I’m sure Jessica has been stalking this blog for these ever since we took them the last weekend of September! We decided to do what I call the Grant Park tour which takes us all the way around and ends up in Millennium Park I hope everyone has at least gone there ONCE! I feel like I’m there at least every week whether for engagements or weddings, but me and the cloud gate are good friends!

Jessica and Lane were so much fun and pretty much up for anything I would ask of them! Their wedding isn’t until Summer 2010 but it’s that time of year to get in engagement shoots!

::swoon::

there was a bit of contact involved in the walking picture, haha!

This was way too cute. I told Lane to sit and then for Jessica to sit in between his legs. She just plopped herself down in his lap!

Hope you enjoy them! I can’t wait to photograph your wedding next year!

Kara
kara@karatography.com

I met Lucy and Pete and we just went everywhere! They’re holding their wedding up at Byron Colby Barn in Grayslake (which is a fabulous place for wedding photography!) so they wanted some really downtown pictures and really wanted to incorporate certain buildings into it! It’s always great to meet people before photographing their wedding! It’s nice to get to know the couple and have them know me, I’m generally relaxed and laid back and they had me on the end of a long day of engagements! I’m sure Lucy has been stalking my blog for this and I’m sure she’ll do the same for her wedding photos!

we started in Lincoln Park at the Lily Pond right there:

We then headed over to State Street/Michigan Ave to finish up the session!

I really love this one!!

Thanks for looking! I can’t wait to photograph your wedding Lucy and Pete! You both were a bunch of fun and laughs!

Kara
kara@karatography.com

I met Loretta and Aaron in Wrigleyville to start their engagement session. I can’t wait to photograph their wedding!! I’m so excited to be their photographer because these two are a riot! They laugh, they cry, they skip. I can’t imagine what their wedding day will bring, but it sure enough will be a load of fun! Ok, enough of me, let’s get to their engagement pictures!

Look at how fun they were!

I usually don’t take pictures like this, but I LOVE this one!!

and then Loretta cried, it was so cute! I wonder if she’ll cry at her wedding? She thinks she’s going to be a mess!

this was totally unplanned

I hope you enjoyed these Loretta and Aaron, I truly had a great time with you for your engagement session and I can’t wait until I photograph your wedding! I’m sure it will be 10x more fun!

Kara
kara@karatography.com

Kim and Rob are such an awesome couple and their wedding isn’t until mid 2010! Their wedding is going to be so much fun as well, when I first met with Kim and Rob we spent like 2 hours talking after I had finished up a wedding and they dealt with my mumblings! We connected at that moment!

They were seriously up for anything that I asked of them. And by the end of the day, I asked for a lot! But if I suggest it early enough, you know it’s a good idea at the end of the day! We started out on Rob’s rooftop where they got engaged and then Kim’s dad drove us around to take pictures all over Museum Campus and Millennium Park for a final stop. I really can’t wait to photograph their wedding next year!

We spent a lot of time around the Shedd located at: 1200 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL?

GO BEARS!!

Look at the air Kim got in those heels!!

museum campus engagement photo

we headed to Millennium Park for some photos in the fountain!

I love Rob in this one!

I did start the session by saying they should go in the fountain, and by the end of it, they knew it was a good idea!

and an after shot!

I hope you guys enjoyed these! Sorry for the long wait!!

Kara
kara@karatography.com