I met Dierdre and Phil at a coffee shop in the in the West Loop called Sawada. After catching up over drinks we headed out for a walking tour around Chicago’s hottest neighborhood. We started at the popular Green Street Smoked Meats and some of the nearby alleys. After our tour through the exposed brick and cobblestone we made our way toward the Riverwalk area…
Before I even heard about Amy & Eric’s wedding plans, they shared their vision of an engagement session at Olive Park with their dog, Ty(phoon.) It’s their neighborhood park and they love taking Ty for walks there so I was happy to spend the afternoon with them at one of their special spots…
Katie and Aaron, like many couples, postponed their fall 2020 wedding plans to later this year. But that gave us time this summer for an engagement session here in downtown Chicago. The weather started looked dicey all morning, but thankfully we stuck with the plan and the rain stayed away. We enjoyed a great afternoon and evening walking through some of Chicago’s best engagement locations…
The last year and a half have been hard on everyone, but as spring started to blossom it’s looking like there’s light at the end of the tunnel thanks to the Covid vaccine. It was great to finally get back out and start shooting. Jill & Jacob were so fun to work with that it made me remember how lucky I am to be able to call this my career…
It’s rare that I get to shoot someplace in Chicago new, so I was excited when Jean & Jack suggested starting in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood at Ping Tom Memorial Park. I can’t believe I’d never been there before but as soon as I saw the view I knew I’d be going back…
I met Lauren and Dan at the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. They were very patient as we had to reschedule a few times while waiting for the lily pond to reopen during the coronavirus outbreak…
Leslie and Oliver’s fall wedding at Holy Name Cathedral was as beautiful as it was elegant. The 1875 Gothic revival cathedral is one of the largest in the United States and a striking place for a ceremony. You can’t help but look up while you’re inside…
After getting rained out the day previously, I met Jody and Nikola on the Loyola University Chicago campus to start their engagement session. I’m so glad we decided to call off the shoot the day before. Partially because we ended up just hanging out and chatting over beers, but especially because we got a great Chicago twilight sky as we finished up their session downtown. But more about that later…
I met Catherine and Matt and their dog, Rocky, in Lincoln Park for their fall engagement photos. With a destination wedding in Michigan it was important to capture some of Chicago’s iconic skyline during their engagement session…
Alyse & Brandon were married at Gwen Hotel in an intimate rooftop ceremony overlooking Michigan Ave. and the Magnificent Mile. I spent the morning hanging out with Alyse and her ladies in a gorgeous suite – it was actually the suite attached to the patio where the ceremony was. The morning was a ton of fun with champaign popping and lots of laughs. Mark started the day with the guys at Brandon’s condo…
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