What an awesome shoot with Tracy & Nick!! I’m no stranger to Chicago right now, I’m almost there more than I’m in my own hometown…but we are getting along just fine b/c I’ve had soo many great shoots and weddings there! Well, to be truthful, for this one, maybe Chitown and I weren’t the BEST of friends b/c we basically did this shoot in the RAIN! Tracy & Nick were such troopers and did SOO awesome, despite the fact that they were pretty much getting rained on for 90% of our shoot!! After reschedules from previous bad weather and travel schedules with us both trying to get to Chicago and a fast approaching wedding (NEXT WEEKEND!), we were running out of time to get this shoot done…so trying for another day wasn’t an option and we just had to embrace the rain and keep shooting! And wow, I’ve honestly never had two people just keep smiling, laughing and enjoying their time while being photographed in the pouring rain!! Luckily, the skies didn’t FULLY open up until RIGHT at the end and it started pouring soo hard that we couldn’t keep going! Luckily for Nick, it was lunchtime anyway and we already had gotten an incredible shoot in…so I was more than happy that torrential rain held off! Tracy & Nick…you two rocked this shoot, I was SOO impressed with you and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you just enduring through the weather and having a blast regardless!! Can’t wait for your uber fab wedding next weekend! YAY!!

This shoot was perfect!! Perfect couple, perfect locations, perfect weather, soo great!! Katie & Alex are straight up amazing…and embraced this shoot 100% from the beginning, totally having a blast with it, truly enjoying their time together, laughing and kissing and having soo much fun! We also had the most beautiful morning in Chicago for this shoot, a gorgeous blue sky, perfect temps…and I loved that Katie & Alex wanted to tour the city and hit all kinds of fun spots! The only hiccup in our plan came when we were headed out to the beach to wrap up the shoot with the city background…and well, we were in good company with about a million (not really) other people who had the same idea b/c it was the Chicago Air & Water Show…only one of the busiest weekends in Chicago. We wondered why it was fairly quiet within the city at our other locations! It turned out to be an awesome bonus because our shoot ended with a sky writer making a heart in the sky…clearly it was just for us! Again, a PERFECT SHOOT! Thanks a million, Katie & Alex…we had such a fun morning with you guys and we can’t thank you enough for being soo fantastic to photograph and being AWESOME to work with!! xoxo!