CHICAGO PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER
You’d think that a wedding photographer would double-check everything to avoid missing important immediate family members. Thinking about it later, she never asked for a family list or asked who was who during the wedding. If only I knew enough to hire someone who would do it right, not just know how to take pretty pictures.
That’s the thing about family photos, they are so SO important. Trust me you, regret every photo you did not take, and the photos you do have will become more precious over time. There are just some moments if miss them you can’t get back …
… the tiny hands and feet, the toothless smiles, the first family pet, precious hugs from mom, playful teasing with dad - and of course if they are there - grandma and grandpa...
Let’s talk about regrets - photos at my wedding
I got married way before I knew anything about photography. Now it’s been years and I still cannot get over my regret of not hiring a better photographer.
To be fair we got a good gallery. Everything looked just as good as her promise on Instagram, and she was pretty awesome the whole day. But there was one major fail - the family photos.
Neither of us got one photo with our families, and not a single photo of our brothers in the entire album - literally zero. Picture of the cake? Sure. Picture of shoes? Yep. But either one of our younger brothers? Nope. It’s like they weren’t even at the wedding. Did I mention that my brother happened to be the ring bearer?
So here's my promise
I will do it right - from getting ALL the important details beforehand to making the whole experience painless and dare I say fun - because what’s the point if family photos feel like getting ready for a root canal?
Let’s take pictures full of real personalities, real smiles, love, and intimate moments - and let’s do them right
My Family
My husband and two of our furry cats moved to Chicago a few years ago. We basically spend all our time looking for the next best tea, coffee, and pastry shops. We’re both photographers so the creative fuel + tea and coffee taste + ambiance for productive editing is a super complicated formula we constantly need to solve.
Our favorite thing to do is to road trip across the country and take pictures. That’s right we don’t really know what the inside of an airport looks like because we go out of our way to drive everywhere - literally even in other countries. Our goal is to drive to every single state together in the next couple years! We're not close yet but we'll get there soon 🙂
I looove a good road trip, my family goal is to fill out this whole map (yes I've been to WI & FL, just need a pretty picture - being a photographer and all)
