SIMPLY BY SUZY

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chicago family & baby photographers | emails that make me smile

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Hi, I'm Suzy, a photographer, mentor and mom of 3. I'm so glad you're here.

A few days ago I had a really, really fun newborn photography session with a family of four.  And then this morning I got the sweetest email in my inbox from mom, who sent me a picture of her toddler ‘photographing’ her new baby sister..

 

“I want to take pictures of baby sister like Suzy!” is one of the captions that accompanied the photo.

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Despite popular belief, it is not always easy being a small business owner.  In fact, behind the beautiful blog posts and the seemingly glamorous Facebook status updates of ‘what we’re up to,’ are a lot of 80 hour weeks and sleepless nights, many days where I give up spending time with my family & friends so I can personally deliver items to a client’s home or take the extra time to work on an order that probably could wait until the morning.. so even just a simple thank you note or taking a few moments to email me about how much your kids had fun at the session.. truly those small gestures are the ones that keep me going and are so beyond appreciated xoxoxo

 

Hi, I'm Suzy, a photographer, mentor and mom of 3. I'm so glad you're here.

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My name is Suzy and for the last 18 years I've had the absolute honor and privilege of photographing families during their life's greatest moments in Chicago and all around the world (and I have the smile lines to prove it). I absolutely love photography, and I am extremely good at what I do. But my absolute best and most important work is being able to help people connect with their families. So they can see and appreciate of all of things that are so wonderful about their life. 

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