Carol DeAnda 8/21/15 Carol DeAnda 8/21/15

Chicago Montrose Beach Skyline Family Photos

Meet Laura of Laura Manzano Photography, and her family! I have known Laura and worked with her for many years, most recently she has been one of my amazing second shooters! She is truly a gifted photographer and she wanted to get some photos of her and her family in Chicago! Take a look at her session!

Carol DeAnda 12/16/14 Carol DeAnda 12/16/14

Chicago G&L Bar and Montrose Beach Winter Engagement Session

Jennifer and Bob started dating two years ago, in December 2012. They met at G&L the year before as the bar was his regular dive bar hangout and it was the hangout for one of my girlfriends, Kimberly Arndt, as well. This is why we started our shoot at that very bar. They would hang out and be drinking friends at the bar,until one night when they realized there was a connection beyond friends and the rest was history. They got engaged on September 20th in Paris on the Love Lock bridge after a day of bike riding and sightseeing in the city. Does it even get more romantic that that?

Carol DeAnda 7/2/14 Carol DeAnda 7/2/14

Green Mill and 90 Miles Cuban Cafe Wedding

I had the pleasure of meeting up with Sandra and Greg after they got married in Chicago. We first started at a bar, where they where waiting for me at right next to the Green Mill. I figured why not start the shoot there, the place where they where first sharing a drink as husband and wife! Sandra and Greg are both poets so the Green Mill was a very important place for them as they have both preformed there and that it was also where they would be saying their vows the following night! Next we went to Montrose beach for some shots of them together and then finally to 90 Miles Cuban Cafe for their reception! So I would like to share with you some highlights of their day!

Carol DeAnda 6/6/14 Carol DeAnda 6/6/14

Matt B and Angela's Chicago Beach Engagement

So you may see some familiar faces here as I had shot Matthew and Angela a few weeks ago in Millennium Park. Angela and Matthew also wanted to do a shoot on the beach but it was way too cold on our original date so we decided to do another engagement shoot at Montrose beach in Chicago. This was a special location to them since this is actually where Matthew Proposed! So here they are! I can't wait to photograph their wedding come this July! I also had my second shooter Kimberli come with me to this shoot so she could meet the couple before their big day!

After getting done on the beach we took a short walk to the wall to check out the skyline as the sun disappeared. There may of been some clouds of bugs as we walked though to get there. Matthew's reaction was hilarious, he really doesn't like bugs! But they soldiered though.