Heidi and Marcelo chose to limit my services and their cost to just my portrait rate, which is an hour of photography, a proof book of 60, 3.5x5 images and a full 11 x 13 cover image. The proof book cover image is shown here at the upper left with a window light portrait of the couple and a lakefront kiss placed over a close-up of a stain glass window as found at the initial portrait site, the Lutheran School of Theology near the University of Chicago in Hyde Park. We ended the session with a few images taken at the lakefront.

Kelly and Tom had a destination wedding ceremony taking place far outside the Chicagoland area, but they held a reception in Chicago where my professional photography services were secured for 4 hours resulting in 344 images.

As per the couple's wish, the optional, background and umbrella lighting set-up was used. Four photos illustrate that above, above left, left, and to the right. Note the nice
effect of a background light being used.

At the top of this section, the two images on the left are the covers for the couple's 11 x 13 proof book, split into two sections, as is standard for my services, and those images appear as full 11 x13 in size on the covers of the 2 spiral bound books.

Also pictured: the bride and her friends at the background on the right, father daughter dance below, and I superimposed the couple onto a painting in the hall on the bottom right .

Via E-mail, 6/23/09

"Al, The pictures are great! I will recommend you to anyone who asks me about a photographer. They really are terrific! Thanks! Kelly "

The entire proof book of images from the events on this page can be found at the following link for 90 days once they're posted;
View Event Proofs

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