A wedding I shot back in September (where my mom acted as my second-shooter!) has been featured on Style Me Pretty Illinois today, and I know it would make the bride’s day if you left a comment on her featur. If you’d like to see my take on the day, view my Jenna Cole post [...]

I’ve owned a dSLR for 3 years now, and in that time I’ve learned a lot. On the left you can see a photo I took and delivered to my clients when I first started, and one from a session I did last year. I’m self-taught, and certainly don’t know everything, but I’d like to [...]

One of my 101 in 1001 goals is to photograph a birth. If you are in the Chicago area (it would need to take me less than 90 minutes to get to you from Hyde Park so I don’t miss it), and giving birth in a birth center or at home between now and May, I [...]

I took some pictures of my friend Paige. She’s my best friend in Chicago, will soon have 3 kids age 4 and under, and looks crazy good for someone who is probably going to give birth within the next month. Click here to see the rest. Those jeans she is wearing? They aren’t maternity pants. [...]

I’ve given up on trying to take my photos on the assigned day. Instead I’d rather focus on using the photos as prompts and trying to do something (somewhat) interesting. I took the first three all on the same day because my weekend was so packed I didn’t have time to sit down and create [...]