“Ok so I know this is going to sound cheesy, but this engagement session was ELECTRIFYING. Agnes looked amazing, she’s a natural beauty. : ) So a few months ago, Ryan and I stumbled across a few awesome new shooting spots… the power plant at night is an seriously edgy locale. Chase + Agnes are another one of our awesome couples we work with who were up for just about anything. Agnes found our blog last Winter and fell in love with our high-fashion wedding photography style. When we originally met discussing their engagement + wedding day plans, we talked and decided to keep the engagement session with an “in the ‘burbs and country” style … so we decided on a Chicago western suburbs photography setting and are saving the downtown Chicago urban scenery for their wedding day.

 

We love shooting unique engagement photography sessions with our future brides and grooms … and providing them with modern images in a variety of styles beyond just the wedding day when they are in their wedding gown and formal dressed wedding gear. Engagement sessions provide a good getting to know each other better time too. What’s better than cuddling, kissing, exploring new places and talking about the upcoming wedding. Not to mention, many couples get an early chance to get comfortable being in front of a camera.

 

For Chase + Agnes, we arranged for an after work engagement session… scheduling the photo shoot just a few days before their soon approaching October wedding. On C+A’s shoot day, we got lucky with some beautiful late afternoon, golden sun. But also, we battled swatting the summertime pesty mosquitos! We couldn’t get enough of the bug spray. Chase + Agnes… we hope you enjoyed our time together out on your Naperville engagement photography session!! We’re looking forward to exploring downtown Chicago and capturing photos of the two of you on your upcoming October wedding day. Talk to you very soon about your guestbook’s design.”

 

 

 

Agnes + Chase are wrapping up their October 2010 wedding plans. The ceremony will take place at Our Lady of Pompeii Church in Chicago and their reception in Winfield at the by Klein Creek Golf Club & Banquets. Also ordering an reception guest’s sign-in book, they are next going to select their favorite engagement images which will be featured in a Miller + Miller engagement photography guestbook.

” For Ryan + Amber’s Summer engagement session, we decided on far Chicago western suburbs shooting spot in Utica, IL at Starved Rock State Park. It was an event filled + adventurous day. R+A were down for just about anything like walking through an abandoned house + burned rubble, hiking, climbing to heights, and even sitting on a “World Famous” dumpster we stumbled upon. LOL As always, we had a great time and captured a variety of photo styles and unique engagement pictures.

 

In not meeting Ryan until the photo session, all of our initial communication was only with the bride to be, Amber had told us quite a bit about Ryan and his interest in rock climbing. ( With not many options for rock climbing in our flat state of Illinois, the first question we had was after you get married, will you be moving to a more rocky state like Colorado… and can you take us with you? They laughed. ) When initially discussing with Amber potential shooting location spots, traveling out to Starved Rock was definitely at must. The groom Ryan and his family live in the far North Chicago ‘burbs of Antioch ( near the Wisconsin border ) and Amber and her family in the Aurora / Naperville area … so as you can guess, Ryan is all too comfortable doing a lot of driving ( as he’s down near Amber pretty often. ) So planning for the 2 hour drive West of downtown Chicago to Utica and the popular Starved Rock State Park was no problem at all. Not only did Amber request photos at the Rock, but she also asked to incorporate a high-fashion element into the shoot too. That was no prob, we love hiking the rock canyons and we had a few new + secret shooting spots up our sleeves too.

 

Ryan + Amber’s love story started down state in Bloomington Illinois while both R+A were in college attending Illinois State University. Yes, they are college sweet hearts. However ironically enough, they actually met while on a church trip over Spring break in Florida. Continuing to live on campus for a few years later and in the same college dorm building, they soon became inseparable. We know their wedding is definitely going to have a good sized group of college friends in attendance. Looking forward to all the fun and details Amber has told us about. Thanks for spending the day with us… congrats to the two of you on your engagement. We can’t wait to photograph your upcoming Fall wedding in just a few weeks.”

 

 

 

Ryan + Amber are narrowing down their favorites images to feature in one of our Miller + Miller engagement photos guestbook featuring 10 image pages. Their October 2010 ceremony is planned for Gary United Methodist Church in downtown Wheaton and their reception in Downers Grove in the Esplanade Lakes Ballroom by Double Tree within the Sara Lee building. We love the architecture of the Sara Lee building, it’s western facing setting next to the wooded Morton Arboretum and the curved all glass ballroom which overlooks the private pond. The Esplanade is a favorite of ours and considered one of the best wedding reception venues in the West suburbs of Chicago.