. But their friendship continued and one evening, Demetri asked for her assistance with ideas on how to capture the attention of another girl. And she was jealous. Which she realized meant that […]

All of the stories I get the privilege of documenting are personal for me.  It’s the only way I can shoot.  And…well…the people become a part of my life. But this one?  Extra personal. While we lived in the Wheaton area, we had the privilege of getting to know some college students.  They became family: […]

They held hands. He pointed to her ring finger. “One day…I’ll earn that finger.” Their love grew.  And held hands through joy and loss and laughter and life with 6 dogs and 2 cats. And in a matter of days, she will place a ring on his finger…  And their story – the one where […]

Last night I sat pouring through images of 2 people whom I adore.  People with hearts so big and so kind that you struggle to find words when trying to describe them and you resort to phrases like “sooooo great…” and “I just love them” and you smile a lot hoping that will make up […]

Sometimes in life you go on crazy adventures. And April sounds like a great time for one of those. Our little family is road-tripping back to Chicago for just such an adventure and I’d be all kinds of honored to have the opportunity to document your amazing self (and possibly your loved ones) while I’m […]