Lori & John

Flashes of Hope

Yesterday I had the privilege to donate my time to photograph children at University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital for Flashes of Hope. Flashes of Hope is a non-for-profit organization dedicated to creating and powerful, uplifting portraits of children fighting cancer and other life threatening illnesses.

Hopefully when you look at these images you don't see ill-children.....hopefully you'll see faces filled with spirit, determination, soul, optimism, and most importantly, hope.

To learn more about Flashes of Hope, please visit their website HERE

Standard Club Wedding - Julie & Ryan - 1 year later!

Almost one year to the day I posted Julie & Ryan's Northwestern University themed engagement session. Well this past weekend everything came together for their spectacular wedding at the Standard Club.

The floral centerpieces created by Virginia Wolff were the talk of the reception....(at least until the bride walked in!)

Mary Winslow of Take the Cake was commissioned to create Julie's contemporary Northwestern themed purple and white wedding cake

If you're looking for a live band at your wedding or event, your search should begin and end with Entourage. These guys can seriously bring it...I don't think the dance floor was even close to empty all night!

Huge thanks go out to everyone else involved with Julie & Ryan's special day. Venue lighting and design provided by Frost Lighting, and last but not least, event co-ordination by Mindy from Affairs With Linda made sure every detail was in place and everything ran on time! Thanks again!

Renaissance NorthShore Wedding - Caitlin & Craig

I thought Craig's Spiderman cufflinks were pretty cool, definitely one of the more unique cufflink ideas I've seen this season........

But then I realized that ALL of the groomsmen had comic book/superhero/action figure type cufflinks! Pictured above are Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Transformers, something from the game Halo, and one I'm not sure about. I was a bit surprised nobody had a secret decoder ring to give to the bride!

Apparently Craig really got into the whole Spiderman thing before we started his portraits!

I have no idea what was going on here.....but it's a funny picture!

As if the cufflinks weren't enough....the bridal party entrance was a "Pirates of the Caribbean" theme complete with sword fighting bridesmaids!

Aubyn Beth

After shooting Melissa & Dave's Wedding back in June, I found out that not only was Melissa's maid-of-honor, Aubyn, a kick-ass MOH and veil holder, but she's also a pretty talented singer as well. So what better way to combine the two by putting a few of Melissa's images together with one of Aubyn's tracks!

If you're interested in more info about Aubyn's group, check her out on MySpace by clicking HERE

Evanston Hotel Orrington Wedding - Tammy & Kurt

This past Sunday's wedding was full of nostalgia because Tammy and Kurt were married at the same church my wife and I were married in, and their reception was at the gorgeous Hotel Orrington which is about two blocks from where I used to live in Evanston. It was pretty cool to stand at the back of the chapel and hear Tammy and Kurt recite the same vows that my wife and I recited several years ago.