“Above is a preview to our latest unique and urban Chicago engagement photography session we created this week for Justin + Elisha. J+E were great and super easy to work with, as they had SOOO much chemistry! It was cute. ♥ Perhaps that’s because J+E are working with a long distance relationship, so when they are around each other they can’t help but smile and flirt with each other.

 

This past Winter when we first met with Justin and Elisha, Justin was in Chicago only for short visit taking a long weekend to finalize the details of their Spring Chicago wedding. Justin lives on the East Coast and works on an Air Force base in Washington D.C. ( He’s working on secret stuff helping to protect the us from the bad guys — nuff said. ) Elisha has an equally interesting career and has travelled to many countries completing medical research and educating. Currently finishing up her last few years as a med student, she will soon be an anesthesiologist. At one point during the night… Ryan and I looked at each other and felt overwhelmed by the serious accomplishments of these two — truly amazing people.

 

Prior to us meeting, Elisha emailed us saying she fell in love with our “emotionally provocative and intense wedding photography” style. And when discussing their engagement session, the really liked several of our past Chicago engagement couple’s shoots … but especially loved last November’s industrial and high-fashion engagement photo session with Derek + Jorie … so with that in mind, we brought some of those M+M concepts to their session.

 

Thanks Justin and Elisha in venturing around the City with us stopping at a few, new shooting locations. We were excited to hear that after meeting with seven other wedding photographers you choose Miller + Miller! J+E enjoy the final days of your planning and we’ll see you again soon! We can’t wait to hear which pic you decide is your favorite.”

 

Justin + Elisha’s Chicago May wedding is at The Ivy Room at Tree Studios just off of Michigan Avenue in River North, Chicago. We’re looking forward to it! In addition, we can hardly wait to see the anticipated stylings and details to J+E’s decor, lighting, and floral details to come from the Chicago event firm of Kehoe Designs.

 

↑ ↑ Be sure to watch Monica and Tomás’ YouTube Save the Date invitation video above. This creative stop motion flick was crafted by Tomás’ sister! ↑ ↑

“Wow, this was one smokin’ hot shoot! And what a stunning couple, meet Monica + Tomás. While discussing with Monica, their urban Chicago engagement session, she mentioned that they’d first love capturing a few softer photos at a nearby park where Tomás proposed and discussed incorporating their bikes in the engagement photos. Tomás said he can hardly live without his bike while living in Chicago – it’s a huge necessity even in the Winter months for him in getting around. After a bike through the park, we transitions M+T’s shoot’s focus into our popular high-fashion engagement photography style. We loved the intensity we captured of M+T, the day’s perfect sunset, urban locations, train tracks, graffiti wall and industrial looks, they all came together so well during this session.

 

We really enjoyed learning about how Monica and Tomás met and became college sweethearts. Tomás’ life experience was also very interesting. He lived two blocks from the World Trade Center Twin Towers in lower Manhattan during the 911 attacks of 2001. Tomás witnessed up close and personal one of the biggest tragedies in human history while losing his home and possessions due to debris and destruction. It was a very compelling and humbling story, thank you Tomás for sharing it with us… However Tomás did start his life over, making a dramatic change, by picking up and moving himself to Wisconsin meeting Monica, who changed his life forever.

 

Monica + Tomás are looking forward to their June Chicago wedding celebrations. The rehearsal dinner will be hosted at the colorful venue Carnivale and the ceremony + reception at the impressive Pazzo’s within the 311 South Wacker Drive, Chicago Loop building. With Monica originally from South Dakota and Tomás from Brooklyn, having a midwest wedding and bringing their families together for a Chicago City wedding is picture perfect. M+T hired the expertise of Marcy Alspach and her team at Here Comes the Party wedding event planning company. We can’t wait to see all of the special touches Marcy’s putting together for their wedding day.

 

Having another windy Chicago day for this photo session, didn’t phase M+T even the slightest. For the evening shots, Monica’s Chicago boutique lime green dress looked gorgeous and we actually loved the added element the gusty winds brought to the shoot… the touch of blowing wind added an edgy, editorial style to so many of the shots. Oh and Tomás… you looked pretty good too wink, wink. With too many great photo options, editing was a challenge narrowing the photos down to just these blog favorites – we hope you enjoy them Monica + Tomás! Thanks again for dinner at New Line Tavern – what a fun place to eat food, drink Guinness and sip wine. We enjoyed spending the day with you. Talk to you soon!!”

 

 

 

We are excited to announce a few of M+T’s Chicago engagement pictures have
been featured on the www.trendsettingwedding.com blog. Check’em out!