A few months ago, Stephanie stumbled across my Chicago wedding photography page on Yelp!, realized we had a few mutual friends after looking me up on Facebook, and emailed me before meeting up at a local Starbucks (gosh I love social media and the internet!). We decided do the engagement session where Tim first popped the question… […]

I love a good rush. White water rafting in Colorado, jumping out of a perfectly good plane, zip lining through the mountains, hang-gliding over Wisconsin… I’ve done it all. But this shoot? I was terrified. Carrie + Ryan thought it would be a good idea to ice-skate for part of their winter engagement session. When […]

When you know, you know. That will forever be theme in my mind when thinking about Kristin and Ryan. First of all, Kristin and I met at a Starbucks that I frequent on Rush and Oak – it may be the comfy booths, the exposed brick walls, the hipster lounge music… okay maybe it’s the […]

While most of the time the bride does the majority of the wedding planning… I think sometimes we forget that the groom has his fair share of stress when putting together the actual proposal. Whether it’s keeping it a secret from all their friends and family, picking out the perfect ring that she’ll love forever, […]

Like many couples, Kim + Pat met at a college party through mutual friends. But it wasn’t exactly love at first sight… let’s just say that Pat didn’t think Kim was interested in him at all 😉 It wasn’t until the second time they met that the two of them hit it off and started […]

When I met with Jena + Anthony a few months ago to talk about photographing their wedding, I could tell they were really, really in love within the first few minutes of the consult. Anthony went inside to get a coffee, but came back with a cake pop for Jena 🙂 The cuteness carried into […]

I’ve known Monica since our grade school days back at St. Charles Borromeo. We’ve basically played basketball together our whole lives… when she played up on the 8th grade team as a 7th grader for a game (I’ll never forget she was so terrified when I passed her the ball it went right through her […]

A few days ago, I received the following message from one of my Facebook Page fans. Hey Jill! I just wanted to compliment you on your photography! All of your images are just beautiful! I was curious how you get such perfect lighting? Do you use speed lights or reflectors, or just get super lucky with available […]

When it’s my client’s idea to do an engagement session at 5am on the beach so we can catch the sunrise… I know she’s my type of bride. Why would I want to get up at 5am? Anything for beautiful photos, right? Maybe that’s a sign that I’m in the right profession, because I can […]

When I asked Karen how she find me… she couldn’t remember if it was The Knot, Style Me Pretty, or one of the many wedding blogs… all she knew was she loved my work. And when clients’ get my style – I know it’s a match made in photo heaven. Karen, a speech pathologist from Hong Kong […]