You’d think that as an native northern Illinoisan I’d be bored of fields and farms, but the opposite is true–I really can’t get enough of them! I a farm girl that has been misplaced to the urban life, and I really miss it. If I know that a client of mine owns a farm, I always suggest doing the portraits there. They offer an amazing variety of scenery and a look that can’t be duplicated anywhere else…certainly not in a studio!

Three adult sisters returned home to the family farm for this portrait session, and the location could not have been any more perfect. I love the mix of trees, fields, buildings, cows…it’s nature at it’s finest! Despite the cold temperatures and the WIND! we had a good time and captured some shots of this family, who obviously enjoyed their time together very much. They made things fun by bringing out an antique tractor. Set in one of their pastures with some pine trees behind and just a smidge of one of the barns, it made the perfect setting for their family portraits.

The whole group:

And the sisters and their individual families:

A couple more of the kids, because I’m partial to kids!

My favorite shot of the day: