These are the good old days
For Families, Maternity, Newborn, Milestones, and More
McHenry County Family Photography Services & Pricing
Lifestyle Family Photo Sessions
The beginning and everything in-between
What if your family photos weren’t about getting everyone to look at the camera — but about remembering how this season felt? All the beautiful mess & chaos of life.
No perfectly coordinated outfits or the moment everyone smiled at the same time, but the way your toddler reaches for you without thinking. The way your baby curls into your chest. The way you instinctively sway when the room gets quiet. The way love shows up in the in-betweens — unprompted.
My family sessions document your real connection as it exists in the right now. The joy. The ordinary magic. The fleeting details you don’t realize you’ll miss until they’re gone.
Come as you are. We’ll let the rest unfold.
What you’re actually paying for
When you book me as your family photographer, you’re not just paying for me to point a camera in your general direction & say “cheese”.
( 01 )10+ years of experience photographing & navigating family photo sessions while your favorite humans live life for the first time.
( 02 )3+ years of paying attention to the fine details, training my eyes to catch the big & small moments & the feelings that come with it.
( 03 )Creative direction that makes you and your family look & feel like you.
( 04 )Someone who finds the magic in even the most mundane of moments & wants the session led by your littles so we can view life through their eyes.
( 05 )Photos that hit different ten years from now — because I shoot for the truth in your story, not just the shot.
The Good StuffWhat do my family Photo sessions consist of and where?
For families in McHenry County & beyond who want life documented exactly as it is. The fat cannoli baby legs, chubby fingers, and sun bleached hair only lasts for a season and I know all too well how much we’ll miss it when it’s passed. My sessions are buildable and fine-tuned to fit your lifestyle and family's unique story.
These sessions begin at 1 hour and give you the option to document your memories at home, at your favorite place, or in my studio location at The Ellery in Crystal Lake.
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1 hour of unscripted coverage
Thoughtfully edited images
Pre-session planning
Gentle storytelling direction
Online gallery (6 months)
Full print rights
4-6 week turnaround time
60-mile travel radius from Hebron, IL
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Beginning at $725 for 1 hour
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Additional hours for adventure sessions — $365/hr
Studio Location at The Ellery in Crystal Lake, IL – $400/hr
Still here?
Let’s do this
Family sessions are an investment — I'm not going to pretend they're not. But the kids won't be this little again. The chaos of right now? It's the stuff you'll miss someday.
The photos are the only thing that actually keeps up with how fast it goes.
Ten years from now, you'll open that gallery and feel how little they were. That's not an accident. That's the whole point.
We have big feelings to catch & a whole lot of real life to document.