Newborn in Rainbow Colors

Every once in awhile, I get the momma that simply doesn’t want to make decisions and leaves all the planning to me.  There is no shame in this.  I’ll still verify everything before we get started, but I knew this momma from previous sessions, so I knew she was going to enjoy all the color I planned on bringing to the session. Bring on a newborn in rainbow colors!

Unfortunately for me- I got cocky- it happens to the best of us, right?  This little girls sister that I photographed almost two years to the day literally slept the entire time, I couldn’t wake her up if I tried.  This one?  Not so much haha!

I had to WORK to get this little one into the poses, and even then, I worked very quickly once I got her in the pose because she busted out of each and every one before I got all of my angles and depths.

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Custom Boudoir Session

Boudoir. Whew. I’m in love. Which is weird, because this particular session is of my sister. But is she not on FIRE?! The second I suggested she do a boudoir session she was all for it and made the trip from St. Louis to Decatur for her custom boudoir session.






Custom Boudoir Session

My approach to sessions is a little unconventional, especially for boudoir. Every session starts with a design meeting- which means regardless of which genre we’re photographing, I’m going to meet with you ahead of time and we’re going to figure out what to wear and what you exactly want out of your session. By the time your session rolls around, you will feel more than prepared.

You very likely already have items you want to wear for your session and I LOVE incorporating special items.

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Newborn Session with two older brothers

My mom has a portrait she and two older brothers had taken for my grandparents. At this point, it's probably almost 50 years old. My grandparents and one of my uncles are no longer with us, but I imagine how much my grandparents loved that picture. I don't know what we'll do with the physical picture when my mom no longer has it hanging in her home. It's been in the same place for 30 years, and I imagine it hung elsewhere for 20 years before that.

Newborn session with two older brothers? Yes, please!

With that said, I tend to really love a trio of siblings. Especially when the baby girl is the baby for her newborn session with two big brothers. My mom is the baby with two older brothers. So whenever that dynamic comes across my studio, I really love photographing them at this age.

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Fall family session at Allerton Park

Ashley first got ahold of me unsure if we’d be able to get a fall family session at Allerton Park. Midwest falls can turn on us pretty quickly- as we all know! Luckily, she had a really clear vision for how she wanted her family session to look. We managed to pull everything together in a matter of days for their fall family portraits at Allerton Park in Monticello, Il. Fortunately, fall was kind to us this year and we had amazing temperatures for our session and Ashley had pretty much every clothing item on hand- most from Brass Horn and Brass Horn Too here in Decatur, Il.

After our design meeting I had driven the whole park  looking for a specific location that had Edison bulbs. I was there specifically to scout my lighting, but came up empty. I found an area that would work for family pictures but no gorgeous Edison bulbs.

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A family of four session at River Ranch in Decatur, Il

A family of four session at River Ranch in Decatur, Il

I’ve known this family for a few years since I did Hannah’s lifestyle maternity session and Haddie’s studio newborn session. Since then, they’ve added another little guy to the mix. So even though Hannah got ahold of me for a different reason, we go a family of four session at River Ranch in Decatur, Il squeezed in for them. If you haven't- check out why I think maternity sessions are a must!

If you haven’t met me yet- I’m a horse girl through and through. I’m lucky enough to have an amazing home barn that has a gorgeous, private property to use for my outdoor sessions. So there may be a mini barn tour AND mini donkey to visit- we’re currently 50/50 whether kids are amazed, or totally overwhelmed by how big our amazing horses are!

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