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If you’re on the fence about printing your wedding photos, here are a few reasons why you should have your wedding images printed professionally.

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Your family photos are one of the main things you will look back on from your wedding day, but wrangling up your whole family to get the photos can be one of the more stressful parts of the day.

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Taylor slid into my emails a few months before her wedding describing her vision for the day and asked me if I was available. I immediately fell in love with her and Brent! She told me their families lived in Hawaii & California and with all the restrictions in place for COVID they could not […]

Zoom Wedding Ceremony at the Swissotel, Downtown Chicago – Taylor & Brent

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Artifact Events is the perfect space if you are looking for Chicago’s traditional industrial feel! It’s located in Chicago’s Historic Ravenswood neighborhood. This spacious and light filled venue makes for the most beautiful wedding photos! With 4 different spaces to rent out, you really have all the options you could ask for! Their main hall […]

Artifact Events – Chicago Wedding Venue

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Located in the West Loop, Loft Lucia is the perfect space if you’re looking for a luxurious urban loft! They describe themselves as the Loft of Light which describes the wedding venue so well because of all of their oversized industrial windows that surround the building! Loft Lucia has multiple levels to best fit your […]

Loft Lucia – Chicago Wedding Venue

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Here is the ultimate checklist of what you should do when you first get engaged.

Your Ultimate To-Do List when you First get Engaged

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Believe it or not the Chicago Art Institute does allow for professional photography. I know, I know, I was shocked too! Most museums don’t allow for professional cameras in the building but the Art Institute is cooler than most museums and does! If you want to totally stand out from the crowd, taking your wedding […]

Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago Photo Location

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