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North Ave Engagement | Chicago Wedding Photographers

Mary and Matt had the most beautiful engagement session at North Avenue Beach! As their Chicago wedding photographers, we knew we wanted a plan in place when we approached the day. I wanted to go all out for the couple, who met in high school and got engaged at Horseshoe Bend while on a hike! […]

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Olive Park Engagement | Chicago Wedding Photographers

Nashaun and Daron are the cutest pair! After postponing their engagement session due to a broken leg, we were finally able to meet up at sunset at Navy Pier’s Olive Memorial Park. You can’t beat those views of the city, and the sunset setting behind the Hancock tower, to highlight their love. The couple met […]

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Wrigley Building Engagement | Chicago Wedding Photographers

Toni and Austin are the cutest pair! They live in Boston together and have such a special relationship. Toni is more outgoing, and Austin is more shy and reserved, so they balance each other out perfectly. They live in Boston, but Austin’s grandma lives near Chicago, so they decided on the Adler Planetarium for their […]

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Wrigley Building Engagement | Chicago Wedding Photography

Kyler and Nicole got engaged at The London House late last year, and I had the honor of capturing their Chicago engagement photos not once, but twice in the last 6 months! The pair is getting married in March next year in their hometown of Texas, and I just couldn’t wait to get them in […]

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Maggie Daley Park | Chicago Wedding Photographer

Alisha and Alan are so cute together! I met the pair through Instagram, and we have been hosting their couples’ sessions twice in a row now; once for fall minis, once for a spring mini. The last time we were supposed to shoot together, it was negative thirty degrees outside! So a reschedule was very […]

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Lincoln Park Puppy Engagement | Chicago Wedding Photographer

Allison and Jake are a hilarious pair! This couple is so goofy and sweet together, I knew that from our initial phone call that the wedding would be amazing. Allison explained that she met Jake after throwing a chicken wing at him, and he soon pursued by asking for her number. After chatting with the […]

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North Avenue Beach Engagement | Chicago Wedding Photographer

Deanne and Sean met through mutual friends in college, yet they built a friendship over the course of two years before dating. 5 years ago, they finally decided to get together as a couple! Flash forward to last year: Sean proposed to Deanne and they are happier than ever. The pair has an adorable lab […]

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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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