Ok it’s FINALLY here! My annual best of contest! I’m sure you understand the delay but I wasn’t going to not do it! So here goes…winner gets a 16×24 canvas! There will be prizes for 2nd and 3rd place as well but I’m not sure what they are yet, I like to leave my options open in case something cool comes up!
So all you do is vote for your favorite! If there’s any funny business, you’re disqualified and I can make that distinction…my contest, my rules. So please just play fair! You can vote once per day!
Marjorie and Rob’s wedding was my final wedding of the year! And I couldn’t have gone out any other way! They were completely laid back and went with the flow and even though it was a bit cold, they didn’t seem to mind! They’re wonderful people who have an awesome dog who I still need to meet. Marjorie asked if we could hang out sometime after the wedding, I told her definitely! We had a great time at the wedding and it was so much fun! Their bridal party was ready to party from the start which always is fun! We stopped by a tavern in Long Grove for some quick pictures and then took our time to get to the reception and then things really started getting crazy! I’m not sure what happened after I left, but I’m not sure they want proof of that either! So enjoy your photos!
Michele and Bryce’s wedding was a lot of fun and they were so much fun to be around too! I’ve been so lucky to have such wonderful clients like them this year (and of course in years past)! Despite some hiccups (because really, what’s a wedding without at least one hiccup?!) we still had fun and got some amazing pictures! I’m completely obsessed with reflections these days and it was fun to shoot around some christmas lights in downtown Arlington Heights! Despite it being November, we had great weather and found some color still! So I hope you enjoy! They’re some of my favorite photos of the year!
I’ve been meaning to write this post forever but just never got around to it! Chelsea did tell me she was happy to wait since the pictures were the last part of the wedding to wait for, and I promise you, that it’s worth the wait! I had a blast with them and their intimate wedding was so much fun and the food was great! I love all the personal touches they had and how easy they were to photograph! We only had time for a couple of stops thanks to unpredictable Chicago traffic but we made it work! I hope you enjoy these photos!!
Holly and Bill’s wedding was a ton of fun! It was nice to see them again and they were just a blast! Not only that is that the ceremony was so personal and touching and you can definitely see it in their photos! I’m sure they’ve been waiting what seems like forever for this! But in my defense they did get stuck in a hurricane on their honeymoon so it’s been a bit delayed! There’s so much I can say but who needs to say anything when you have photos like these? Holly decorated the space beautifully, the sunflowers were from her parents house and her dad made all the vases and helped cut all the place holders, it was a very detailed wedding! Ok, I’ll be quiet now and let the photos do the talking
Caroline and Jason have been ever so patient while it took me time to write this blog, but they did get to see their slideshow earlier, so it kind of evens out! Caroline and Jason are a blast to be with, in fact, I’m pretty sure Caroline and I deal with the same person too. Jason even pulled out the “haha, you don’t care-a” Yeah, my husband does the same with the word care and Kara, so it was very funny when Jason did. So needless to say that Caroline and I have an immediate bond is very true! So without further ado, here’s their slideshow at the ever lovely Arrowhead (who by the way are awesome, the soup course was a tomato bisque, thanks to baby I can’t eat anything cooked tomato, I declined the soup and they brought me something else without me even asking! I was just going to pass and was ok with that, but for that, Arrowhead gets 4 thumbs up!)
This was such a fun wedding! Michelle and Bob are so completely relaxed and just happy all together! They had both their ceremony and reception at the same hotel on Michigan Ave and wanted some pictures of that, so we gave it to them! It was clear that they had those who really cared about them at their wedding, I secretly love small weddings because it’s fun to see everyone come together!
I’m not sure if you remember Nicole and Scott’s engagement session, but it was definitely one of my favorites! We did it only a few days after they decided to hire me and well, we wanted some fall color, and it turned out amazing! What’s even better is their wedding photos! Their wedding was really a blast too! I’m so thankful to have amazing clients on my hands (even if I may have cut myself making a bustle out of safety pins). We even had time to just relax in their suite before the reception and most of the bridal party went to the zoo when I told them they could go back to the bus! Nicole and Scott here is your slideshow! It’s long, but I don’t think you mind
So this morning you saw the LONG overdue engagement session of Louise and Alan and now it’s time for their wedding post! See, I am catching up! This was a VERY fun wedding and we had a blast! You see, Louise and Alan are from Ireland and their friends and family flew in earlier in the week (and the week before!) so it was an all around party! They were so fun and laughed when we took pictures in the middle of the street! I’m apologizing for the length of this slideshow but I’m sure Louise and Alan don’t mind!
Can I just say that I’ve had some AMAZING weddings this year? Like seriously amazing? And they’ve been a blast! Sarah and Steve are wonderful, laid back and most of all, trust me to do my job. These make for some of my most favorite pictures of the year! And of course, anyone who dances with us is fun in my book! I loved their small intimate wedding at Winnetka Community House, it was just perfect and the table names were from Harry Potter (we sat at the Room of Requirement, very exciting things). Their ceremony was wonderful and meaningful and there wasn’t any rain (hooray!), their nieces were adorable too. Ok, enough about how much I love them and their wedding, onto pictures right? Right!
