Olivia + Abby | Chicago Senior Portraits

Last weekend I had the pleasure of spending the morning with these lovely twin sisters! Olivia and Abby were visiting Chicago from Indianapolis for the weekend, and Olivia contacted me to see if I would do their senior photos in the city. These two weren't really feeling the corn fields and country landscapes of all of the senior pictures they had seen back home, so we got wandered around Michigan Ave by the Art Institute and Millennium Park and ended the session by the waters of Lake Michigan. They were so fun to work with, even if I had to trick the real smiles out a few times! As you will see, these two are seriously gorgeous and made my job so easy.

Good luck with your senior year girls! It's going to fly by. You're going to love love love being in the city next year! :)

First up is the lovely Olivia!

And here is Abby! 

Julia + Erik | Chicago Engagement Session

I first met with Julia a few weeks ago, and I immediately knew we would work well together. We got together near her and Erik's south loop apartment at this adorable little coffee shop and talked all about the wedding and photography, and life in general. We immediately booked this engagement session to make sure we got the fall colors before they were gone! Julia and Erik both grew up in suburbs of Chicago, and will be getting married next spring up in Wisconsin! They were so much fun to work with, and we found some locations that I've never shot at in Chicago before, which is always awesome. We started out at a cute little park in the South Loop, and then on our way to the lakefront, we spotted this cool wall covered in ivy and stopped there. We made a pit stop at the beach by the planetarium, and then ended the session not far from there where we could see a different skyline view from one of their regular roller blading locations. I had so much fun braving the wind and the cold with these two love birds! They are so perfect together.