Hello, Welcome to Ashley Wydra Photography.


My name is Ashley. I am a married, mom of 2 with some four legged family members also. I am live in the McHenry area and I am a kindergarten teacher at a local area school.

I purchased my first camera shortly before my first daughter was born. I had fun playing around taking pictures but nothing serious. Once, my daughter was born I started taking more pictures and had others begin to take notice of my work with my daughter and reach out to do their pictures.

Since then, I have develop a passion for this art and enjoy capturing families, newborns, birthdays, weddings and so much more! I love getting opportunities to capture memories and watch families grow from couples, to marriage, to families and events along the way.

"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything."

—Aaron Siskind