
Kristin + Arun Wedding Celebration
I absolutely L-O-V-E it when couples celebrate their cultural heritage. Kristin + Arun held two ceremonies on Saturday, celebrating and honoring their traditions… it was pretty easy to make them look good…
Hindu Ceremony and Lunch: The Belvedere
Ceremony and Reception: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum




























Crystal + Joseph Wedding Celebration
Here are a few pictures of the super cool Crystal + Joseph’s wedding.
Ceremony: Assumption Church (where I got married)
Reception: Hotel Allegro





























Danielle + Michio Wedding Celebration
I’m a little behind in my blog post — that’s good news, it means I’m busy.
Here are a few images from Danielle + Michio wedding at the MCA, featuring a very colorful exhibit.









The Cuttest Little Fireman
My youngest little one, who will be turning 3 in a few weeks, is absolutely obsessed with firemen, firehouses, firetrucks, and everything “fire”, including the movie Ladder 49, featuring Joaquin Phoenix and John Travolta, which he has watched hundreds of times.
The fact that it’s over 30 degrees outside (Celsius — I refuse to convert to Fahrenheit), he constantly wears his snow pants because he likes to pretend they are fire pants (can’t you see the resemblance). As if that wasn’t enough, he needs to also wear boots because Jack Morrison always wears his boots in Ladder 49. Of course, a fireman would never go out without his breathing tank, so a rolled-up sleeping bag serves this purpose. The firehose comes courtesy of a bicycle pump hose that he inserts at the back of his t-shirt (not pictured).
An image is worth a 1,000 words, so here it is:

My second one graduates French [pre-] School!
My beautiful, smart, and miss-personality celebrated her graduation from French [pre-] School! She is perfectly bilingual and has a beautiful Paris accent.

New Batteries [for me] for Earth Day
Tired of constantly having to recharge your rechargeable Energizer batteries before every wedding to make sure they have a full charge?
I just switched to the Sanyo eneloop. They give up a bit of capacity, 2000mAh vs. 2450mAh for the current crop of rechargeable Energizer, but they hold their charge much longer than regular rechargeable batteries. As a bonus, they come PRE-CHARGED.
Not just weddings… interiors too…
Once in a while, I get the opportunity to shoot something different than weddings. This past week-end, I did an interior shot for a property going on sale at 545 W. Aldine in Chicago.
I exclusively used LiveView to frame the shots and monitor exposures. A bubble was inserted in the hot shoe for perfectly level shots and perspective.










