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Downtown Champaign Engagement Photos, Ryan & Sydney, Champaign IL She was a bartender at Murphy’s Pub. He was a regular. One night in the bar when she was off work having a few beers ..she confessed her attraction to him. And there, their love story began. Flash forward five years.  Ryan and Sydney were at […]

Allerton Park Engagement Session, Ian & Meghan, Monticello IL Ian and Meghan grew up in the same small town. They knew each other but never could have predicted they’d be here today.  It wasn’t until after college that they were back in town for Thanksgiving.  At a bar in their hometown, they ran into each […]

Summer Downtown Engagement Session, Nick & Morgan, Champaign IL I asked Morgan how her and Nick met. She’s always been one with words so rather than paraphrasing.. I thought I’d share what she shared with me. “We met in the ‘traditional’ way of swiping right on each other lol. We exchanged a few messages back […]

Fulton Market Engagement, Joe & Jessica, Chicago IL In every proposal story, there is something that was ‘supposed to be part of the plan’ that doesn’t happen.  For Joe and Jessica’s engagement, it was the location of his proposal. Joe had planned to propose to Jessica at the Most Southern Point in Key West. Unfortunately, […]

Golden Hour Engagement at Morton Arboretum, Ben & Rhiannon, Lisle IL When you know, you know. That’s how it was for Ben and Rhiannon.  Like many couples now a days, they met on Bumble (the dating app).  Rhiannon was visiting with friends in the city and oddly enough, she decided to get on the app […]

“He can always make me laugh. No matter how upset or angry I may be, he can always put a smile on my face. Sometimes just by looking at him.” Jimmy has been making Clare laugh and smile for a long time. It was her senior year of high school when Jimmy ‘asked her out’ […]