Chicago Wedding and Elopement Photographer

Michigan City Beach Engagement : Kelly + Aaron 5/11/14

June 8, 2014

Meet Kelly and Aaron! Aaron and I go back to our days of dominating co-ed softball in Columbus a few years back. We were kind of a big deal… 🙂

I was thrilled when they contacted me about shooting their wedding! Since they will be getting married in the winter we wanted to get some great warm weather photos for their engagement session. I met them at Washington Park in Michigan City near were Kelly is from. There was a huge storm rolling in, but we luckily were able to get in the photos before the crazy rain and wind came. It actually worked out nicely because the beach started to clear out and we had the place to ourselves, and then I took myself for some enchiladas and a margarita afterwards while the storm passed.

Here are a few of my favorites! I can’t wait for their January wedding!

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Downtown Chicago Wedding : Emily + Tony – Chicago, IL 5/10/14

June 3, 2014

Welcome to my first Chicago wedding of 2014! I was so excited to spend the day with Emily and Tony. After meeting them at their engagement session last year (you can see that here) I knew it was going to be a day filled with smiles and love! We had absolutely perfect weather which was lucky considering it seemed like winter would never end!

Emily and Tony are two of the sweetest people I’ve worked with and after meeting their families I know where they get it from! Everyone was so helpful and welcoming that I wish I would work with them all the time (hint hint to the younger siblings…. call me when you get engaged 🙂 .

After first look at the hotel we headed out to get some shots around the city before their evening ceremony and reception at Embassy Suites. I highly recommended doing this if you are having your ceremony and reception in the same location. It will bring the stress level way down, allow time for photos at different locations and best of all you don’t have to miss cocktail hour!

As they wern’t wonderful enough I also got to work with my friend Jesse from Love’s Reel and the guys from Luxe Productions who rocked the reception and lighting….. or as I like to call us “The Dream Team” haha.

Here are some highlights of their day!

Videographer: Jesse Wallace – www.lovesreel.com

Photographer’s Assistant – Robyn Matthews

DJ/Lighting: Luxe Productions, Meredith Chance- www.luxemusic.com

Florist: Stephanie Stopka – www.flowersbystem.com

Officiant : Rich Rubietta

Ceremony and Reception Venue : Embassy Suites Lakefront – Chicago, IL

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City Hall Wedding : Dena and Poonam 4/26/14

May 15, 2014

Meet Dena and Poonam! They have been together for 10 years and thankfully they were finally able to get legally married last month! As soon as I met them I knew working with them would be a blast… and I was right! There were lots of laughs, smiles, and a few tears (not going to lie I teared up during the ceremony) and the best part is we get to do all over again in September for their reception/party in Michigan!

I met them at the train so we could ride downtown together and sneak a few photos in while doing so which was quite the adventure thanks to some “interesting” fellow passengers. From there it was a quick stop at the LaSalle bridge before meeting their parents and a couple of friends at city hall. City Hall on a Saturday = madness. The line was literally down the hallway and out the door. Thankfully their parents had already secured a spot and by the time we got there we were at the front.

After their short but sweet ceremony we went upstairs for some group photos. Most of the city hall weddings I’ve done have been on weekdays when all the offices are open and there are a bunch of people coming and going. It was nice to be able to take some photos with the gorgeous architecture without strangers in the background!

We then made a quick stop by the Chicago theater and fnished up in the south garden in the Art Institute.

Here are a few of my favorites!