I was soooo excited about this session. Elizabeth and I had been emailing back and forth brainstorming ideas and props etc. to set up their picnic in the park and to incorporate their wedding date via balloons so they could use them for save the dates.
I met them bright and early Saturday morning. Like 7am early – hence the gorgeous morning light. It was still in the 90’s during this time, but we managed to avoid some of the heat as well by starting so early.
We explored their neighbor with stops at the Kinzie bridge and their favorite doughnut place Glazed to pick up some goodies for our picnic.
Below are some of my favorites from the shoot 🙂 Can’t wait for their wedding in May at Notre Dame!
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LOVED this session! If you follow the blog you may recognize these two from Emily and Mark’s wedding back in 2010 where they caught the bouquet and garter…. fast forward 2 years and it’s time for their wedding!
I met Suzy and her wonderful fiance Pierick in downtown Chicago for some classic city shots. From there we went to Southport Lanes where they had their first date to grab some beers and play a little pool. It was great getting to spend the evening with them and catch up on everything (Suzy and I went to high school together). I loved that at one point Suzy said “Don’t say that! She’ll put it in the blog! ” haha… I’m glad to know someone is reading this!
Enjoy some of their images from the session! I can’t wait for their wedding in Madison, WI this October!
(this first one is from 2010)
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Thank you to Southport Lanes for allowing us to shoot there!
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I met Kristin and Mike at the Carnivale Windy City Bridal Show I did in February. They were one of my lucky winners of a free engagement session 🙂
I was super excited about this shoot. Kristin wanted to incorporate a bit of train/transporation theme to the session as they met on the train from Chicago to Milwaukee for a Cubs vs. Brewers game.
We started the shoot at the legendary Union Station. The architechture in there is amazing! Unfortunately it had been raining on and off all day long and we weren’t able to shoot the outside portion of our session.
Fastforward to June and we met up again on one of the most gorgeous Sunday evenings of the summer. It was about 78 and sunny (which sounds amazing compared to the 99 degrees that it currently is as I’m writing this post). We met by the Shedd Aquarium for some great views of the city and walked around that area taking in the city and the great skyline view. They were a pleasure to work with and below are some of my favorites from our sessions!
Congrats to Kristin and Mike who are getting married in March of 2013!
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stacy able - Ooo the save the date balloons are super cute! They are adorable together and you did a great job capturing their love. That ring shot is superb, too!
cambrie - gorgeous lighting and gorgeous couple…. they look like they have so much fun together! great job capturing the city! and I loveeeeeee the donut/picnic shots! great work!
Jessika Feltz - So cute! I love the personality! I also love those balloons!
Megan - So cute! I love the breakfast idea 🙂 The lighting in that first black and white image is gorgeous!
Amy Straka - Precious! Her dress is incredible. Balloons are super cute. Love everything about it!