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I’m so excited to share this engagement session on the blog, especially as the couple’s wedding day approaches next month.  Danelle and Scott met me at Chestnut Hill Farm in Sleepy Hollow, where Danelle boards her horse Skye. They are such a down to earth couple, we had so much fun walking the property and taking in the outdoors during their summer engagement session. We stared the session in the evening after most of the riders were gone and had the place pretty much to ourselves. The barn and surrounding wild and groomed areas were gorgeous, and the staff was so gracious in letting usRead More →

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I’ve had several opportunities to do fall portrait shoots this month. Such a beautiful season. This week I have an engagement session slideshow to share of a couple whose chemistry with each other shines. Not many people would call themselves entirely comfortable in front of a camera, especially in an intimate portrait setting. It’s the photographer’s job to create an environment and relationship with each couple that puts them at ease, but couples with a pure chemistry and comfortability with each other bring that extra spark that can not be orchestrated. When a couple can let down their guard, take risks and share their personal brand of intimacy without fear – playful, comical, spicy or tender – this is when we create magic. Amanda andRead More →

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Happy to share the latest slideshow from an Engagement Session with Lauren and Adam, a couple I met through the alumni association of one of my major departments at Carroll University in Waukesha, WI. The two of them met while attending there and even shared their engagement on the steps of Voorhees Hall. I’m so happy to be able to share in this year of their lives as they plan for their wedding, and make a deeper connection with fellow alumni. Though the wedding will be in southeast Wisconsin, we did their engagement shoot in some more abstract locations in Chicago. It turned out beautifully, even with a smallRead More →