A year and a half or so ago, I had the opportunity to photograph Matthew & Alexis in Vancouver…it was a just-for-fun kind of couple session, and after that I was pretty sure that these two were going to be getting married someday. Alexis and I were great friends during high school and she is […]

I honestly don’t know quite how to put this wedding in to words, so I think I need to let the pictures do most of the talking. This was my final Chicago wedding of the season – but my first Hyatt Regency Chicago wedding – and I don’t think I could have asked for a […]

Maternity portrait sessions are not something that I have always done. In fact, I pretty much refused to do them until about two years ago after my son Levi was born. I don’t really know why, probably something to do with not understanding the whole process of pregnancy and birth firsthand. For similar reasons I […]

Katiya is from Alaska…Thomas is from Sweden, and they met and fell in love in Chicago. I was thrilled to be able to capture some Chicago engagement photos to help document this sweet time in their relationship. Who knows where life will lead these two together, but after spending just a little time with them […]

This past Summer I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Jeff’s younger sister Hailey & Ty, while at the wedding I went in to the kitchen for some water and met Carolyn…and we ended up chatting for a little bit. I didn’t know if Carolyn was a friend of family member, all I […]

One of the things I love most about being a wedding photographer is being invited in to people’s stories, at least for the duration of the planning process and then of course the wedding day itself…sometimes longer! After meeting with Bethany & Angelo it was clear that they were looking for someone to form a […]