The wedding day shouldn’t be about the photos, the photos should be about the wedding day

As a very empathic person, I approach the wedding day in a super intuitive way. I read the room, document like a fly on the wall (a lot of times you won’t even know I was around) but also a decade in this industry has taught me to step in when I’m needed. With over 250 weddings under my belt, I realize that I’m often the one person in the room who knows the most about how wedding days go. This usually means that I’m the person who keeps us on the time and the person who has your back as we navigate the day. I’ve sewn brides into broken dresses, directed lost bus drivers through Lower Wacker and helped smooth over any other speed bumps that may present themselves along the way. Your wedding photographer wears many hats on top of being the person who captures your memories that you’ll have to look back on.

While I rarely put my camera down, I focus on making sure that everyone in front of my lens feels comfortable. This means not only getting to know my clients prior to the wedding day so that I can photograph you in a way that feel authentic to who you truly are but it also means creating an environment where your family and friends feel comfortable as well.

Documenting the day as it unfolds in my number one goal but it also feels immensely important to take time to create authentic feeling portraits of the two of you together on your wedding day. Probably 98% of my clients say they don’t love being in front of the camera (and trust me, I get it because I’m the exact same way) which is why I approach the portrait part of the day in the most relaxed way possible. I stay away from posing that feels over done and cheesy and instead focus on giving you prompts to interact with one another. The result is photos that really do feel like you. Photos that incapsulate who you were on the day you married one another and how that day felt.

I truly love telling couples stories. It’s the honor of a lifetime. Being a documentarian is so important to me and the only thing that is more important is making sure that you feel seen and comfortable while in the presence of me and my camera.