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!!!
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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In The Still Of The Night…
“As Some Doors Open, Others Close.”
A force of nature you can’t oppose.
Doors create the path you chose.
Some open roads, straight and true.
Some burn bridges all the way through.
Always making ways unending,
Ever twisting, ever turning.
So many choices, so many ways,
Almost equal your life in days.
Not making choices can be as bad,
as wasting the good ones you could have had.
For when some doors open, others close.
A force of nature you can’t oppose.
~Self~
Do you wonder where you would be if you didn’t make the choices you did up to this point?
If you were given the choices you said “no” to back then, would you say “yes” this time around?
It amazes me when I realize how incredibly different my life would be if I had said “no” to some decisions, and “yes” to others.
Decisions that seemed so simple at the time would either open or close doors in my life; completely altering the roads I would take years, even decades from now.
Though it is nice to reminisce and wonder about what might have been, I don’t regret the decisions I have made in the past.
They’re what shaped my life into what it is today, and have helped me become the person I am.
I have met people I would not have met; made friends I would never have known.
And I wouldn’t have it any other way =D
TGIF: Request Day
Thanks to Jillian for suggesting a holiday photo =)
As she’s out in Japan right now but from the Chicago area, she requested a holiday picture that would be nice and happy, without being too sad.
Hopefully I captured what you wanted here:
Feel free to make a new request for me to photograph something in the comments!!!
Happy Friday!
