Chicago Engagement Session | Jenn + Marty

One of the best parts of doing what I do for a living, is getting to witness a wonderful couple coming together, and being given the chance to join them along their journey to their big day.  When it just so happens that I have some sort of connection to the couple, it makes the entire experience even more amazing!

Meet Jenn & Marty!

These two are both long time friends of my brother’s and when Jenn contacted me last summer about possibly being her photographer, I was so excited!  We chatted over coffee, and by the end of the meeting I was so giddy with excitement to work with her!   Her fiancee Marty is currently finishing his studies in Chicago, and their initial dream was to have their wedding in the city that they’ve come to love so much.  Chicago is quite a distance, so instead they’ve opted to have their wedding in their hometown of Tecumseh/Windsor in July.

I couldn’t get my mind off of Chicago though, and I wanted Jenn & Marty to have their little piece of Chicago, since they weren’t able to have their wedding there.  So come April we took a jaunt off to Chicago, and wow do I love that city!!!  Even 3 days was not enough time to see everything.  Jenn & Marty knew all the great places to go, and pretty much acted as our official tour guides.  I had an absolute blast shooting these two, and literally could have just spent the entire weekend just following them around Chicago, with my camera in hand We had some of the most beautiful and warm Spring weather while we there, and holy cow were the tourists out in full force.

I am so happy to be sharing all of their gorgeous images with you.  Editing them was a thrill, as I am in lo-v-e with every single image.  It’s too hard to limit this post to just my favourites, so I will likely share more than usual.   Jenn & Marty’s styles and personalities were very suited to a Chicago Engagement Session, the two of them fit in perfectly with that fresh, chic, modern city vibe!  I am filled with excitement about their wedding this upcoming July here in Windsor, and I am so honoured to be able to be there to both witness and document the coming together of two charming, gorgeous, sweet and fun loving people!

You really can’t tell by these 2 images, but the streets were packed with people!  We just happened to hit a lull….Just as I was about to start shooting, they turned the lights on at the Chicago Theatre!!!  This made these 2 images!

Funny story….right as we were shooting here by the L train, some friendly police officers came by and were joking around with us.  They wanted to see if we wanted them to handcuff Jenn & Marty and I could shoot them tussling with the officers. LOL……we said no and continued on

Love this one.

And this one.

And this one….see what I mean?  too many favourites.

I can feel the chic city vibe right through the screen.

We found this quaint little set of brownstone type apartments, which was the perfect setting.

Love love love this one.

Another love.