arlington heights NEWBORN + FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER

NEWBORN & FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY THAT FEELS SIMPLE & NATURAL.

A relaxed, full-service newborn & family photography experience, with practical support at your side every step of the way.

newborn baby yawning during a lifestyle, home newborn session
newborn baby yawning during a lifestyle, home newborn session
mom and dad holding their newborn baby during a Chicago newborn session at home
A pregnant mom with her three little girls during a maternity session on Glencoe Beach
A pregnant mom with her three little girls during a maternity session on Glencoe Beach

simple, natural newborn + family photo sessions

Photo sessions designed for the wigglers, the do-we-have-to’s, and the unexpected magic that unfolds.

Let your family show up exactly as they are - no bribing, no expectations. Just good, quality time together. Whatever that may look like in this season. Pressure’s off.

Hi, I’m Christi.

Mom of 5, from toddler to teenange years, documenting the beauty of motherhood + family life

a natural headshot of a woman holding a cup of tea

As a mom, I spend a lot of time thinking about the photo archive I want to pass down to my children. This means, when I show for your family’s session, I’m thinking about that for your children, too.

In 25 years, your children won’t care about the perfectly posed photos of everyone looking and smiling at the camera (yes, I still get a couple of those for the future genealogy archivists in your family).

Instead, they’ll care about the ones that remind them what it felt like to belly laugh as a child, how it felt to be picked up and swung around by dad, how goofy they were with their little brother, and how tender you were with them in your best moments.

Even in the crazy, there is so much love. Even in the mess, there is joy to be found and so, so much to be grateful for.

Let me bottle that up for you.

Want photos like these?

Cloud storage full? Same.

FRAMED PRINTS & ALBUMS

Let’s create heirloom artwork that you actually get to enjoy.

You don’t need more digital image files. You need actual artwork that is easy to pass onto your children one day. You need framed photographs to enjoy daily on your walls and heirloom albums to thumb through on the couch with your family. Let me take this project off your plate.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

MATERNITY, NEWBORN, & FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER

Christi Marcheschi is an award-winning newborn photographer and family photographer, based in Arlington Heights, Illinois and serving the Arlington Heights, Illinois Northwest and North Shore suburbs. She has been recognized as the Best Newborn and Family Photographer in Chicago for several years in a row and is known for her fine-art, film-inspired aesthetic. Christi’s work has been featured by Click Community and Refined Co.CLP Clients appreciate Christi’s gentle, warm approach with babies and children and her ability to make sessions feel easy and natural.