Posts Tagged ‘Downtown Chicago’

Monday: Marry Me? | Megan and Jon’s Downtown Chicago Engagement Session in the Sunset

March 28th, 2011

View Megan and Jon’s beautiful engagement session in the sunset. See the lakefront, Adler Planetarium & Northerly Island beach.

 

Firstly, I’m back!! I had the best 4 weeks spending time with family, catching up with friends and enjoying all my favorite hometown foods in Malaysia! More to come on that in the coming weeks, but for now, here is a B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L engagement session downtown. The weather that day was perfect – not too cold, not too hot. The light was a gorgeous golden brown for hours – my FAVORITE thing about sunsets here in the west (that’s one thing I noticed while I was home in Malaysia – the sunset is different! The sun doesn’t stay low on the horizon for very long, giving very little angled light, and golden glow. I’m so glad to be back in the US!).

Enjoy these beautiful images (good looking people didn’t hurt either!)!

~ Wen ~

Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium

Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium

Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium

Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium

Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium

Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium

Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium

Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium

Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium

Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium

Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium

Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium

Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium

Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium

Downtown Chicago engagement session by Chicago wedding photographer at the Adler Planetarium

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A match made in OfficeMax

September 13th, 2010

A little story about Jen and Jesse…in Jen’s words.. :)

Jen — if you’re reading this, make sure to get to the bottom of the post for a sneak peek of you on your wedding day. ;)

 

A little story about Jen and Jesse…in Jen’s words.. :)

Jen — if you’re reading this, make sure to get to the bottom of the post for a sneak peek of you on your wedding day. ;)

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THE MEETING: One day three years ago, I was slaving away at home to make my brother’s wedding programs using my trusty ink jet printer and manual paper trimmer, until my cousin totally made fun of me and pleaded that I get them done at a local print/copy store which she claimed would save me hours of work! So I headed to the local OfficeMax store and was told that I had to work with the store manager to fix my file because I used an outdated software to create it. It took us at least an hour fixing the formatting of the document. The store manager? Was Jesse.

The document finally went into print and cut, and I quickly noticed Jesse’s very meticulous style and was very pleased with his work! I decided then that Jesse would be my go-to guy for all my print jobs from now on! So with the new-found amazingness that is OfficeMax, I continued to frequent the store for other projects, being sure to talk to Jesse each time. We started chit-chatting about random stuff, and so a casual friendship began (or so I thought!).


THE DATE: One day that summer, I went back to OfficeMax aka Jesse to make copies for my tutoring job. As usual we got talking, but this time, he mentioned some free Zanie’s Comedy Club tickets and asked if I would go with him and his friends. “ahem”….

I noticed some hesitation…after which he said that I could bring a friend. Not 10 seconds later, he asked me “…so, do you know who you’re going to bring?”

To buy some time, I looked at him and said, “Yeah sure, just give me two tickets and we’ll meet you there.”

“Oh, the tickets are at my house and the show is tomorrow night, so just meet me and my friend Ed there at 7 PM.” OK…Jesse…

Jeese seemed pretty innocent, so I met him at the comedy club with my friend Sue that evening. To my surprise, Jesse gave me a long stem red rose! Aw how sweet! He also came with his friend Jasmine, who we now know was a friend’s wife, but initially I thought that was strange, Jesse and 3 girls. When I asked about his friend Ed, apparently, he had bailed. hmm.. OK!

Well, enough said that was our first date, and the rest is history! Still to this day, we laugh at the fact that on our first date, it was Jesse and 3 ladies!!

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And just for you guys – Jen and Jesse, here is a little sneaky-peek of your pics from last weekend!! Look how beautiful you are!!

Chicago wedding photography at Indian Boundary - Chavelier Forest Preserve

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The Night Cupid Struck

May 6th, 2010

One fateful night, Robert was standing outside Hangge Uppe on Elm and Rush in downtown Chicago, about to call it a night, until a cab pulled up in front of him. Then he saw her. Robert described that moment to me: “…and then, Noly walked out of the cab, dressed all in black, and alofasu’n [...]

 

One fateful night, Robert was standing outside Hangge Uppe on Elm and Rush in downtown Chicago, about to call it a night, until a cab pulled up in front of him.

Then he saw her.

Robert described that moment to me: “…and then, Noly walked out of the cab, dressed all in black, and alofasu’n I started gett’n the pitter-pat…….right here….” he said as he patted his palm on his chest. “…she took my breath away.”

“He reached out, grabbed my hand, and pulled me into Hangge Uppe,” Noly said, with her oh-so-cute Spanish accent.

Needless to say, they hit it off, and “technically” had their first date that night! “And then I snuck a kiss at the end of the night,” Noly gave me a little wink as he told me that.

“And ever since, we’ve been together.”


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Engagement Session in Downtown Chicago – Laura + Andrew

October 21st, 2009

Laura is one of the nicest clients I’ve ever had. No joke. And not trying to gain any favors here. She sends me the sweetest messages and will say things like “thanks so much for your time!” and “we can come meet you in Schaumburg to make it easier for you” and insisted that I [...]

 

Laura is one of the nicest clients I’ve ever had. No joke. And not trying to gain any favors here. She sends me the sweetest messages and will say things like “thanks so much for your time!” and “we can come meet you in Schaumburg to make it easier for you” and insisted that I did not travel to Madison just to meet with her. She is based in Madison, but she booked without ever meeting me, and came to Chicago for her engagement session. I was so glad to finally be able to meet her in person, since we must have exchanged what seems like a hundred emails!

Midwest weather is unpredictable this time of year. Today, 10/21, the temp outside is almost 70 degrees. The day of Laura & Andrew’s engagement session, which was about 3 weeks earlier, it was probably in the 40′s and grey and dreary. To add salt to my wound, it got bright and warmer the very next day. Why, mother nature? Why?

OK, so back to this cute couple. They’re both football fans..and you’ll figure that out once you look at their engagement photos — they came to the shoot with their favorite football team sweaters. And no, they’re not on the same team, which got them alot of attention from other fellow football fans..take a look at the pics, and you’ll know why =)



chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago


chicago wedding photographer engagement session - chicago riverwalk, navy pier and downtown chicago

Places we visited:
Chicago Riverwalk (www.cityofchicago.org/riverwalk)
Navy Pier (www.navypier.com/)
McCormick Place (www.mccormickplace.com/)

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