Mike and Karen were married at the Lady of Ransom Church in Niles and held their wedding, celebration banquet at the elegant, Cafe le Cave in Des Plaines on October 31, 2009.

There was a 6 or 7 piece band, 2 vocalists and a lively, partying crowd of friends, family, and co-workers. Getting good images was just a matter of being there and following it all through my camera lense.

The result of the photography was 900 images, divided into three 11x13 proof books of 300 images each along with a specially designed, 11x13 full cover image for each section as well.

A quote from Karen's e-mail read like this...
" I LOVE all of the pics! Karen "

After photographing Cynthia's sister's Quinceanera celebration in 2006, I was hired to record the memories of her November 27, 2009 event as well.

On the left and right are the designs for the proof book covers, where inside the 2 sections there are 366 images as a result of my four hours of professional photographic coverage. The proof books and the covers measure 11x13, and inside there are 3.5x5 images of each of the 366 images which included 20 designs like those left and right. On the left, I am using a paint program, but mask the effects of the program in order to paint back in much of the original details of Cynthia's face.

A background and umbrella lighting were used to
capture images of Cynthia with family and friends.

A Wood Dale family with a daughter attending Fenton High School held an after dance celebration party at their home for her friends,
and I was hired take some images for just one hour before the group left in an amazing limo for the initial party at the school. The result was 84 images in an 11 x1 3 proof book with a specially designed image, similar to the one on the right, as the cover of the proof book.

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

Come back soon to see more images posted on my image blog.