Chicago Engagement Photographer: Andrea & Stan
Andrea & Stan were actually guests at the same table I was sitting at during Maria & Dmitry’s wedding reception, so I was totally flattered that they remembered me when it was their turn to get married.
Wanting to try a location I hadn’t shot at before, I asked them to meet me at the Art Institute of Chicago. Some of my favorite shots are below:
Portrait Shoot: Tiffany & Britt
With her sister Britt moving away to teach English in Chile, Tiffany and her sister decided to have their photos taken as a surprise gift for their Mom’s birthday coming up. =)
Taken at the Lincoln Park Conservatory, It was nice to be warm when the last few weeks haven’t given Chicago very much promising weather.
Some of my favorites:
The Best From 2009
It took me a little while, but I managed to put together a “Best Of” Archive from my 2009 weddings. Hope you enjoy and Happy Friday!!!
Engagement: Sara & Steve (My Sister!) – Part II
It is with mucho mucho fanfare that I worked with my sister and her fiance again. This time, Sara and Steve chose to shoot at the Garfield Park Conservatory:
Congratulations Sara =)
-Kuya
Engagement: Tiffany & Sebastian
Tiffany and Sebastian met through co-workers and friends, hanging out at bars and drinking.
What made this different though is that while everyone would be happy just chatting away with casual smalltalk and conversation, Tiffany & Sebastian would have serious conversations in the corner of the bar. Nothing was off topic. From Politics to Religion, the conversations they would have were not the usual barfare
Things blossomed on their own from there =).
It was incredible working with Tiffany and Sebastian. They were so incredibly patient while I ran around and worked like a fool to set up my shots =) Thank you guys so much!
Locations:
Chicago’s Shore
Gear:
Onto the images:
We went first to the Harold Washington Library’s Winter Garden:
While shooting, Tiffany randomly found a Post-It note with the words “Smile: =)” on them.
We put it to good use:
Since we were at a library after all, we decided to make use of the books also =D:
Along with that we did some fun things with the rest of the library:
Finishing up with the Library, we then went to the Chicago Cultural Center:
And finally to the shoreline in Chicago that could show a skyline at night =)
Congratulations again you guys!!! I can’t wait for the wedding in September!!!
Happy Holidays Print Giveaway!
Click on the Facebook logo to get to my fan page and sign up for a chance to win an autographed 16″ x 24″ print from me!
For the next 3 weeks people that are members and sign up and become fans on my Facebook Fanpage will have the opportunity to win a 16″ x 24″ print from me!
I’ll be picking a winner every Friday from December 18th-January 1st from my fanpage list and contacting them to let them know they’ve won.
The winners will have these choices for prints:
“A Lonely Heart Beats”
“Love at 75 Miles Per Hour.”
“One Morning In Brooklyn.”
“Ground’s Eye View.”
Click on the Facebook logo to get to my fan page and sign up for a chance to win an autographed 16″ x 24″ print from me!
Fashion Shoot: Jenny
Christopher & I worked together previously with Vicky to do a fashion shoot a few weeks ago. We got to shoot in Glenview with his friend Jenny for this shoot!
Gear:
Camera: Canon 5D Mark I
Lenses:
This time around I decided to try and work with black and white as I haven’t had a pure black & white shoot in a long time.
Some images that I liked:
Thank you so much Jenny for being patient with Chris and I! Hope you had a safe flight back to Cali!!!
Let me know what you guys think!!!
Wedding: Jeanie & Richard – Galleria Marchetti | Chicago IL
Jeanie & Richard without a doubt are the two chillest, down to earth people I ever met. Jeanie is unflappable in the face of pressure (especially crazy Chicago traffic) and Richard’s family are awesome.
Therefore I was thoroughly excited when I got to photograph their wedding this past October 10th.
Some details:
Venue: The Galleria Marchetti
Hair: Christina Rascon
2nd Shooter: Sam from Samantha Photography.
Thank you so much for second shooting Sam! You were awesome this wedding with the kickbutt formals and pj shots!
Onto the slideshow:
Some of my favorite images of the day:
- Awesome shoes no?
- I loved the details and arrangements =)
- My favorite action image. EVER.
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TGIF: Request Day
Thanks to Paul for requesting that I photograph a dog. I’m a natural dog lover, having owned a loving Dalmation (Formerly owned by a fireman and named Smokey too!) 14 years =)
This is Marley =)
Marley was a dog rescued by a friend of a bride whom I was photographing that day. The bride was in a hair salon getting their hair done while I was working and Marley swaggered on in, stealing my heart in the process =D =D
Hope this works for you Paul!
Please feel free to put your requests in and I’ll photograph it in next weeks entry!!!
