When I knocked on the door for my child portrait session on Saturday morning, this was the sweet face that greeted me…I was smitten instantly! Love those curls and baby-blues.First we did some Christmas Card shots, and Vivy’s mom Becca had done an amazing job of staging a little scene where Vivy had boxes to […]

I loved this family shoot! We met at a park in Park Ridge that has a little nature preserve attached, and the fall colors were fabulous. I’ve worked with John Mark, Sheena and Esmée a couple of times before (see some of those images here) so I was of course very happy to hear from them […]

I’m sure many of you have heard of Graham Elliot Bowles by now…Top Chef Masters, Master Chef, Graham Elliot (the restaurant), James Beard Award winner…(you get the picture). Even President Obama paid a visit to the restaurant for his birthday this year! About a year ago I shot Allie & Elliot’s wedding, and now here we […]

I love this time of year, leaves falling, pumpkins, apple cider, Canadian Thanksgiving, and family portraits! People are starting to think of Christmas cards and gifts…or in this case celebrating a birthday – Roxy is turning one soon! I had a great time walking though the neighborhoods near Lincoln Square with this family. It worked […]

Happy Fall everyone! This morning I did a family photo shoot in Oak Park. Beth & Alison are sisters, and Beth contacted me a couple of months ago to set up this shoot for her family as well as Alison’s – fun! I hope that my sister and I can do stuff like this when […]

Creating this post makes me miss my Swedes so much! Oscar and Lina have been going to school here in Chicago with Jamie for the past two years, and sadly we had to say goodbye to them a couple of weeks ago. It was SO wonderful having them here, and we just don’t know what […]