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When I think of the perfect soiree, this Burr Ridge Backyard Wedding takes the cake (pun totally intended). Like many other couples in 2020, Caroline and James had to change their original wedding plans. Their new wedding looked a bit different – a small ceremony followed by an intimate candle lit dinner and cocktails amongst […]

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The most important part of a wedding day, is a couple so madly in love, and ready to say I do under any circumstances, which is just what Gabby and Jimmy did for their intimate Trump Hotel Chicago wedding. Giddy. It’s the first word that comes to mind when I think of Gabby on her […]

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Chicago skyline

I’m sitting here in my office, it’s March (as I write this), currently quarantined with the rest of the world as we face Coronavirus, and I just can’t stop smiling staring at these photos from Sarah + Jim’s leap day Chicago City Hall elopement. I was so unbelievably honored to be a part of their […]

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I kicked off my 2020 Chicago wedding season this weekend celebrating Sarah & Jacob at the Bridgeport Art Center. If this Chicago wedding was any indication of how my 2020 season is going to go…it’s going to be one heck of a year! I have been looking forward to this wedding since 2018, and loved […]

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wedding couple

I ended my 2019 season with the biggest hug from my darling bride Cate, and the warmest heart at this incredible Bottom Lounge Chicago Wedding.⠀⁠⠀The entire day was just plain wonderful. I met Cate last year when I second shot a wedding she was a bridesmaid in. She was the LIFE of the party and […]

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Wedding First Look

Every little thing about this Revel Motor Row Chicago wedding was magic, but that’s to be expected when you have Olivia from Olive Fine Events behind the scenes and a couple whose biggest goal of the day is to have fun, let loose, and party the night away with their friends and family. The couple […]

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I feel like I somehow blinked and I’m finding myself at the end of an absolutely incredible year. A year that was filled with so many wonderful couples who entrusted me with capturing their memories for 2019. As I close out my second year of being in business full time, I wanted to highlight 10 […]

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Intimate Glen Ellyn Backyard Wedding

Laura spent 18 years of her life looking out her kitchen window at her backyard in Glen Ellyn, in a home that surrounded her with love. So when it was time for her to commit to Kyle for a lifetime, she wanted it to be in a place that was surrounded by love as well, […]

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