Last month I broke my ‘if-the-sun’s-not-up-neither-am-I rule’ so that I could enjoy a sun rise on the beach with my good friends Julia, Cosmo & their pup Benny 🙂  In case I haven’t told the story before, I first met Julia at the beginning of 2011 when she emailed me asking to meet up.  Being a photographer herself, she had just moved here from California and had a really good group of photog friends back home so she was really hoping to create that same community here.  We worked together at a baby session a few weeks later and then got coffee at Cafe DeLucca afterward where we chatted for like 2 hours and, well, the rest is history..  I’m so glad she reached out to me as I can’t imagine life without her now, she has truly become one of my best friends.

Flash forward about 9 months later and we decided to do shoots for each other since being a professional photographer you never really have any good photos of yourself.  For hers & Cosmo’s photos we went to one of the dog beaches here so we could let Benny off his leash and catch that awesome morning light.  We walked until we found the most amazing spot on the lakefront with a view of the entire city.. one of the things I love most about Chicago is that getting lost or aimless walking always seems to lead to discoveries of my favorite places.   We enjoyed our newfound view for a few moments (poor Benny was deathly afraid of the crashing waves) and then headed over to a local cafe by their apartment to warm up with Nutella lattes that were uuuunnnreeeeeal.  Among many other reasons, I love hanging out with these two because I am ALWAYS laughing.  Cosmo has the most awesome sense of humor and I totally see why Julia is so in love with him (and vice versa :)).

Anyway, thanks again Julia for not only letting me photograph you and your little family of three.. but most importantly, for always being such a good friend. Love you! xoxo

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