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Melissa and Ben swiped right… and it worked! Yes, Melissa and Ben first met via Tinder (in case you’ve been living off the grid, Tinder is a popular dating app). As Melissa told me over a cup of hot chocolate this past winter as we chatted about their engagement in Chicago, they are a Tinder...
I’ve long been a fan of author Elizabeth Gilbert. I have read most of her books. Of course the famous memoir “Eat Pray Love” (I’ve found people either love it or strongly dislike it). I devoured all 500 pages of the beautiful novel “The Signature of All Things.” Both the memoir and that fiction spoke...
A few months ago, Arpi and her family were guests at a wedding where I was the wedding photographer. Of course I was thrilled to receive her email recently asking if I could provide event/family photography of her daughter’s baptism. Definitely! We chatted by phone to plan the day. We decided on candid coverage of the...
What a treat to photograph Inna & Moritz’s elopement wedding in Nosara, Costa Rica! I chatted on the phone with Inna a few months in advance. I love being able to connect, listen, and provide options to help personalize the wedding photography. I was delighted to learn that Inna herself is a professional photographer in...
Brooklyn Boulders is new to Chicago’s west loop neighborhood. They had a big holiday party for members of the climbing club. The event featured beer, print making, music by Celine Neon, and on-site tattoo-ing! No climbing that day, but being in the space definitely made me want to check it out! Brooklyn Boulders Chicago staff....
I first met this family as their photographer for Sharmila & Jim’s destination wedding on the beach in Costa Rica. 🙂 Fast forward, and now I’ve met the newest addition to the family (pictured above)! What a cutie!! Over the past couple years I’ve also had the honor of creating family portraits for an...
Those days at the end of summer… autumn hovers around the corner, the garden yields baby tomatoes, the air is humid, and it is a warm, slow, sunny day. I met up with Maike (a returning Chicago family portrait client and fellow DePaul alum) and her two children for playful portraits. Showing Mom one of the...
Sneak Peek at Annie & Tyrone’s downtown Chicago engagement photography from this weekend. Annie & Tyrone, it was so much fun to spend time with you. Congratulations on your engagement, lovebirds! Can’t wait to share the rest. Tyrone and Annie are both fans of limited and stylish sneakers...
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Hi! Did you know that I got my start as a surf photographer before becoming exclusively wedding and portrait focused? I was doing a little bit of image file clean up and found this gallery of my surf images. Check it out!
Christy & David’s family – just the best bunch! Christy is a gorgeous mom and those are her two little ones in the photo below, age 8 and age almost-1. Residents of Texas, they had a family trip planned to Nosara, Costa Rica. Christy booked a family portrait session a couple weeks before she arrived....
