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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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The loop is Chicago’s business district and has so many amazing urban backgrounds for your engagement and wedding photos including the CTA elevated trains (or better called the L trains short for “elevated”), grunge ally ways, street art, and famous locations like the Chicago Theater! My Favorite Photo Locations in the Loop The L Trains […]

The Loop – Chicago Photo Location

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Couple walking and laughing together at Lincoln Park Board Walk

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Lincoln Park is a public park on the North Side of the city and is the largest park in Chicago. The Boardwalk is full of native prairie plants and circles a man made pond. With the downtown skyline in the distance, this nature oasis just north of Chicago is the perfect mix of city and […]

Lincoln Park Boardwalk – Chicago Photo Location

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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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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

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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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She remained professional while also turning into a friend for my husband and I. We dealt with the unfortunate circumstance of having to postpone our original May wedding due to COVID, and Victoria was constantly reassuring, made sure we knew she was there for us to help navigate less than an ideal situation. Flash-forward to our August 16th wedding - it was absolutely perfect. She was a constant BLESSING the entire wedding day. We are forever grateful!"

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