• mr and (future) mrs "quiche"

    CHICAGO: the engagement portraits chronicles, part one. sooooo many things to say and show from my trip! i’ll have to do it in segments. maybe one per day. part one: little did i know that the first future bride i would have the pleasure of shooting this week in chicago actually writes for an awesome wedding blog called weddingbee.com(which happens to be the blog where i advertised my services to chicago in the first place. ha!) her blog nickname is “miss quiche” so log on and check out all the great ideas she’s been having during her own wedding planning process. very much the DIY type, which i LOVE! and…

  • if you were in chicago…what would you do?

    going to the great windy city this week! got a few engagement photo sessions that i’m super stoked about, gonna see some old friends i haven’t seen in ages, and i also happen to have a little bit of down time that i’m hoping to fill with wonderful and exciting adventures.  this is where you come in….  i had the exhilarating opportunity to visit this enchanting city for an extended weekend last july.  as you can imagine, i barely scratched the surface of things to see and do. since my free time is limited on this trip as well, i need your experience and insight to help me decide the…

  • Franklin Road Academy fundraiser

    emily borders–a sweet young lady i met on a sweet sleep trip last year–rang me up a few weeks back asking if i could photograph a havana nights-themed fundraising dinner/silent auction/live auction she was organizing for franklin road academy. heck yes, i said! i’ve got the winter slow-season blues and am sooo anxious for next week’s chicago trip to kick off the “shooting-photos-like-a-chicken-with-my-head-cut-off-season.” i even participated in the silent auction and WON!!! i never win at those things! i was pretty darn stoked. this is emily, hard at work during the live auction. and as if all of that was not enough, in addition to participating in that event, the…