
What a fun afternoon with two cool brothers on the prairie…

Great to see this family again. Each child is more photogenic than the next! We held this session downtown, partially in Millennium Park and partially off Michigan Avenue. I think every photographer in the tri-state area was in the park that day so I was so happy when everyone agreed to head over to the…

How does a photographer make an image that is truly candid? That is, an image where the subject does not know they are being photographed? So many of the images that portrait photographers take are set up. Even those photographers who labels themselves as “lifestyle” or “candid” photographers go to great lengths to get things…

Another sunny, late summer session with an extended family… Extended family portraits are the hardest to orchestrate for both the client and the photographer. There are the extra logistics of coordinating many family schedules, a suitable location, and usually a wildcard toddler. Let’s not also forget that most extended sessions happen on weekend afternoons, when…