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!
Image of The Moment Monday: “Nothing Else Matters.”
“Nothing Else Matters.“
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR
Another old image of mine, I was pretty nervous about this one as I believe it was my first engagement session. I totally did not know what I was doing back then nor did I know what to do with the couple.
One thing I eventually learned is that personally for me, the magic happens when you let the couple interact with each other and have fun with the shoot. After talking with this couple for a while, they eventually relaxed and started joking around, having fun.
I was still in the same situation however; I wasn’t sure about what I was going to do for the shoot. The couple was standing there waiting for me to tell them what to do.
And I was on the verge of a meltdown.
To give myself more time, I told them to hold each other’s hands while walking away from me.
Saying a quick prayer to the big guy up above for inspiration, I put the camera to my eye and hoped the shot would turn out.
And this is what I saw in the lcd.
=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!
