I’ve “known” Shelby for a whole lot of years now; her mom was my junior high social studies teacher, so I first knew the Steger girls from Wethersfield from the picture frames on my teacher’s desk. Years later, I was living in Peoria and doing family photo sessions on the side while in grad school,...
Robert and Courtney grew up in the same small town and went to high school together, but it wasn’t until years later when they reconnected at Courtney’s brother’s wedding that they started dating. I love this aspect of their story – I’m a firm believer in timing being *nearly everything, and sometimes the delay can...
One of the first things I learned about John and Theresa was that their first date was NINE hours long – they met in Logan Square at Longman and Eagle, and from there they hit up a block party and had beers, played board games, saw a movie, got some late night pizza, and shared...
Zach and Mike planned their Illinois wedding from their home in Arlington, VA, so all of our communication throughout the planning process was via phone and email. I arrived a little early on their wedding day to scope out the new garden space at their venue, Warehouse 109, and happened to catch the two of...
Weddings are a wild thing in many ways, one of which is that on this one day, there are two very specific people who are the center of everyone’s attention. Everyone in attendance wants to hug them and take a photo with them and tell them congratulations, and I walk alongside them throughout the day...
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