Monthly Shoots: January 2010

Flashback to a better time…

We have been spoiled in Chicago lately with 40 degree weather. I find that my thoughts are already drifting to summer time. Then, like the rest of you my dreams are shattered when I look at the weather for next week and I see snow seven days in a row. So, if we can’t have nice weather why not look at wedding pictures that remind us of how great summer can be in Chicago. Nothing says summer like a linen suit and a golf course wedding.

It’s June, it’s hot, and we’re on a golf course at the Hilton Chicago Indian Lakes Resort.

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Seriously, you’re going to shoot there?

A note to all wedding party members and bride and grooms. It may not look pretty when you’re standing in front of it, but don’t worry I have a plan. Most people don’t walk through their day and have brief moments where they find themselves thinking, “Wow, that decrepit wall would make a killer background at 2.8″
Welcome to the burden of thinking like a wedding photographer. When watching movies we see catch lights in an actor’s eyes and drift off into thoughts of the light source creating it. I can’t make it five minutes into my day with my boys without seeing the way light falls on their faces.

My point you ask? Simple, I promise I won’t let you down. Give me the benefit of the doubt and you’ll love what you see in the end.
Walking up to this location in downtown Des Plaines, I heard whispers and some times louder than whispers, “Seriously, we’re going to shoot here.
{Insert heavy sarcasm} This will look great.” I’m not going to lie, I like a challenge.

These images are the end result of what seemed like a strange place for pictures of a bride and groom. When I delivered the album to Michael and Jill, Michael mentioned that these turned out to be their favorite shots.

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One room so many options…

The challenge for any wedding photographer is walking into a room that you have never been in and quickly finding places to shoot. Finding light and finding spaces that work for a bride and groom can be tricky, but that’s part of the fun of photographing weddings. You never know what you might stumble upon.
Upon entering a room I immediately put together a plan to use as much of the space as I can. The easy way out would be to shoot everything in the same location. So I am slightly type A and and self diagnosed with ADD. I can’t sit in a chair by the beach for more than 5 minutes, so I certainly can’t shoot all wedding pictures in one location.

Jessica and Mark had their first moment on the wedding day in their suite at the Chicago Trump Tower. You’ll see in these three images I used the light from the giant windows in three different ways.

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