New Blog!

Molly Grace Photography updated the blog look! It’s now easier to access (just put blog in front of the usual website address) and looks a lot better. The same things will be on the blog – the week’s seniors, the occasional “Behind the Eye” post, weddings or family sessions, and just other tidbits. Drop a comment here, or on the Facebook fan page, with what you think of the new look!

Here's the new blog: http://blog.mollygracephotography.com/

Have a great day!

Alyssa

It was such a surprised to see Alyssa and her mom walk in because we used to be neighbors! I immediately was like "oh my gosh!" I couldn't get over how much she looked like Jewel during her session and I probably drove her and her parents crazy with the amount of times I said it. We all totally saw it true in the pictures during the viewing, but it is so out of context of Alyssa as her own person. She is beautiful, a total fashionista who was super excited about her outfits and changes. She is totally rocker in her sparkly shoes. You can tell she takes great care of herself and gets that from her mom as I would often see her mom going out for a walk or a run when we lived close. Go Carol! I love that mom's are instilling physical fitness in their daughters at a younger age.

Vote for Kendall for Glamour's Woman of the Year!

I have been photographing Kendall since she was little, like elementary school little. It's such a privilege to see how Kendall has used her lessons and own life experiences to make a difference in others lives. Make sure you vote for Kendall so she can continue to change the world.

Megan

Megan had such a great session. We took a risk on not rescheduling it because of the high chance of rain but it ended up being perfect. It did start raining, but we just went back to the studio and had a great time there. It stopped raining and was perfectly gorgeous outside. The light was crisp and contrasty and had a beautiful glow to it. It was a photographers dream; it was a great session that really quenched my thirst for a super artsy shoot. It let me use her beauty and style and fashion choices in such an amazing way.

Tom

Tom is studying to be a Broadway singer/actor. He produces his own CDs of him singing Broadway classics. He is totally animated. Anna, my makeup artist, loved him immediately! During his in-studio shots, she was giving him scenarios to react too! We continued it outside too as we found its what works best; we had so much fun! Tom is taking his pictures to New York, and I am very privileged to have had him come to me for them! Even with him following his dream, it was so great to see how grounded he was. He is very close to him mom and I know that he will always call this his home.

Will

It was super fun to be able to shoot Will's senior portraits considering he doesn't live or go to school in Chicago! Will lives in Florida with his mom but was with his dad and stepmom for a while. His stepmom Susan had heard of me through other neighbors. Will is really artsy; he loves to paint and uses multimedia of paint and words to communication. He also paintballs but unfortunately he didn't bring his paintball gear. I loved the way how in his session I was able to use some of the elements of downtown Naperville to really show who he is: like using the the graffiti to show his love for paint and being artsy. I saw so many pictures during his viewing that I thought would make an awesome greeting card so maybe look for those in the future?!

Andrea

Andrea is a uber confident and happy go lucky girl. She knew exactly what she wanted for her shoot meaning she loved her favorite sweatshirt so she wanted pictures in that and her mom loved pictures by the water so we made sure to get those too. I felt super happy to get these great clients considering it really seemed like they put a priority on photography in their family. Based on the other photographers that they said they had worked with, it was a privilege to be able to do Andrea's senior portraits! It was great to meet her whole family at the viewing, and it was totally funny because looking at the pictures made them realize how much Andrea looks like her mom.

Megan

Megan is a 2012 senior at St. Francis. She heard of me through Devin Dickson's mom who was cutting her dad's hair! I loved their outfits that they had just purchased. She found some really great jewelry. To me, I think Megan is really gorgeous and yet her strong suit is that she's always funny. That just made me work harder to keep her laughing! I love her pictures so much; in some of the ones with her awesome jewelry she totally looks like a supermodel. Megan's mom even called me the day after the session to thank me for it. It was such a delight to work with such a sweet family like them!

Behind the Eye - a note from Molly Grace

So funny that these Behind the eye posts have happened so few times as we had planned to do every other week. At this point you have to just laugh at yourself... and just do the best you can so hop on the wagon again and write them.

Lately I've been thinking about the old lady inside me, she's perhaps coming out sooner than I want even though I am only a mere 28 years old. I've pulled out about 6 gray hairs and been going to the chiropractor 2 a week the last 2 months to get rid of my these serve headaches I keep having. All of this has gotten me thinking about my future daughters mother (not prego yet ) my husbands future partner in the rocking chair, and ultimately the old lady within me. I guess my big lesson lately is to be kind to myself, to take time for myself, to consider how I process stress and find a healthy way to deal, to not be so hard on my body but instead to cherish it and hopefully it will here long enough to laugh at the days to come in the rocking chair with my love, and maybe have a grand child or two.

My advice to you girls and guys is to take it from me and do the same, today maybe go for a walk, maybe take a 20 min nap instead of a cup of coffee or a red bull. Oh yes, and when possible eat organic :)

Kylie

Kylie is super lucky because she looks so much like her mom. They both are blessed with awesome fabulous perfect arms that are skinny but not too skinny. And yet Kylie still has gorgeous curves to rock the red dress, one of my favs! Her boyfriend came with for the viewing, and he has just amazing eye; you can see what a great pair they make. She's going into cosmetology which is so fun because she's gorgeous and it will be a great field for her to have a ton of fun in making other people feel beautiful and good about themselves. I loved seeing her and her mom's relationship; I can really tell she's been a product of good parenting.

Chloe

First off, I love Chloe's name: Chloe Rose, how beautiful! She was a referral from two friends: Stephanie and Darcy. She looks a like her friends a little too. Initially, Chloe seemed a little shy but sweet spirited. After her viewing with her mom and dad though, I could tell that was only half of who she is! We had so much fun at her viewing. Her and her mom are so funny with her mom giving captions to nearly every photo.

Megan

Megan is so cute. She came to her session was a little entourage of friends. Two of her friends, who were both named Mary Wright, joined along for her session. They were awesome and had muffins and waters and snacks, super cute. Megan was a referral from one of her soccer teammates whose photos I had taken a few years ago. So Megan had known for a while that she wanted to me to take her senior photos. It was also awesome that I got to shoot her because she had been waiting for hours before her session to get the new iPhone! She had to leave for her session but her mom stayed in line and brought it to her during our time together. I totally loved her style of outfits. She was high fashion but had an inner beauty as well.

Ashley

Ashley is another 2010 senior headed to college next year! She graduated from Monitini Catholic High School where she played lacross for the girl's team. She was excited to show a different side of her, and it was so fun to see her discover this and blossom in front of the camera. And even with this other side of her, she was still totally comfortable in her rugby shirt and cool shoes. After her session her and her mom had dinner together, and she tried to wait for her dad and her brother to come home to see her in the make-up and the fake eyelashes that are apart of the make-up look but she ended up taking them off. They did see them in the photos and everyone loved her different look!

Katie and Adam by Molly Grace featured in Style Unveiled!

I am so excited to be featured on Style Unveiled again, but this time as a photographer! It's incredible! And very awesome!

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And if you missed it before, our other article to the right :)

Luke of Enshape Fitness

This is my great friend Luke. I know Luke through church, and he is a great Christian guy. He's so outspoken and uses this to kick people into gear. He totally uses his big great smile for God's glory at our church. He's taking his business to a new level with personal training. I hope to photograph him for years and years and hopefully he can get me Enshape too.

Olivia

In addition to senior photos, I also do family sessions. Here's a few from cute little Olivia's session and there is another family session a page or two back. Just scroll to the bottom and click on older posts to see it. Call me at 630.788.7717 or email for more information!

Emma

Emma is an amazing ballerina! She dances at a dance company in Chicago! Actually, she came straight to her viewing from dance. She has a younger sister that I can't wait to photograph as well. Emma's shoot was amazing, so high fashion. I loved it. I thought her outfits were great too.

Tory

It's totally clear that Tory had an idea for what she wanted for her. We found this rummage area in downtown Naperville that was just asking us to photographer her. It was so cool because it was great mix of what she wanted and also different from the normal Naperville locations. She had a great relationship with her mom which I love to see.

I really loved her faith ring too. It was fun as well because I could select what I want to focus on in the photo. So, like I could choose to focus on Tory's face or focus on the ring, like the photo below.

Sarah

Sarah is another graduated senior heading off to college in the fall. She's from Texas so of course I loved her because I love all things Texas. She'll be in San Antonio the next school year, a city I'm so looking forward to visiting soon. She had the windiest day for her session! Her dad came along too which was so nice.

Chelsea

Chelsea is a 2010 senior, so she just graduated high school. Her fun guy friend Luke referred her. She has an awesome future in soccer ahead of her. She is the perfect mix of spirt and faith. I loved her amazing little cute faith rings. She's got a good sense of fashion too! I think she has a great grounding as to who she is.