I think I’m going to call this the tale of two sessions! Corey and Brian wanted snowy winter photos for their session, but I don’t think they were anticipating just how harsh the winter tempatures would be. The day we shot this  it was “feels like -10” which was actually an improvement from the days leading up to it! Luckily they decided to shoot at the Botanic Gardens so that we could do some inside the greenhouses for a break from the cold. Hence the tale of two sessions and two extremes. We went from the tropics to the artic just by opening a door!

If there was an award for troopers of the year they would win hands down. Not only did we brave the negative temps, but we were out and walking around quite a bit. Thank god for layers and hand and toe warmers! Even in the middle of winter the botanic gardens is gorgeous! With untouched snow covered trees and virtually no one else around it was a picturesque backdrop.

Here are my favorites! Although we popped in and out of the greenhouses I split this post in two with all the indoor shots first followed by the outside ones after.

I can’t wait for their September wedding which will hopefully bring much more pleasant temperatures!

Off to the artic cold aka Chicago outside in January!

At the very end of the session I talked them into trying one final shot that required them thowing snow….. after a few attempts we got the shot below 🙂