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Courtney Laper Photography - Chicago & Madison Newborn Photographer

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What is a Fresh 48 Newborn Photo Session & What to Expect?
What is a Fresh 48 Newborn Photo Session & What to Expect?
Finality and Saying Goodbye
Finality and Saying Goodbye
Ravenswood Newborn Session with Proud Big Sister
Ravenswood Newborn Session with Proud Big Sister
Life Updates and a Logan Square Newborn in Chicago with Big Fur Sister
Life Updates and a Logan Square Newborn in Chicago with Big Fur Sister
Repeat Families are the Best Compliments!
Repeat Families are the Best Compliments!
Dogs and Newborns and Love and Hope
Dogs and Newborns and Love and Hope
Lincoln Park Family Welcomes Third Baby!
Lincoln Park Family Welcomes Third Baby!
The People We're Meant to Meet in This Life
The People We're Meant to Meet in This Life
One Year Old in Chicago Loop With One of My Fav Repeat Families!
One Year Old in Chicago Loop With One of My Fav Repeat Families!
When Life Changes in an Instant - Personal
When Life Changes in an Instant - Personal
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Courtney Laper Photography - Chicago & Madison Newborn Photographer

Professional Portrait Photography by Courtney Laper in the greater Chicago area & Madison, WI.

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View fullsize Fall mini session emails were sent out today! If you're on my email list, you're the first to know. If you're not, get on it to never miss an update because this platform is an emotional bully and I try not to be on it. Toodle-oo!
View fullsize Have you ever seen such an adorable duo?!
Unfortunately peony season is over (and was cut short in WI due to severs storms 😪) but summer, and the rest of the flower blooms, are just getting started.
View fullsize Sixteen years ago this past November I photographed my very first family session. I cringe when I look at it now, as I had no idea what I was doing technically or with light, and the overdone skin smoothing - eek.  This was taken in my first semester
View fullsize Hear me out. I deleted IG from my phone because it was killing my spirit. My need for a sense of peace is stronger than ever but I have a visual business & it's hard to be relevant if you're not online. Trying to find balance between not being on
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View fullsize No Kings Chicago 3/28/26. Just a few of the most powerful signs I saw today and a cute pup sporting anti-king wear. 
At first I was annoyed that the Rump tower was in the background but then realized it's a powerful statement. For an ego-fueled man-c
View fullsize If DHS is funded next week and people in the senate actually vote for this after another person is MURDERED by these 🧊 cowards, I have absolutely no hope for America. 
Every day for the last year has had an awful event, a "moment Americans shou
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View fullsize When my dad died by suicide two years ago, I immediately poured myself into fundraising for the Out of the Darkness walk in Chicago that October. I was completely in shock and hadn't even really processed it but I had to do SOMETHING. Last year, I co
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Courtney Laper focuses on documenting moments & relationships with a mix of lifestyle and posed portraiture. She is located in Chicago, IL but travels all over.

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