Meet Your Photographer
Becoming a mother changed everything. When my son was born I knew I couldn't keep doing work that I didn’t connect with, heart and soul. I wanted to build something real, not just a business, but proof for him that you can actually chase the thing you love and make it work. So I did.
That decision lives in every single session I shoot. I'm not here to manufacture pretty pictures. I'm here because I know how fast it all goes, the tiny hands, the first look, the beautiful chaotic moments nobody thinks to slow down for. I became a mother and suddenly understood that the photos you'll treasure forever aren't the ones where everyone looked perfect. They're the ones where everyone was actually there.
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Chicago wedding and lifestyle photographer, boy mom, wife, and someone who will absolutely cry at your wedding before you do.
I'm Lauren!
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My Style & Approach
Most photographers either disappear into the background and hope something happens, or they manufacture every moment until it stops looking real. I do neither. I guide you into something genuine and then get out of the way and let it happen.
I am Type A so you don't have to be. Your timeline is built before you ever arrive. Your family photo list is organized so you can attend cocktail hour and not spend it rounding up Aunt Karen. When I say I guide you, I mean I tell you exactly where your hands go, how to angle toward each other, and when to look. Nothing Left to Chance. There will be no stiff posing, no faux smiles, no awkward "okay now laugh at each other."
The result is a gallery that looks like your day actually was. Joyful. Emotional. A little chaotic. Completely yours.
The nervous laugh you didn't mean to let out. The moment your person grabbed your hand without thinking. Not performed. Not staged. Just your real story, captured with intention so you never forget how it felt.
If you want someone who will know your timeline better than your planner, answer your 11pm texts, and deliver a gallery that makes your mom call you crying, we should talk.
more about me!
coUNTRIES VISITED:
12 (and counting & I'm not stopping)
Photo I'd rescue from a burning building:
my son and husband baking cookies together
Loyalty that will never waver:
Indiana University (Go IU!)
How I met my husband:
Hinge!!! So YES, dating apps absolutely work
Household status:
one son, two fur babies named Archie and Maverick, and a house that is never quiet
Favorite weekend:
Saturday: your wedding, Sunday: coffee & farmers market then collapsed on the couch rewatching Friends or Gilmore Girls for the hundredth time
Current exploration:
finding every hidden gem Chicago has to offer
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