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Hi friends! I'm Jill and I'm so glad you stopped by.
I'm a wedding and portrait photographer based out of Chicago and Central Illinois. Grab a coffee (or my favorite, a coke!) and take a look around this site at the beautiful people who let me tell their stories through images, as well as a little peek into our everyday life!
Yesterday, we photographed our last 2016 wedding. We love photographing weddings together. I have told Michael many times that I am not sure if I would love it as much (and I’m sure I would have missed those 19 Saturdays at home MUCH more) without him as my main second shooter. But it leads to some schedule complications, as […]
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November 14, 2016
You know something that is pretty tough for me to work out? Figuring out when to prioritize Michael and I and when to prioritize our family (as in, our kids). The truth is, sometimes I think one is the same as the other. And sometimes I think that prioritizing Michael and I IS prioritizing our family- because as a child […]
August 29, 2016
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A couple weeks ago, I started a new series here that I am pretty excited about (read the first post here!) celebrating the highs and lows of marriage through OUR marriage. This specific post grew out of something I experienced last week and I knew it was the next piece I wanted to write about in […]
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June 27, 2016
One of the reasons I most love photographing weddings, one of the things that makes up my “why” for being a wedding photographer, is my passion for marriage. For people to enter into it smartly, for couples to recognize it is more of a choice than anything, for them to find joy in the day to day […]
May 15, 2016
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Well, I haven’t published a Marriage Mondays post since before E3 was born…and he’s two. It’s been a LONG time, but it feels great to contribute to this Marriage Series on my blog again because I think it’s so important, and because I love it! I actually got the idea for this post while watching the […]
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March 2, 2020
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