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This has to be one of the most fun backstories to a proposal that I’ve seen yet! Tim reached out a few months prior to the proposal date, and we talked through lots of ideas. He landed on proposing at the Art Institute of Chicago before it opened in the morning, which was the perfect […]

What better way to celebrate a birthday for a wedding planner than a dreamy, candlelit and draped dinner reception?! This cozy dinner was the perfect set up for a long meal with friends and time well-spent catching up. Niela planned her own birthday dinner so beautifully, wearing a little white dress from Grace + Ivory. […]

Catherine and Russell’s colorful winery wedding took us all throughout the city on the most gorgeous Saturday in August. The morning began with just their families standing as their wedding party at two iconic Chicago hotels before heading up north to Lincoln Park South Pond for couples photos where Delilah (their dog) met us! South […]

This engagement session at Ault Park was SUCH a treat for me!! I’ve known Madi since high school, and she was one of my first “models” when I was just starting photography. That took us to her senior photos, her younger sisters’, and now her engagement photos!!! It’s always extra special to photograph people I […]

Okay okay, summer isn’t really proposal season, but it is in my world. I adore summer proposals–a bustling city, lush greenery, a gorgeous Buckingham Fountain we get to call our own, and “wine tasting” plans that Nicole thought she was headed to with some friends that turned into the perfect summer proposal in Chicago. Needless […]

Chicagoans party hard in the summer, but nothing gets us ready for the winter like some colorful fall foliage throughout the city, and South Pond is one of the best places to see it. Erick and Mariah joined my early one fall morning before the rest of the city was fully awake for the most […]