Weddings, engagements, growing families, and all the little things in between.

I'm Nicole Kilday, a wedding and family photographer documenting love and life throughout Northern Illinois, Southern Wisconsin, and wherever your story takes us.

Here you'll find full wedding galleries, engagement adventures, and family sessions filled with the people, places, and moments that matter. Some photographs are thoughtfully directed, others happen entirely on their own. All of them are a little piece of real life, exactly as it felt.

My photographs are vibrant and true to life, with rich color, natural skin tones, and black-and-white images chosen for the feeling they hold. You’ll see candid, documentary moments alongside portraits we slowed down and made together. Look through a whole story—the quiet parts, the wildly happy parts, and what happens when the sun goes down.