crystal gardens at navy pier chicago

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Ahhhh the Crystal Gardens (insert heart eyes emoji), one of the dreamiest wedding venues in Chicago. This is the perfect location for the couples wanting an upscale tranquil conservatory vibe! Believe it or not I actually had my high school prom here! I was so gorgeous and so fun and we even went on Navy […]

The Crystal Gardens at Navy Pier – Chicago Wedding Venue

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Millennium Park is a community park located in the Loop right along Michigan Ave. The park within its self hold so many diffrent iconic Chicago areas including… Cloud Gate (or better known as The Bean) Lurie Garden Jay Pritzker Pavilion & The Great Lawn Chase Promenade Boeing Galleries Crown Fountain Wrigley Square The park holds […]

Millennium Park – Chicago Photo Location

Chicago Locations

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Grant Park is located in the business district of Chicago better known as The Loop. Grant Park holds Millennium Park, Maggie Daley Park, Buckingham Fountain, the Art Institute of Chicago, Congress Plaza and the Museum Campus.  Because all of these locations each have their own notable views, I wanted to highlight Congress Plaza, where the […]

Grant Park Congress Plaza – Chicago Photo Location

Chicago Locations

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The riverwalk is the heart of downtown Chicago and is a popular destination for locals and tourists. Whenever I bring my couples for their engagement photos I tell them to bring their walking shoes because the riverwalk is over 8 blocks of killer photo backdrops! The river is surrounded by the cities most beautiful buildings […]

The Riverwalk – Chicago Photo Location

Chicago Locations

view of chicago skyline at sunset from industrial wedding loft reception

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City View loft is one of my favorite Chicago wedding venues to photograph at! City View Loft is connected to Kitchen Chicago and when the two even spaces are used together it makes transition from cocktail hour into the reception. Kitchen Chicago is the lower level of the two spaces and it’s large windows and […]

City View Loft – Chicago Wedding Venue

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Karen & Sam are both active military personnel, Karen is in the Air Force and is currently stationed in Honduras and Sam is a Helicopter Pilot in the Army stationed in Colorado Springs. When they reached out to me to photograph their engagement session here in Chicago, it was one of the two times they […]

Winter Engagement Photos in Chicago

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Couple kissing in the middle of Michigan avenue for their chicago engagement photos.

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This engagement session captured chicago love so perfectly! We started taking photos on Chicago’s river walk for a classic city river view. Even though this session was middle of November we got a beautiful sunny day to catch the river glimmering! Walking along Michigan Avenue, we decided to jump in the middle of the road […]

Chicago River Walk and Millennium Park Engagement Session – Cindy & Patrick

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