Photographer Dawn Mikulich

The Family Portrait Session

Dawn Mikulich — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:32:30 +0000

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Permalink ·· Category: Family Portraits, Recent Work ·· Tagged: family, outdoors, portraits

It’s time for Family Pictures!

Dawn Mikulich — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:57:10 +0000

One simple phone conversation with this adorable mom and I knew I would want to blog pictures from their session. Yep, even before the photo shoot, even before I met them or visited the location. The location was her childhood home and that is the sweetest thing I could ever wish to photograph.

This portrait session was photographed in May. Since I haven’t had time to keep up with blogging, I was going to start fresh with new sessions going forward, but this session in particular could not be passed up.

Some Kind of Wonderful

Dawn Mikulich — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:28:45 +0000

The other day after leaving a car dealership (of all the awful places) I looked up and saw this sky. While the resulting photo taken with my iPhone and the Toy Camera app isn’t exactly how the sky looked at that moment, the two captured precisely how the moment felt.

Hint, hint — take more photos.
It’s important.

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Permalink ·· Category: Personal ·· Tagged: iphone

Naperville Senior Portraits & Specials

Dawn Mikulich — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:00:18 +0000

Class of 2011, now is the time to book your senior portraits! This year I will photograph seniors between July and early November at outdoor locations throughout Chicagoland. Special discounts and more information after this gorgeous Class of 2010 high school senior!

Book your portraits between now and August to receive a set of 50 wallets included in the session fee!

While I photograph high school seniors throughout Chicago and its surrounding suburbs, class of 2011 graduates from the following schools receive a $50 print credit included in the session fee:

Naperville North
Naperville Central
St. Francis
Wheaton Warrenville South
Glenbard South
Glenbard West
Wheaton North
Wheaton Academy
Benet Academy
Lisle Community
Neuqua Valley
Metea Valley
Downers Grove North
Downers Grove South

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Permalink ·· Category: Announcements, HS Senior Pictures ·· Tagged: girl, high school senior portraits, naperville riverwalk portraits, nn, senior portraits, seniors, specials

Naperville Senior Pictures!!!

Dawn Mikulich — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:07:40 +0000

If you or someone you know is a Class of 2011 high school senior and would be interested in a complimentary senior portrait shoot, I’m your photographer!

There will only be a handful of complimentary spots available, so don’t wait. Send an email to hello@dawnm.com → tell me a little about yourself like what school you attend, what interests you (sports & clubs), include a recent picture and we’ll go from there.

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Permalink ·· Category: Announcements, HS Senior Pictures ·· Tagged: class of 2010, girl, naperville north, nrw, outdoors, senior pictures

Portraits on the Go!

Dawn Mikulich — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:28:08 +0000

This adorable little tot had this photographer running all over the place to capture these adorable spring portraits. These images were shot in April (I’m a little behind in my blogging!) and indoors. Got to love local conservatories!

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Permalink ·· Category: Recent Work, Toddler Portraits ·· Tagged: girl, lpc, spring, toddler

Portraits at Millennium Park

Dawn Mikulich — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:10:21 +0000

Let’s dream about summer. Last year was the first year I used Millennium Park as a portrait location. It is definitely a fun and unique spot, but the photographer in me was discouraged by the crowds. Until one day I found the perfect family who was ready to meet at 7am for their portraits. Yes, 7am!!! Just perfect! Since then I’ve photographed families and children at the park at varying hours all with great success, but I owe the new experience to this adorably fun family of three.

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Permalink ·· Category: Kid Portraits ·· Tagged: early morning, millennium park, summer

Stay in the Loop

Dawn Mikulich — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:00:59 +0000

Since the website/branding change a few new things have been cooking.

Blog Subscriptions

If you subscribe to my blog in a RSS reader, like Google Reader, please update the link to my feed to http://feeds.feedburner.com/dawnm. For the next 20 days or so it will be redirected from the old feed, but after that it will just sadly stop.

Don’t use a RSS reader? You can have my blog updates delivered right to your email inbox thanks to FeedBurner (a product of Google, Inc.). Simply enter your email address and follow the instructions:

Facebook

There’s a new Facebook page in town and it’s got my name all over it!

I’ve been sharing there somewhat regularly lately and I hope you can join me for the fun and a discount every now and then (wink, wink). If you have a Facebook account visit my page and click on “Become a Fan”. I’d love to see you there.

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Permalink ·· Category: Announcements ·· Tagged: email, facebook, rss, subscriptions

Little Rockstar Child

Dawn Mikulich — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:19:24 +0000

Learning how to play guitar is on my life list. Even so I swear when I added this ukulele to Kendall’s wish list that I had no intention of being one of those parents who wants to live out their dreams through their children. Really. I mean it. I’m not going to do that. I will however be a little (just a little) extra supportive if playing guitar happens to be something she wants to do. For that you can not blame me.

In other news … this weekend is going to be amazing — I’ll be photographing a sure-to-be lovely 10 day old baby girl. Swoon!

Valentine’s Day Craft Ideas

Dawn Mikulich — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:45:13 +0000

Punch Collage by Ali Edwards – you could do this with any punch, but I especially enjoy the hearts.
DIY Valentine’s Day Brownie Bags by Twig & Thistle – also check out the Valentine’s Day Goodie Bags.
“love” cards by Paislee Press – I adore the simplicity of these.
Paper Heart Garland by How About Orange – perfect for near a window.
Valentine Garland by Whisker Graphics – I want to put these all over my house all year round.
Heart Garland by Stephmodo – the perfect use for last year’s pretty calendar.

Completely unrelated to Valentine’s Day, Kendall swoons everytime she sees a heart. It is the sweetest thing. We’ll be trying a kid friendly version of one of these crafts in the next few days in honor of the uncoming holiday and so I can hear a few of her “he, he” giggles to take away the glum of being snowed in.

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