Melissa and Family
September 6, 2009
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Melissa first contacted me before I left for New Zealand about a family portrait session. When I returned, we started planning for the shoot. I LOVED her style right when we started talking, and was super excited about the shoot. Her idea was to do a shoot with her family with a sort of a theme, if you will, of 'after the party.'

We headed over to downtown West Chicago on Sunday morning to create this sort of a grungy feel to their photos. Melissa did a fabulous job choosing clothes for everyone to wear! We did have a little difficulty getting all of the children to get into the shoot, but we managed to capture a few winning shots. After the family shots were taken, Melissa changed clothes really quickly to take photos by herself.

Thanks so much for contacting me, Melissa - it was such a fun shoot!!!


~amy

Monica and Family
September 5, 2009
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Today, I had a session with Monica and her family. We had a lot of fun goofing around with the kids, and managed to capture some really great shots of them. Here are a few of the group shots that we took with everyone.

Thanks so much Monica - I really enjoyed working with you all, and look forward to seeing you all again soon!! :)

~amy

Chris & Laura
Their Wedding Day
September 4, 2009
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I ADORE Chris and Laura. Before their wedding, the three of us became friends. We've already made plans to spend time together again after the wedding. They have been an absolute joy to work with.

Chris and Laura are both incredibly smart, talented, sweet, thoughtful, funny, and caring. They made sure that me and my assistant (Shannon) were taken care of beyond being just their photographer. I've never actually hung out with a bride and a groom before on their wedding day without taking photos of them - these two actually danced with me :) What a riot!

I could go on with so many more compliments on these two wonderful people, but then we'd never get to the photos of their day!

One of the highlights, to me anyway, was that their first dance was a song by one of my all time favorite artists, Tori Amos (Your Cloud). With that smile in mind, here are some of the memories we captured...

Congratulations to you both - much love!!!

xoxo

~amy