Chicago Botanic Garden LGBTQIA+ Engagement | Chicago Wedding Photographer

Gabrielle and Stephanie met through mutual friends in Chicago, and started out as roommates. When quarantine hit, the pair fell in love and started dating. One year, many laughs, and one pandemic later, these two were engaged and happy as ever. The rings that these two purchased for each other suit their personalities and are […]

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Wrigley Building Engagement | Chicago Wedding Photographer

Kyra and Ryan are adorable together! I have known this pair since high school, and it was so much fun to gallivant around the city with them, even if in the freezing cold 🙂 The pair still to this day can’t agree the day that they met, but it was somewhere around middle school when […]

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Lincoln Park Proposal | Chicago Wedding Photographer

Jessica and Guy are so sweet together. Jessica had booked a 20 minute mini with me in October for our fall sessions for a mid-day harsh light shoot. I was so nervous after I got a call from her boyfriend, Guy, asking me to help him propose! Those nerves quickly turned into excitement as Guy’s […]

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London House Proposal | Chicago Wedding Photographer

Jenna and Chris are so cute together! The pair met on Bumble and have been dating for a year. Jenna has a huge heart and is an ICU nurse, and Chris had been planning this proposal for a month! The pair are so adorable together, and I am so happy for them. Their downtown chicago […]

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London House Proposal | Chicago Wedding Photographers

Kyler and Nicole are the cutest pair! The two met in elementary school, and have “known each other forever,” and have dated for 3 years. Nicole was so happy when Kyler got down on one knee and popped the question at the London House, Chicago! As their photographer, I made sure to sneak up on […]

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London House Proposal | Chicago Wedding Photography

Morgan and Justin were a sight for sore eyes at the London House Chicago and Wrigley building! Their proposal photography session went so well.. Morgan was totally taken by surprise and cried as Justin got down on one knee. The pair have been dating for 8 years, and Morgan expressed as they walked past the […]

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Museum Campus Engagement | Chicago Wedding Photographers

Jasmine and Keith are so darn perfect together! Typically when your partner is best friends with your brother, things can go one way or another. Luckily for Jasmine and Keith, their love blossomed along with the friendship! This couple flew in from St Louis for their engagement session after having some photos done in Rome […]

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Winnemac Park Engagement | Chicago Wedding Photographer

Karina and Pat contacted me a few months before their session after connecting through the American Cancer Society where Karina works. I had shot a few events for them on a volunteer basis, and was asked to shoot this engagement after our mutual friend showed Karina my work. Our mutual friend and I go way […]

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North Avenue Beach LGBTQIA+ Proposal | Chicago Wedding Photographer

Emily and Jori are such a cute and fun-loving couple! I met Emily while she was working for the Simply Elegant Group as a wedding planner, and I was taking the team’s branding photos. I quickly learned what a kind-hearted soul she is, and soon was contacted by her now fiancee, Jori. Jori and I […]

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