Chitown and I are getting along juuuust fine these days! I loved my time there with Ashley & Jeff! I seriously think I laughed from the minute we started shooting until the last frame I took b/c Jeff had us in stitches the whole time! Ashley and I discussed shooting at some “off the beaten path” kind of places and I’m glad we did b/c I discovered some great little niches of peaceful, serene space within the big city!! (but of course we had to incorporate some Chicago spots b/c after all, they love their town!) Ashley & Jeff, you are both wonderful and kind…thank you for being soo flexible with the scheduling of this shoot and for being SUCH fun to work with and photograph!! Can’t wait until October!!

Would you even believe this lovely little getaway is smack in the middle of the CITY??

You know I couldn’t resist a little city action!

As our shoot came to an end, the city got that famous misty, hazy, cool feel that I think Chicago is known for. While we were a bit COLD (in JUNE! really!)…it made for a lovely dreamy feel to our final images of Jeff & Ashley dancing on the pier as the sun slipped into horizon through the mist.

I’ll admit it….the minute Shannon friended me on facebook and I took a peek at how gorgeous she was and how handsome Sahm was, I was excited to be their photographer! Then, when I met them for their engagement session, I learned of how great they are…how much they love each other…and how much fun they have together….and we just clicked, then I grew to love them for soo much more! They were major troopers…after seeing that the temps for our scheduled shoot day were a cool 95, we planned for a 9am shoot…and at 9am, it was already 85 and thick outside. You wouldn’t have known b/c they were rockin’ it, loving their time together and embracing it wholeheartedly! Shannon & Sahm…you are both soo fantastic! I loved our time together and hearing all about the wedding! Thank you for enduring the heat and being soo great to photograph!!

OH…and another girl after my own heart with a LOVE FOR COLOR! Thank you Shannon (and SAHM!) for making my blog look soo happy and bright!

Sahm: “I don’t actually think I’ve ever seen this in the daytime”, Me: “Seen what in the daytime?:, Sahm: BROAD RIPPLE. I think that is pretty true of most Indy residents and it cracked me up! (non indy peeps…it’s an area of town known for it’s bars and nighttime scene….it ROCKS by day, though!)