Light on Life Images

Verena and Sandra came all the way from Mississippi to get married in Chicago.  They held their ceremony and celebratory lunch at Le Colonial.  Anthony Navarro of Liven it Up Events did a fabulous job helping Verena and Sandra set everything up from Mississippi.  Verena loves sepia toned photos, so I’ve uploaded only sepia images for this sneak peak.  Thank you, Sandra and Verena, for the opportunity to document your day!

I had the honor of photographing Braden and Robert’s celebration of their civil union on September 25.  It was an intimate gathering of family and friends at the couple’s home on Chicago’s north side.  You can see the love and joy on the faces of Braden, Robert and their guests.  Event coordination by Anthony Navarro of Liven It Up Events.

Jen and Zach are Chicagoans, but married in Jen’s hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio in early June at St. Ursula Academy.  A 90 degree plus day with high humidity didn’t dampen the energy level of the newlyweds or the guests at the outdoor reception in the garden at the Taft Museum of Art.  You’ll see plenty of spirited toasting (and some roasting?) of the newlyweds as well as plenty of guests getting their groove on in spite of the heat.  It was a true pleasure to photograph their wedding: Jen and Zach are both easy going and have a great sense of humor – a fact that becomes evident in the photographs of the toasts and dancing.  Enjoy!

Liz and Bill’s wedding was a simple, elegant, heartfelt affair at the Garfield Park Conservatory.  It is a gorgeous venue for a wedding!  And the weather gods were smiling on Liz and Bill that day.  They were married the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend… remember those crazy storms during the middle of the day?  It was as dark as dusk at noon.  About 90 minutes before the wedding, the sun began to shine, and we were blessed with great light and an intensely orange sunset!

Liz and Bill’s wedding was the first chance I had to work a wedding with Lynn Fosbender of Pollen – a fellow Chicago Green Wedding Alliance vendor.  Here is what Lynn says about the flowers: “Keeping the decor as environmentally friendly as possible was a priority for Liz and Bill, so I used all Midwestern flowers in the reception flowers.  White peonies were the featured flower, accented with some of my favorite spring blooming branches: snowball viburnum, lilac, and crabapple.  The flowers were designed in water, rather than with floral foam, which is a non-biodegradable petroleum-based product.  This minimized the waste created from the wedding.”  I love that the flowers in  Liz’s bouquet are a perfect match to the colors in her kimono.

Decadent cupcakes by Tipsycake.