It seemed fitting that this be my next blog entry after the canvas contest as Susan and Dan were the winners! I first met Susan and Dan on a wonderful trip from Chicago up to the horse track at Arlington for Derby. We shared some champagne, some spinach breakfast bars and had a couple of terrible mint juleps at the track. But I quickly realized how amazingly awesome these two are. I could hang out with them all day, and lucky me I got to for their wedding!
In the fall Susan found out she was being relocated to Dallas for work and couldn’t imagine going without Dan. He popped the question shortly after. Although they were planning their big wedding in Scotland in December they had a small city hall ceremony and reception in Chicago where they fell in love and allowed me to tag along!
I wish I shot more of these smaller weddings because I absolutely loved it. We were able to take our time and explore the city and just enjoy the day. They were troopers as it was freezing (literally the high was 32). We hit some of their favorite places in the city and stopped to warm up at the Hotel Lincoln where they were staying. More people should get married on Mondays!!
Congrats to Susan and Dan! I’m going to kick this post off with their contest winning photo!
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I joined them at City Hall (after basically telling them I was coming whether they liked it or not ) for the brief ceremony.
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From there we walked over to the La Salle Street Bridge from some of my favorite shots of the day 🙂
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From there we jumped in the car and headed to North Ave. Beach.
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At this point we were all practically frozen solid so we headed to Hotel Lincoln for some coffee to warm up. I would highly recommend this place to anyone. It’s such a cool new funky hotel and the staff were AMAZING. They were so friendly and even let us up on the rooftop for a few shots!
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And off to our last stop – Wrigley Field!
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We parted ways for a couple of hours as the newlyweds went to and amazing lunch/dinner. I met back up with them that evening as they had a small party with some of their friends and co-workers from Chicago complete with champagne and toasts!
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Group pic!!!
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And lastly me and the newlyweds!!!
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Hey everyone! In years past I’ve done year in review type blog about my favorite images and this year I’m going to mix it up a little bit.
Below are some of my favorite images of 2013 – weddings, engagements, families etc. At the bottom you can place your vote for your favorite image and the image with the most votes will win a FREE 16×24 canvas of that print. Keep in mind that I chose these images not only because they are my favorites, but also because they would make great canvas prints.
Let the voting begin! The winner will be announced on Feb. 1th! SCROLL ALL THE WAY TO THE END TO VOTE!
** Be sure to select your favorite’s number and then hit VOTE. If you just choose the number your answer won’t be registered. You can only vote once from each device that you own**
(in no particular order)
#1 Jackie and Mark’s Wedding – Chicago, IL
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#2 The Thackery Family – Columbus, IN
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#3 Karina’s Senior Session- Columbus,IN
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#4 Lynn and Bill’s Wedding – Columbus, IN
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#5 Krista and Billy Engagement – Chicago, IL
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#6 Darlage Maternity Session – Seymour, In
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#7 Lyndsay and Nick Family Session – Columbus, In
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#8 Tara and Connor ‘s Wedding – North Vernon, In
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#9 Sarah and David’s Wedding – Indianapolis, In
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#10 The Bischoff Family – Indianapolis, In
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#11 Tracy’s Mini Session – Columbus, In
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#12 Lauren and Brad’s Engagement Session – Bloomington, IN
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#13 Becca and Mike’s Wedding – Chicago, IL
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#14 The Fitzgibbon Family – Columbus, IN
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#15 Kristin and Mike’s Engagement Session – Chicago, IL
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#16 Kendra’s Headshots – Columbus, In
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#17 Susan and Dan’s Wedding – Chicago, IL
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#18 The Krawczyk Family – North Vernon, In
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#19 Krystal and Ryan’s Engagement Session – Columbus, IN
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#20 – Jenn and Brian’s Wedding – Indianapolis, IN
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#21 The DeWeerdt Family Mini Session – Trafalgar, In
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#22 Jenn and Brian’s Engagement Session – Indianapolis, In
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#23 Katelyn’s Senior Session – Beech Grove, In
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#24 The Abel Family Mini Session – Columbus, In
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#25 Stephanie and Gary’s Engagement Session – Versailles, IN
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#26 Anna and Dan’s Engagement Session – Chicago, IL
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#27 The Low Family Mini Session – Columbus, In
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#28 Emma and Michael’s Engagement Session – Chicago, IL
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#29 Suzy and Pierick’s Wedding – Madison, WI
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#30 The Harris Family – Columbus, In
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#31 Becca and Mike’s Engagement Session – Chicago, IL
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#32 The Bingham Family Mini Session – North Vernon, In
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#33 Lindsay and Josh’s Engagement Session – Indianapolis, In
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#34 The Tracy Family Mini Session – Bloomington, IN
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#35 Britney and Aaron’s Wedding – Seymour, In
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#36 Elizabeth and Andy’s Engagement Session – Chicago, IL
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#37 Lynn and Bill’s Engagement Session – Columbus, IN
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#38 Suzy and Pierick’s Engagement Session – Chicago, IL
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#39 The Fitzgibbon Boys Mini Session – Trafalgar, IN
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#40 Stephanie and Gary’s Wedding – Madison, IN
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#41 Gina and David’s Engagement Session – Naperville, IL
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Where to begin? Suzy and I go way back to our days of high school volleyball together. I was her “secret sis” my freshman year and there were lots of LCD’s (little chocolate donuts) eaten over the course of that season haha. You may also recognize Suzy from Emily and Mark’s wedding back in 2010 where she was a bridesmaid. Which happens to be when I first met Pierick as well 🙂
You can check out their engagement session HERE. I was super excited to be shooting their wedding for a number of reasons 1) they’re both awesome 2) I knew I’d get to see some familiar faces 3) it was in Madison, WI which I’d never shot in and I always love new places.
Unfortunately October 6th happened to be the coldest day in the 10 day forecast for Madison! It was 60’s leading up to and after their wedding day, but the day of – 42 degrees. I must give a HUGE thanks to the whole wedding party for being troopers and allowing us to get the outdoor photos we wanted despite the cold. Luckily the fall colors were still in full effect.
Here are some of my favorites from the day! Congrats to Suzy and Pierick and thanks to my assistant Tina!
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I’m sure you’re sick of by now, but you all know I love a good first look 🙂
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And then we brought everyone out for some shots – so much easier to organize when the Bride and Groom have already done their first look 🙂
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And then we started the very cold walk up to the capitol and over to Monona for the ceremony and reception
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I was very happy that despite the cold they went ahead with their plan to have the ceremony on the rooftop…. check out this view 🙂
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Had to get a wedding party mustache shot!
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Reception time! They put fun props out on all the tables for the guests which made for some fun photos!
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My favorite wedding guests 🙂
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Cake pop time!
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Cocktail hour was supposed to be outside as well, but since it was freezing we brought the cornhole or “bags” inside during the reception
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One of my previous M.O.B’s Judy! Rocking out her new shades!
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I decided to get in on the mustache action as well
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And what’s a wedding reception without being seranaded to boyz 2 men?
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