1. Your favorite bar or restaurant Where is your favorite place to grab a margarita or craft beer? Is there somewhere with cute outdoor seating that would be perfect for your summer engagement session? If you and your fiance love burgers, head somewhere where you can chow down on some fries and patties. Nothing tells […]

Starting a business is difficult. September officially marks be being a full blown business for a year now and I’ve crafted ten things that I learned during my first year in business as a wedding and lifestyle photographer in Chicago, Illinois.

It was an absolute joy photographing Ericka and Danny for our summery engagement session in downtown Minneapolis! We ventured to the Stone Arch Bride and Father Hennepin Bluff Park for their session and the night couldn’t have been more perfect! After two straight days of rain, the drizzling finally stopped just in time for our […]

There’s so much more to your wedding photos beyond the family formals and photos during the ceremony. Have some fun with your wedding photographer with these five photo ideas that you can do on your wedding day! 1. Pop the Champagne Let’s pop the bubbly! This is a super fun photo to tie into your […]

A lot of couples tend to shy away from forking over more cash to get their wedding photos printed, but I’m here to tell you 5 reasons why you should be getting the photographs that were taken on the best day of your life, your wedding day, printed. 1. Touching combined with seeing is so […]

Let’s be real. Asking questions about marriage and weddings is tough, especially when you’ve probably never gotten married before and don’t know really know what to ask. Here are a few questions you probably aren’t asking wedding photographers before hiring them, but should be. What photography style(s) do you specialize in? This question is so […]

I met MK because she slid into my DMs on Instagram and no, I am not kidding you. It was my birthday and she said “Hey! We so need to be friends!” followed by a happy birthday message and a note on how great it is to meet younger wedding professionals in the area. This […]

Sarah and Kevin were one of the very first couples I booked that I didn’t personally know and I am so grateful that they landed upon my Instagram and website! Their wedding is in October of 2019, but let me tell ya, the year is already going by FAST. Their wedding will be here before […]

4 ways your business can benefit from having a branding session with a photographer.

I’ve been fortunate enough to be a photographer at Speed Blogging, a monthly photoshoot where bloggers, models or basically anyone wanting to get some portrait photos done, work with some local photographers to shoot some looks. That’s where I met Autum. We clicked almost instantly when she told me that her style goes hand-in-hand with […]