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chicago wedding photojournalism | denise & josh

Friday, August 10th, 2012

Vasili and I photographed this couple’s wedding at the Hilton Orrington in Evanston not too long ago. All can I say is, beautiful day, amazing people and wonderful love. The day was filled with laughter and so many familiar faces as Denise grew up with some of my favorite mamas and past clients.

I’ll let you see for yourself what I mean in a slideshow below of some of the highlights of the day (operative word being some) Unfortunately you iPad users may not be able to see the set as there are just way too images for your poor little smart device to load, so I highly recommend hopping on your computer and checking them out. And again, so many images that you may need to just give it a second to load but I promise it’s worth the wait

Love you all so much and thank you again and again Denise & Josh for allowing us the honor, blessing and privilege of capturing every moment of your special day to remember forever XO

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chicago family photographers | naja & manu.

Monday, July 23rd, 2012

Not sure why my friends always seem to get left to last.. but I am long overdue for a blog post to share Naja & Manu’s love story

Last summer I did a little beloved session to help these two celebrate their 10 year wedding anniversary, and then again we met up this past Spring to snap a few pictures of them with their little ones. It’s very interesting to look back at all of these images and see the different roles that Naja & Manu in each other’s lives exemplified in these pictures.. husband & wife, parents, and best friends

Anyway, I’ll let you see what I mean for yourself as I’ve shared some of my favorite images from each session below. Thank you Naja for not only inviting me the capture your family and the special love you share with Manu, it is a huge honor whenever any one extends this privilege to me but especially a fellow photographer whose work I admire. And most importantly, thank you for your friendship and all the delicious cups of coffee you’ve shared with me while we pour our hearts out to each other about photography and life XO

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chicago fine-art & photojournalism wedding photographers | meredith & julio.

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Meet Meredith & Julio, whose wedding we photographed last September at the Zhou B Art Center in Chicago. I can’t imagine a more perfect way to end our 2011 wedding season (well, technically theirs was our second to last wedding). This was also our first time photographing at the Zhou B Art Center and I can’t wait to go back there in my off-time. Between the literal size of the space, the modern feel created by the art pieces displayed around us, and the gorgeous lighting in both the garden area and the grafitti exhibit, Vasili and I were in photography heaven It also helps that the wedding coordinator was the most organized and efficient person we’ve worked with on a wedding thus far (Leanne you are phenomenal!), in addition to the fact that couple themselves and their families were AH-MAZING people. Meredith and I met a few times in the year leading up to her wedding to go over details of the day, learn more about her and her family, and the dynamic between her and her husband-to-be… one of my favorite stories we reflected on at our meet-up’s was when Meredith told me was how she found herself at one point placing so much emphasis on the money aspect of her wedding, and the disappointment and frustration she felt because maybe they couldn’t get married at a particular venue she wanted to or certain details weren’t in place that she thought should be. One day she realized that none of that really mattered because the most important thing, the part that you can’t ever buy with money, was happiness and having a loving, supportive partner. And that, she already had

Anyway, check out the link below for some of our favorites and to see for yourself how amazing the entire day was for Meredith & Julio.

Thank you so much again M&J for inviting us out to capture your love. We had the best time ever and we hope you cherish these images forever, we can’t wait to see you again soon hopefully! xoxo

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chicago wedding photographers | fox wedding.

Friday, November 18th, 2011

Toward the end of fall we had the pleasure of photographing Matt & Katy’s wedding at the Lake Forest Armour House. Of all the things that day, two things stuck out in my mind most: (1) the AWESOME guest table which included a painting of a tree as well as pads of ink so that guests could make ‘leaves’ with their fingerprints, so cute! And (2) a rare and beautiful phenomenon of nature occured, a sun shower! Someone once told me at a wedding last year that in Japan the ultimate sign of good luck is to have a ‘fox wedding,’ which is where it rains while the sun still shines bright.. and that’s exactly what happened on M&K’s big day. Thankfully the rain stopped and the sun remained just in time for everyone to have an outdoor ceremony at sunset.

Thank you so much Matt & Katy for allowing us the honor, blessing and privilege of capturing your big day. We are so happy for you both and really looking forward to meeting up again one day soon

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chicago engagement photographers | kendall & kevin.

Friday, November 4th, 2011

When I first met Kendall we were both in the maternal/child health program at the UIC School of Public Health. Her warm spirit and kind heart instantly made me love her! A few years later, I was delighted to hear that not only had she gotten engaged but that she wanted Vasili and I to be there to capture their wedding which will take place next May by their home in Michigan. For their engagement photos, we decided to do something here in Chicago to really get that city feel to their images. Somehow I neglected to realize that the day of our session was scheduled for the first day of the Air and Water Show so we decided to meet really early in hopes of missing the 2+ million people that crowd around downtown and the lakefront. It seriously could not have worked out any better as we were able to not only roam around the city unbothered but as I was driving back home the sun disappeared and it began to rain.

HOW HE PROPOSED

We had planned to go to a nice dinner for Sweetest Day last year (10/16/10), but after curling my hair and putting on my brand new heels, we realized that neither of us had made a reservation and the earliest we’d be able to sit down for dinner was 10pm.

So, we decided to go to a haunted hay ride and corn maze in Mason, MI. Kevin had been asking me to go there for weeks, but I kept refusing since I hate haunted things. But we didn’t have any other plans. I changed into jeans and a sweatshirt and Kevin took an especially long time cleaning his car (I now know he was talking to my dad on the phone).

We waited in line for the hay ride for over an hour, and after embarrassing myself in front of a bunch of teenagers because I was so scared, we went in the “non-haunted” corn maze. Since everyone else was in the haunted corn maze, we had the maze to ourselves and got lost several times. We were being silly and running around in all the wrong directions. At one point I turned around and Kevin was standing there with a ring! The sinking mud we were standing in prevented him from being able to get down on one knee, but the proposal was so sweet and absolutely perfect.

Kevin had planned on proposing in the corn maze for weeks, which is why he kept asking me to go. If I hadn’t kept turning down his offer to go on the haunted hay ride, we might’ve been engaged sooner!

Thank you so much Kendall & Kevin for hanging out with me for a few hours and making it an awesome morning! Vasili and I can’t wait to be there on your big day next year (only 6 months already!!!)