Stephen & Katie
December 6, 2008
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I met Katie back in high school, and remember Katie being incredibly sweet, talented, lovely, and loved by everyone. If it's possible, these adjectives have only become more true over the years. Katie made a beautiful bride, and she finally married her Irish lad :)

Stephen, while seemingly shy, can surprise you with some of his jokes. He is polite, incredibly kind, and charming.

Seeing these two together, and hearing their story really tied in to the romance of the season. With a fresh snow fall, and wonderful family and friends joining them for their day, Stephen and Katie will surely have many beautiful memories to think on as the years pass.

Hopefully, these photos will help them remember this special day.

Congratulations, Stephen and Katie :) Thank you so much for making me a part of your day!

Just wanted to again congratulate my friend Rob on his first Grammy nomination. Hope you win, my dear - you deserve it!!! :)

Sarah Brightman
Chicago, IL
November 5, 2008
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Last night, I met Dennis (owner of the Chicago Music Guide) at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL for the Sarah Brightman show. Sarah's voice was simply gorgeous, as were her costumes, the holigraphic set and the lighting. She had these wonderful dancers perform while she made her costume changes, and also to enhance some of the songs that she sang.

It was a different shooting experience than I'm used to; photographers were allowed to shoot only the LAST four songs of the first set (not the first three songs of the show). This threw me for a loop. While I thought I was in good shape, and leaving the arena to go backstage, as I was instructed before the show, I found that I was to be at the sound board, and that I had missed all but one and a half of the four songs by the time I got there. Furthermore, we weren't allowed to stand up! They instructed us to crouch on the ground to get these shots - peoples' heads were in the way of my shots :( Luckily, one of the people in charge of the show moved over in the back row of seats that were directly in front of the sound board, and I was able to capture most of my shots from there.

None of this made me a happy camper.

The final song, however, pretty much made it worth my while photographically. Here are some of the images that I managed to capture. Enjoy!