I get this question quite a bit so I thought my blog would be a great place to answer it!   When is the best time to schedule a Chicago family photo session??   I think it’s a great question – but the answer depends on a few different things. One of the first things […]

Look around your home.   Think about the spaces your kids love to be. Is it their bedroom? Maybe it’s your bedroom. On any given day, where can your family be found hanging out in your home? No doubt, you’ve put in a lot of time to make your home comfortable for your family (and […]

I was thrilled when I heard that I had been selected as one of Chicago’s best family photographers by the folks at Expertise There are many, many choices when it comes to family photographers in the Chicago area! Which is why I feel honored when families consistently come back to me year after year for […]

Do you love the back-to-school time of year? I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, it’s nice to have the house all to myself during the day (and the dog!) and sometimes it feels good to be back in a routine. But does it really?   Being a summer girl through and through, […]

Ok, not the actual day – but for sure the post and images for! Maybe I could use the excuse that I was just enjoying my own Mother’s Day holiday? Or that I was trying to go all out for the fathers in my life for their big day? Those would be lies.   I’m […]

When my kids were little and gave Valentines to friends at school, I always felt like I was behind the 8 ball. It seems like because I was just trying to keep them fed, safe and manage my own life, I would completely forget about Valentine’s Day until the night before. So, we’d be going […]

It’s safe to say that most of my favorite images are those with moms and their kids. When I’m able to capture a moment like this I know that it’s not really for the mom or dad. Really, it’s for that baby when he grows up. Years, probably decades from now, he’ll look back on […]

Did you make any New Year resolutions this year? I really never do, although, I guess I just have the same ones every year. Ha! At the top of my list every year it to declutter. I like a pretty minimalistic look – in both my work and my home, but sometimes achieving that can […]

We knew it would happen. It does every year. Sometimes years earlier than others. That is, when the temperatures finally drop to freezing and below. When your kids don’t want to go to the park any more (and quite frankly, neither do you!) But what are you going to do with them? How can you […]

“There may be no relationship . . . that’s closer, finer, harder, sweeter, happier, sadder, more filled with joy, or fraught with woe, than the relationship we have with our brothers and sisters.” -Jeffrey Kluger Isn’t this so, completely true? Siblings are your first friends. One of the few people that will know you for […]