Dana & Jake

If you promise me coffee, I’ll bring the donuts.

Dana and Jake took me up on this offer and we spent the morning at their cozy home in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago for their lifestyle engagement session. Instead of going to a destination location or adventure for their session, they wanted something that truly documented them and their daily rhythms.

So, we picked a date and I hopped on a plane and met them in the quaint Wicker Park neighborhood and we sipped coffee together, filled our bellies with donuts from Stan’s Donuts, and reflected on the quiet, everyday moments that make love what is it is.

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Anna Claire Beasley is an adventurous wedding, elopement, + portrait photographer based out of Texas. She travels for the majority of all of her sessions, from across Texas to locations like Big Bend National Park, to New Mexico, California, Oregon, Arizona, Utah, Hawaii, and anywhere else there’s a story to document. Her work is grounded in the belief that photographs are about remembering moments + experiences and she makes it her goal is to capture how it felt so those memories can stay fresh for years to come.