Amanda and Andy, Danada House, Naperville

Amanda and Andy's wedding was so close to my heart. Andy is one of my best friends and I was so thrilled when he and Amanda chose me as their wedding photographer and actually picked their wedding day around my schedule. Or may be Andy knew I would stop talking to him if he didn't have me as his photographer! I like the first choice better! Any way, talking about getting my way and they couldn't say no to anything I asked them to do, including protraits at a smelly barn, or having Amanda laying on the floor at the reception hall!
Andy and Amanda, you are just unbeliveable and I want you to know that it was the greatest gift to allow me to photograph your wedding and your future family addition :). I love you guys!

Lindsay and Leo, The Stonegate at Hoffman Estates

What do you get when you put together a Polish Designer, a Greek family and a Russian Florist? You get a totaly elegant, amazing, fun wedding! I had the privilege of photographying Lindsay and Leo's wedding on a beautiful September day. Lindsay helped me design my condo which many of you already know. I was totaly amazed by her own place, designed to the last spoon! So you can imagine all the design that went into her wedding! From the bride's maid dresses, flowers and invitations to her outstanding designer wedding dress and culminated with her receptin hall. I couldn't resist honoring Lindsay's talent by photographing her surrounded by her own creation, her master bathroom and livingroom! She combined her talents with Yanni and Tara, from Yanni Design Studio, to put together the most amazing reception hall I've ever seen. Lindsay wanted this Oscar-night look with spotlights illuminating each table and the result was truly a dream. As for Leo, well, what can I say, he's Greek and Greek weddings are the most fun to be at! Family and friends and especially his groomsmen wouldn't stop laughing and having a good time. I definitely enjoyed my time creating your images guys, can't wait to show you the rest!

Andrea and Kevin, Rosemont Convention Center

If you think you have to go somewhere to take photos when you are having your wedding at the Rosemont Convention Center, think again! I photographed Andrea and Kevin's wedding on a beautiful Labor Day weekend at the Rosemont and I just couldn't have enough of this wonderful venue. It offers everything, the city feel, the romance of the most luxurious venues and a very contemporary feel at night with it's wonderful fountain at night. Their wedding was a blast thanks to the Dan Hayes Orchestra, they are just fabulous! I want to thank Andrea and Kevin and all the members of their bridal party, you guys where awesome to work with, for the second time for some of you!

Wedding in Durango, Mexico

I was in the beautiful city of Durango, Mexico to photograph the wedding of Sabrina and Salvador, one of the coolest weddings I've done. In Mexico, it is not customary to have a bridal party so the photography is concentrated on the bride and groom. It is also customary for the ceremony to be at night time so the bride and the groom have to see each other before the ceremony to go to a location to take photos. This turned out to be such a great time because we allocated two hours for photography and let me tell you, had they given me four hours, I would have still been short! The location we went was amazing, Internado Juana Villalobos is a colonial landmark of the city that used to be a school and not is a cultural center and museum. At the time of the session, in the big central patio, they had old dance music, I think it was "danzon" and there were old couples remembering their young days. I had never seen people that age dancing with so much energy! It was also interesting dealing with the "street" photographers that sneaked into the church to photograph the wedding in hopes to go to the reception and sell their prints, I was NOT prepared for this! Sabrina and Salvador, it was a delight working with you, best wishes! I want to specially thank my sister Eliana for putting up with me as my assistant. She's an amazing photographer as well and she accepted to be my assistant for this wedding, she could read my mind and anticipated all my movements! My wish of having a double of me has come true! Love you sis!

Fashion shoot in Mexico

I was in Durango, Mexico over labor day to shoot a wedding and ended up also doing a fashion shoot for a very high end bridal salon. It was so exciting to work with the owner, her doughter Carmen was our model and the hair and make up artist was Maria de Mexico. If you haven't heard of her, google her, she has salons all over Mexico and she's opening a salon in Chicago in the future. If you are thinking of having a destination wedding in Mexico, it's well worth the extra investment to have Maria de Mexico fly to your wedding destination to do your hair and make up. After your dress, those are the most important things you should invest on in order to look fabulous on your wedding day! The bridal salon is called Imagen and has the most stunning European desings. Here are some of my favorite images from the fashion shoot, enjoy!
I will be posting images from the wedding I did in Mexico soon, stay tunned!