This past May, Jay surprised Steph with a weekend trip to Redondo Beach, CA. Steph would make plans with friends for the weekend (not knowing Jay was going to steal her away), and Jay would have to call Steph’s friends and cancel in secret. When he finally did tell her what was going on – she […]

I met Kailey + Rob at one of my favorite locations to shoot in the city – the Lincoln Park Zoo South Pond Nature Boardwalk. Kailey expressed to me that she wanted engagement photos with some pretty trees, and some shots on the beach cuddling near the lake. As a lot of couples are, Kailey […]

Jess and Joe have known each other since gradeschool. They were always friends, and Joe may or may not have been secretly in love with Jess the whole time… but it wasn’t until the end of college where Jess realized that Joe could be the love of her life. Maybe it was the random “I love you” […]

I met Kristen + Conor for drinks about a month ago at Fountainhead in Ravenswood. We chatted about work, their wedding, how they met, and what they wanted to do for their wedding and engagement photos. I immediately thought they were one of the sweetest couples I’d ever met – and I couldn’t wait to work […]

Julien and Sophie went to high school together in Quebec. They were friends, but like most people after high school, they simply lost touch. It wasn’t until a few years ago when fate brought them back together and turned their high school friendship into something more. Julien contacted me a few months ago to let me […]

Jen and Tony’s friendship started long before things turned romantic. They met through mutual friends, and although Jen saw Tony as just a friend for the first few years… Tony’s good looks and charm clearly won her over as they are now planning their wedding for 2015. This engagement session is full of Chicago. We started at the […]

I met Sarah + Greg near the gorgeous columns of Chicago Union Station so that we could still shoot if it started raining. Like many days this summer, it was scheduled to downpour on the afternoon of their engagement session, so we wanted to have a backup plan since Sarah and already gotten her hair and […]

Originally from Hong Kong, Stephanie + Jason met during grad school at the University of Chicago. Nowadays, the adorable couple lives in London, but decided to stop in Chicago on their way their way to Peru, where they were heading for a little hiking trip through the rain forest. Little did Stephanie know that this stopover in the […]

Lela + Tommy wanted their engagement session to capture Chicago as they see it. They wanted to be on a rooftop, up in the sky with the gorgeous Chicago skyscrapers, and they also wanted to shoot along the Chicago Riverwalk because they have a lot of memories training for last year’s Chicago Marathon there, they went […]

I met Courtney + Zach in Grant Park at the Buckingham Fountain, very close to where Zach asked Courtney to be his wife. It was a beautiful, sunny day… and Courtney + Zach had driven in from their home in Wheaton to spend a few hours celebrating their engagement with me. Despite Grant Park being filled […]