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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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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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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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Anniversary in the park |Chicago wedding photographer

Emily and Brian were truly a sight for sore eyes, and a half & a half. I had so much fun capturing their pets, their new home, and a night in a Chicagoland forest preserve. Peek below for their dreamy session, caught on digital mixed in with Portra 400 film on the Pentax 645N and […]

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The Film Archives – Fuji 400H and Portra 400 35mm Canon 1V and Pentax K1000 | Chicago wedding photographer

For mine and Cole’s 2 year dating anniversary, we went to the woods since we were quarantined together, and then took a walk around Loyola’s campus. We had so much fun at the woods shooting on my Canon 1V Fuji 400H film, and waited a few months to get our film processed due to the […]

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The Film Archives: Canon 1V Fuji 400H | Chicago Wedding Photographer

Being a Chicago wedding photographer who has shot digital for years, I had my first 35mm film client come to Rogers Park to shoot with me… YAY! I was over the moon with how these scans turned out with my new Canon1V film camera. This was my first time shooting with the 1V, and the […]

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The Film Archives: Fuji 400h PentaxK1000|Chicago Wedding Photographer

Being a Chicago wedding photographer who has been shooting digital for over 10 years, I just started shooting film! After idolizing film photographers for about a decade, my father gifted me his old Pentax K1000 film camera, which some would say could double as a hammer for nails since it is so durable. I am […]

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