When you ask Kevin, he will tell you the proposal planning process started eight years ago when him and Maureen first met after which he admitted to his mom that he could see himself marrying this girl. Fast forward eight amazing years and we arrive at Maureen’s 26th birthday. After a full day out on […]

Jackie + Colin knew each other in college, but the timing wasn’t right until Tinder intervened. After finally both being single at the same time, they ran into each other on Tinder and exchanged numbers to meet up. They met at a bar called Mcguinans – which is where Colin proposed a few years later. […]

Courtney + Joey matched on Coffee Meets Bagel in January of 2016 and exchanged a simple, “hey whats up?” After about a week, Joey asked Courtney if she wanted to meet up with him and some friends downtown. After politely declining ‘a night out with the bros,’ Courtney realized they had a mutual friend and […]

Now that it’s the new year, our wedding stuff is over, and I’m tying up allllll the loose ends that went undone last year due to the craziness of planning two weddings in the middle of wedding season – I’m back to the blog. This week – Desi + Justin at Armour House in Lake […]

2018 will definitely be a year I never forget. The JTP team expanded to four, count ’em 1-2-3-4, photographers and we added two video teams and a photo booth. We documented over 30 weddings, I got engaged, and married (twice in five months). I spent time with family and friends, traveled to Canada, Belize, Texas, […]

It’s so crazy to be sharing photos from MY wedding on here today! I love sharing all of your wedding stories on the blog, each couple is different and always brings a different spin to the wedding day. Our day was no different – we tried to incorporate little details that were meaningful to US […]

Ada + Charlie’s wedding was one of those days you don’t forget. The 90s-2000s throwbacks all day long, the choreographed dance by the whole wedding party, and the moment Charlie saw his wife for the first time and burst into tears. It was a day full of love – and I’m so excited to share […]

Caroline + Ricky started dating their junior year of high school at Lake Zurich. Their ELEVEN year anniversary was this past June 27th just about a month before their new anniversary for the rest of their lives. They made it through years of long distance, and finally Ricky’s residency brought them back home to Chicago […]

Lauren + Frank had one of the hottest days of the summer – but went through it all with a smile on their faces! They danced, sang, laughed, and looked at each other with love as we spent the day celebrating their wedding. Their friends and family were all there to join in on the […]

Nicki spent the day with Betsy + JJ at the beautiful University Club. The day was full of the most gorgeous details put together by AEG and Simply Elegant – and Betsy + JJ’s friends and family came to PARTY. We loved photographing their love story – even their little pup joined in on the […]