A blog of our current photography work.
It’s getting cold out there but I’m still doing portrait sessions! Hannah and Sam took advantage of the beautiful November sunlight and met me at Ty Warner Park for a few engagement photos. I think their intention was really just to get some photos with their new fur baby Walter. It was great to see Hannah and Sam (and meet Walter) and I can’t wait to photograph their wedding next December at Revolution Brewing in Chicago!
I did Michelle and Steve’s engagement portraits at Lake Katherine a couple of weeks ago. The forecast originally called for rain but it cleared up and turned out to be a fine afternoon for portraits! I love that their cute dogs made it into some of the photos. I can’t wait to photograph their wedding next September!
I met up with Gabriella and Patrick the other day for some engagement portraits at one of my favorite spots, St. James Farm. It turns out we did these photos exactly one year before their wedding day! They were so easy to work with and I felt like they kept reading my mind with the poses I was wanted to do. It was wonderful spending an hour with them and getting to know them a little more. Special thanks to Gabriella’s mom who brought over their pups for some photos at the end of the session! -Jake
Amanda and Bryan met and got engaged at Pub 64 in downtown Sycamore, IL so it was only fitting that we did some engagement photos there, too! Starting the session with beers in hand is a good way to start photos if you ask me. After we had some fun at the pub we found a few spots around Sycamore and I have to say these were some of the nicest alleys I’ve ever photographed in. And we couldn’t forget to do some portraits with their rescue dogs. All in all it was a great photo shoot! -Jake
I met up with Hannah and Eli in Chicago at North Ave Beach for a few city skyline shots. North Ave is one of my favorite views of the city because you can get right up to the water and there’s nothing else in the way but skyscrapers. This was our second attempt to do photos here because the first time we tried we ran into a freak summer storm that was hovering only above Chicago! But the weather was perfect this time around and we were able to get a ton of photos done. Not only did we do North Ave but we walked over to the Nature Boardwalk for a completely different look to their portraits. Here’s a few favorites from Hannah and Eli’s engagement session! -Jake
