Deininger Family | 2021 Session

Once again had a family portrait session with Deiningers back in December last year. We often really luck out when it comes to weather for their sessions as was the case yet again with this session. We probably had just about as good of weather as you could ask for considering the time of year. The photos that I’ve posted were taken at Sunrise Park in Lake Bluff. Also during their session after finishing up at the park, we took a short drive and captured some photos of this family in front of their new home.

Ivonne & Oscar | Wedding

Ivonne and Oscar’s wedding was my first wedding of a fairly busy October 2021. It’s definitely nice sometimes to get to photograph a wedding that’s local like was the case with their wedding. We started the day at Most Blessed Trinity - Holy Family for their ceremony. Then for portraits with the couple, we headed over to Lyons Woods Forest Preserve. It was certainly one of the more interesting sessions I’ve done with a bride and groom as we ran into the middle of the road to do photos during lulls in traffic. And finally the reception was at Club La Bodega.

Larsen Family | 2021 Session

Last year the family portrait session with Larsens took place in early November. During the session we went on quite the adventure as we hiked quite a bit of the trails around Volo Bog. Of course, I also managed to get some good photos of their family in their sweaters that were hand knit by Roselie.

Amanda's Bridal Shower

After taking last week off from posting, I’m back to my regular routine of posting twice a week. Today’s post is photos from the bridal shower of Amanda that took place at the beginning of August. This event took place at Bloomingdale Golf Club and had some very lovely decorations.

Waszkowski Family

I had a portrait session with the Waszkowski family last September at Grant Woods. Good thing for this session I showed up early because I was able to figure out that there were two parking lots for this forest preserve and the one that my directions had taken me to, wasn’t exactly the location I had in mind. Luckily I had more than enough time to figure out where the other parking lot was and scope out the scenery a bit before my clients ended up arriving.

Onya & Michael | Wedding

Originally Onya and Michael's wedding was set for 2020 but ended up having to cancel due to covid restrictions at that time. So the following year once they set a new date for their wedding, they contacted me to see if I was available for their new wedding date. Since I had their new date available, I was able to photograph their wedding day after all.

Nieces & Nephew

Back in August last year as a birthday gift for my niece, Jamiah, we had a photo session over at Greenbelt Forest Preserve. The bugs were a little troublesome on this particular day but, I think I did a decent job working around that and got some good shots. In addition during this session, I ended up getting some group shots with my nieces and nephew.

Janeth & Sean | Wedding

This was my third time working with Janeth and Sean since I previously did their engagement photos in the fall of 2019 and then in the fall of 2020 they did a family portrait session. Their wedding took place in early June 2021. We did their first look on the pier for the lighthouse in Kenosha. Then we had a lovely day for their outdoor ceremony over at Wolfenbuttel Park. And finally to cap things off, the reception was over at Bonnie Brook Golf Course in Waukegan.

Briana | Quinceañera

Back in July I was contacted by one of my high school classmates, Benito, about a portrait session for his daughter's quinceañera. Briana had heart set on having the session at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe so we started the session over there. After being a little unsure if we had quite gotten all the shots we wanted, we decided to try out a second location as we headed on over to Central Park in Des Plaines. Very happy that we tried out a second location as the park made for a great backdrop for the photo session.

Sade & Alphonso | Wedding

For Sade and Alphonso’s wedding back in May 2021, I was the second photographer as I finally had the opportunity to work with my friend, Sandy. It’s always an interesting challenge to be a second shooter as while you feel a little less pressure to get some of the shots, there is also the need to add a little bit of a different perspective sometimes. This wedding was quite a drive for both of us being as we are both in the Chicagoland area and the wedding venue was all the way down in Farmington. So Sandy and I ended up carpooling for this wedding and had some time to catch up as well during the long drive.