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Having a Chicago Adventure with the Girls| Family Photography

I love being on holiday break with my kids. During regular school time, it just doesn’t feel like we have time to breathe. I feel like we are constantly rushing to school, hurrying to after school activities, shoehorning in homework time, and then jamming in dinner before showers and bedtime.

I am cherishing lazy mornings and afternoon adventures.

Yesterday, my mother-in-law and I decided to take my girls and nieces to downtown Chicago.

The girls loved riding on the train, chitty-chatting, taking pictures of each other and playing games on their itouchs. This was a big improvement on the two-hour drive we took to the city last week. (Why do I always forget that a little rain can add an hour to our drive in a flash?!)

We started our afternoon in the city by collecting a dizzying array of colorful food a the French Market at Ogilvie Train Station. We then went to visit Daddy at his high-rise office and ate our wacky smorgasbord in one of his conference rooms. (Anyone care for a crepe? Or a Vietnamese spring roll? How about a lobster roll or butternut squash soup? And don’t forget the French macarons for dessert! )

Next was a quick hello to Auntie Amy before wandering the halls of the Art Institute.

And then back on the train for more silliness and selflies.

We had a glorious day of exploring different tastes, beautiful art, lots of hugs, and almost no bickering. A glorious day!

Chicago Boys in the Forest Preserve

Can you believe how fast the beautiful fall leaves are quickly falling to the ground? Soon enough, it will be nothing but bare trees staring back at us from the Chicago landscape!

This Saturday, October 25, the weather is supposed to be a gorgeous and sunny. In honor of what might be one of the last nice Saturdays of the fall season, I am offering limited edition mini-shoots for the day. A $75 sitting fee guarantees you a 20 minute shoot. $175 check or cash secures your spot, with $100 in credit going toward purchases of prints, canvases or downloadable images for personal use.

Mini-shoots are for immediate family only. We can do up to three poses for the session. Ten images will be shared in an online gallery. Orders are due within two weeks of images being posted online.

And just to give you a sense of what lovely Chicago family photos look like on a gorgeous, fall day, I would like to share a photo shoot of my nephews from last weekend. Since I have three girls, it is always an exciting adventure to hang out with a family of boys.

Max and Duncan are funny, silly, inquisitive boys. One minute they are chasing each other around, the next they are examining a leaf, the next they are trying to break free to run through the forest.

My problem solver Max was a big helper when it came to coming up with new ideas for photos.

Welcome to My Blog!

While I have enjoyed spending the last few years honing my skills as a “playful posed” photographer, I am so excited to bring lifestyle photography to families in the Chicago area. I have worked as a photographer at the St. Louis Magazine, The Prague Post and The Sunday Tribune in Dublin, Ireland. I have been a director of photography at the Naples Daily News in Florida, assistant director of photography at The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and most recently a photo editor at The Chicago Tribune.

And now, I want to take all that experience and bring you the most amazing, authentic photos of your family at this moment in time. I want to show you how you feel about each other in photos. I want you to look at your storytelling album years from now and remember what your days felt like. I want to capture and crystallize your memories as they are happening.

I had the pleasure of photographing this family right before their oldest left for his first year of college. When I look at these images, I can still hear the kids joking and laughing with each other. I was struck by how sweet all the boys were with their little sister. I loved capturing them hanging out on a gorgeous summer evening in a beautiful forest preserve, enjoying an impromptu game of touch (and occasionally tackle 😉 ) football.