I'm Joelle, an international Lifestyle and Wedding Photographer based in Chicago + Southwest Michigan. I'm also an educator and Photo Editor for photographers!
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This weekend is an incredibly special weekend for me! To give you a little background we’ll flash back to one year ago. A year ago, I was working a part-time position in sales and I was nowhere near in love with it. I wrestled with it for a few months, trying my best to stick […]
It’s time for another round up of my favorite reads! This month I read a couple of really good books, and I’m also highlighting some old favorites! Live Fearless by Sadie Robertson Sadie Robertson is quickly becoming one of my favorite people on the planet and I don’t even know her personally. Her heart shines […]
The secret’s out – we’re moving to Bloomington, IN! I can hardly believe it; we are so incredibly excited about this next adventure in our lives! Last fall, Lyndon began his application process to grad schools in Indiana for his MBA. On the list was Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. We didn’t know what to […]
One of my favorite things to do when I visit Chicago is to eat at new-to-me restaurants! Over the holidays, my sister and I took a trip to Chicago and ate at this cute restaurant called Left Coast, with my friend Justice (you may recognize her from previous blog posts). It was my first time […]
We were weeks away from our wedding day and so ready to transition from planning a wedding to enjoying a marriage together. We had found a cute little apartment and moved both of our things over, unpacking almost everything so we wouldn’t have to worry about it after the honeymoon. When everything was in place, […]