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A bride and groom kiss in a wedding portrait at the Wrigley Building in Chicago.

Engagements

Portrait Location | Wrigley Building Chicago, Illinois

This week I am excited to share with you part one in a recurring series, Venue and Portrait Location Spotlights. I am going to be highlighting various portrait and wedding locations around the city of Chicago. Today, we are starting with the Wrigley Building portrait location. Architecture Originally built in 1920 as the headquarters for […]

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Engagements

Formal Wrigley Building Engagement Session

I am so excited to introduce you to Emily and Andrew – they are both so sweet and fun! Fun fact –  all three of us actually went to the University of Iowa! Go Hawks! I had such an incredible time with them at their engagement session. We had the perfect early fall Chicago weather. […]

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Bride Education

Full Service Wedding Planning Explained | Storybook Weddings and Events

One of the many questions couples ask themselves when planning a wedding is; should we hire a planner? (Pst…the answer should always be yes!) Then the second question is, should we do a wedding coordinator or a full wedding planner? This week, I teamed up with the lovely Nicole Hensley, owner of Storybook Weddings and […]

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Bride Education

5 Ways to Personalize Your Wedding

One of the biggest compliments that a couple can receive on their wedding day is that it felt like “them,” that each detail was unique to the style and preferences of the couple in such a way that their friends and family felt invited in to knowing them on a deeper level. As a photographer, […]

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