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.

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 […]

I was thrilled when Megan reached out to me wanting to do her engagement session at Oak Street Beach in Chicago! Sometimes I forget that we have such beautiful beaches here in the city because it’s so easy to just think of Chicago as skylines, pigeons and public transportation.