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Jeff + Cindy Married!! | Part 2 | Chicago Wedding Photographer

Jeff + Cindy Married!! | Part 2 | Chicago Wedding Photographer

If you missed Part 1, make sure to check it out here! Jeff and Cindy fell in love in Turkey.  Many details of their reception had hints of where they had met and fallen in love. (including the fun dancing!!) Share/Save


Jeff + Cindy Married!! |Part 1 | Chicago Wedding Photography

Jeff + Cindy Married!! |Part 1 | Chicago Wedding Photography

The thing about these two… is that they value people. You can tell by every word that comes out of their mouth that their highest value is on relationship. Jeff and Cindy had a beautiful wedding full of understated details full of meaning. They had many shared understanding smiles between the two of them as [...]


Ariel + Dave Married!! || Summer Reception || Chicago Wedding Photographer

Ariel + Dave Married!! || Summer Reception || Chicago Wedding Photographer

Remember Ariel and Dave?  Click here to see their January wedding or here for their fall engagement session. They chose to do a private wedding in January and to throw a big fun BBQ in July!  How fun is that?! The party was at Kenilworth Country Club on a perfect summer evening with fabulous food [...]


Side by side. || Husband and Wife photography.

Side by side. || Husband and Wife photography.

We come in a pair.  Two of us.  Always. I thought you might enjoy seeing us in action.  Remember the secret wedding?   Each artist has their own voice, their own view of the world.   With two of us, our unique yet harmonious voices capture more of who you are and the unique love [...]


Les + Jill Married!! | Part 2

Les + Jill Married!! | Part 2

More from Les and Jill’s wedding! Missed Part 1?  Click here. We finished up their portraits with open land as our backdrop. The ceremomy took place in a small clearing behind the family home.  Jill confided in me that as a little girl running around with a pillow case on her head, this field, this [...]


Les + Jill Married!! || Part 1

Les + Jill Married!! || Part 1

I don’t know even where to start.  Jill is one of my dear ones. We have walked through so many things together.  Ridiculous silly laughter and really deep mourning and pain.  She is one of my favorites.  She is my family.  And holy cow she is beautiful.  Her wedding was at her family’s home in [...]


Les and Jill Married ! || Sneak Peek

Les and Jill Married ! || Sneak Peek

Les and Jill’s wedding was unbelievable.  It was at Jill’s family home in Rockford, Illinois next to open land and big blue sky.  Confession.  Jill is one of my best friends.  I did what I tell all photographers NEVER to do. I was the photographer AND a bridesmaid!  Aaaack!  I just couldn’t let anyone else [...]


Christian + Lidia Married! || Part 2

Christian + Lidia Married! || Part 2

Here is Part 2 of Christian and Lidia’s day!  If you missed Part 1, click here! If you’d like to check out their engagement session, click here. The entire day we were all crossing our fingers for no rain.  Our forecast was less than hopeful ( 80% rain or something horrible like that), but it [...]


Christian + Lidia Married! || Part 1

Christian + Lidia Married! || Part 1

Whew.  This post took longer than I thought due to the ridiculous amount of fun pictures from Christian and Lidia’s day. Christian and Lidia are so special, bursting with love and laughter.  I adore Lidia. She enjoyed every. last. moment. of her day.  She was smiling, laughing and enjoying the friends surrounding her, relatives from [...]


Secret Wedding.

Secret Wedding.

I received a call on Wednesday asking if I had time to come out for a secret wedding out at a local Chicago park. I was on board the moment we spoke. She is my kind of gal. They have a wonderful Fall wedding planned but just could not wait any longer. They were ready [...]


Wedding Proofbooks : Products 2010

Wedding Proofbooks : Products 2010

I’m upgrading and changing things up for 2010.  In the next few weeks I will preview several new products that Simply Jessie Photography is adding.  I have been searching and searching for a modern simple proof book, and I finally found it.  The  11×14 book contains multiple image contact sheets bound together with a spiral coil, [...]


Married! Dave + Ariel

Married! Dave + Ariel

Remember these two? They had a lovely fall engagement session in November. Their wedding was a wonderful treat. I get so unbelievably warm and tingly when I see two people in love create a day that is about them, no one else, but them. Their day, their love, their vows, their future lives. They had [...]


Nathan and Stephanie. September 27, 2009.

Nathan and Stephanie. September 27, 2009.

Nathan and Stephanie are two very special people , both individually and apart. Their wedding was about one another, and about being true to themselves. These pictures are filled with two people that are ridiculously in love ( its soooooo obvious ) and enjoying every minute of one another’s company. We laughed ALL day long. [...]


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Jeff + Cindy Married!! |Part 1 | Chicago Wedding Photography
Jeff + Cindy Married!! |Part 1 | Chicago Wedding Photography

The thing about these two… is that they value people. You can tell by every word that comes ou


Going Home.
Going Home.

I had forgotten what it was like to go home. About four weeks ago Eric and I drove south to the town


Aaron + Valerie Engaged! | Part 2 | Chicago Wedding Photography
Aaron + Valerie Engaged! | Part 2 | Chicago Wedding Photography

Valerie and I had been hoping, wishing and praying for some lovely wildflowers for her engagement  


Aaron + Valerie Engaged!! | Part 1 | Chicago Wedding Photography
Aaron + Valerie Engaged!! | Part 1 | Chicago Wedding Photography

I don’t know what happened last Friday afternoon.  I don’t know if it was the magical a


Aimee + Russell Engaged!! | Destination Wedding Photography.
Aimee + Russell Engaged!! | Destination Wedding Photography.

Another treat while we were down south was to reconnect with family and to celebrate my cousin Aimee


Amy Wright | Auburn University Horticulture
Amy Wright | Auburn University Horticulture

On our trip south I had the pleasure of reconnecting with a friend and my past Horticulture professo