Eden and Monroe - Quad Cities Children Photographer

I love these girls...and I love photographing them as they grow!

This was Eden's 4 year session and Monroe's 1 year.  I can't believe it's been 1 whole year since I watched and photographed Monroe coming into this world!

They are such sweet girls...and GORGEOUS!

Eden is probably the most social 4 year old I know!

Monroe is following right in her footsteps!  What a doll!!!

Since it was Monroe's 1 year session, we HAD to do smash cake pictures!

We had to model for the camera for a little bit first, though!

"How old is Monroe?!?!!!"

"yay!!!!"

She didn't go crazy digging into the cake like we thought she might, but she managed to get a little messy!

I have to say that Eden and Monroe (and their parents) were major troopers as this session won a record for sure...a record for the BUGGIEST session EVER!  Mosquitoes galore...it was ridiculous!

Love you girls!  And thank you, Adam and Sam for making such beautiful babies for me to photograph!

Katie - Quad Cities Senior Portrait Photographer

Katie will be graduating this year, so it was time for her Senior Portraits!  Boy did we have a good time!

First of all, when a beautiful girl like Katie steps in front of my lens, it's almost always going to be a good day, but add to that the fact that she was fun and open to anything made for a laid back session that felt as though we were just hanging out!

I've known Katie's mom for a year now and was super thrilled when she approached me about doing Katie's Senior Portraits!  We roamed around a local park and downtown Davenport for a few hours together and laughed so much that we struggled to get any images where Katie wasn't smiling huge!

I'm glad we got a few though...

We even managed to grab a few images with Katie's best furry friend, Ebby!  I don't know about you, but I would say that Ebby is smiling in these pictures for sure!

We went to some of my favorite spots and Katie even climbed ladders with wedges on...talent, I tell ya!

At this point, we were pretty much crossing our fingers that all of the "greenery" Katie was stepping in wasn't poison ivy!  Yikes...I might need to increase my knowledge on identifying that nasty stuff!

We absolutely couldn't do the session without showing some of Katie's silly side.  After all, Senior Portraits are supposed to represent who the senior is at that point in their life and Katie is not only beautiful, but fun and silly!

It's so fun to chat with seniors when I do their sessions...to learn what their plans for the future are.  Katie is going to change lives someday for children who need their worlds brightened in the midst of fear and struggle.  

Katie, you have such a bright future ahead of you!  Keep those glasses girl, I know you'll get more use out of them in your future!  Best wishes as you enter your Senior year and beyond...and thank you for letting me capture your joy and beauty in pictures!

The Link Family - Quad Cities Family Photographer

I was super excited when Amy contacted me about photographing her family.  Amy is such an amazing person and has been so wonderful since we met her a few years ago when she worked with our son before, during and after his transplant.  She helped us so much.  She is such a good person and I knew that her family would be amazing too.

Boy was I right!

A picture perfect family!

They were all so wonderful to spend some time with.  Such great kids...it was at least 137 degrees out this evening and they never complained once!

Okay, maybe Jackson complained for just a split second when I mentioned that I was going to make them all kiss each other!  Ha!

Morgan was a dream...and with that sparkle in her eyes and those adorable freckles, I could have photographed her all day!

Jackson was so incredibly cooperative and kind.  What boy his age likes getting their pictures taken?  Not many!  He was amazing...never showing any discontent with having a camera in his face. :)

Sophia is at that age that I adore photographing and she did not disappoint.  The missing tooth, the freckles, the sparkle in her eyes...man, she is a DOLL!

The kids are only so amazing because of their awesome parents...

It was hot you guys, like SUPER hot and steamy, but this family still smiled, laughed and at least ACTED like they were having fun through it all!

I sure had fun photographing them!

Thank you guys for making the trip to the Quad Cities...I am so thrilled I had the pleasure of photographing you.   You are an amazing family, beautiful inside and out!