Bella's Puppy Session
Bella's first puppy session was a success!
Bella's first puppy photo session was a success! Shoutout to my friend Alex for having such an adorable Aussie puppy. You won't find another pup with more energy than this one 🙌🏼
© Sarah Ellen Vitel Photography + Design
The Roe Family
Joy is capturing family memories one photo shoot at a time... My heart was so full after this in-home session with the Roe crew.
Joy is capturing family memories one photo shoot at a time... My heart was so full after this in-home session with the Roe crew. Trish and Steven have two children, Charlie their 7 month old son and their 3 year old French Bulldog, Goose! Charlie has the biggest bluest eyes I've ever seen and Goose loves stealing Charlie's llama stuffed animals. I'm feeling so grateful I was invited by the Roes to snap these sweet moments. Scroll down and take a sneak-peak but I'm warning you, you might just fall in love with their beautiful little family... I mean how could you not?!
Scooby's Red Hots
Fresh cut fries, 7inch Scooby dogs, & a 44oz Scooby cup with free refills for life.
Fresh cut fries, 7inch Scooby dogs, & a 44oz Scooby cup with free refills for life.
This little place on the corner lit up with neon lights and an inflatable waving hot dog caught my eye every time I drove past it. After 18 years of living less than 15 minutes from it in the Chicago-land suburbs, it was finally time to stop. As a college transplant who temporarily ended up back in her hometown after moving away from a college town filled to the brim with creatives, I was aching to find exciting locations to create some photo magic at. Scooby's hot dogs not only has beautiful neon signs and black and white tile everything, it has the best dogs and fries I've tried in the surrounding area. It gives Portillos a run for it's money and may have even crossed the finish line as #1 in my mind. Take a mini trip back to the era of drive-ups, chocolate malts, fresh cut fries and neon lights over at Scooby's.
Model: Andrea Rose
Are You Kitten Me? Vivian Hazel's 2nd Birthday!
Vivian Hazel's 2nd birthday party was purr-fectly feline and fabulous!
Vivian Hazel's 2nd birthday party was purr-fectly feline and fabulous!
My good friend Olivia's adorable, spunky and utterly sweet daughter Vivian Hazel turned two on December 13th. We had a blast celebrating her kitten filled big day!
Living The Swell Life
Live Happy. Live Healthy. Live Swell.
Live Happy. Live Healthy. Live Swell.
One of my most recent clients, Stephanie Wontorski, is living the swell life as a certified integrative nutritional health coach. She studied with the world's top health and wellness experts at The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and through her guidance seeks to inspire women to restore balance to their lives. Stephanie is happy, healthy, and a real green juice enthusiast. I enjoyed capturing her personality during our professional portrait shoot. I also enjoy dabbling in the photo styling and photography of food, so getting to work with her salad and green juice was a fun little highlight.
Check out some of her amazing recipes or traveling tips at the link below.
Blog: swell.liveeditaurora.com/blog
Creative Director
Intensely driven, highly analytical and instinctively creative.
Intensely driven, highly analytical and instinctively creative.
I had the pleasure of photographing my good friend Kalynn Coy during my last visit to Columbia, Missouri. Kalynn is a Stephens College marketing and management (soon-to-be) graduate who minored in psychology. She's destined for a bright future, I can't wait to see where life takes her!