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The Ponce Brothers for WLS 890 am

Dan and Anthony Ponce are well known local reporters for news stations WGN 9 and NBC 5, respectively. Now they’re bein...View full post »

City Wide Super Slow Fitness Member Portraits

Big thanks to City Wide Super Slow Fitness for bringing me in to photograph a handful of their members, who get their wo...View full post »

Nick + Molly’s Trash the Dress

“Do you guys think I should just go for it?” Molly asked her girlfriends, who came to watch and cheer the re...View full post »

Chris

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Bikram in the City Staff Portraits

Below is a collection of images from my recent portrait shoot with Bikram in the City staff.  The studio maintains an u...View full post »

Portrait of John Robinson, Owner of Chicago Sake

Earlier this fall I was sent to Sushi Mura by Pop Sugar City to take photos for an upcoming special. The special was for...View full post »

Hilary Schwartz of Estera Events Portrait Session

“I love your hair!” I called over to Hilary at an event earlier this summer. “You could totally rock t...View full post »

Engagement Shoot with Nick and Molly-Out of the city and into the country.

The morning of Nick and Molly’s engagement shoot, the sky was overcast and threatening.  I worried the rain would...View full post »

Trois?

Not yet, but here’s a peek from a session with the exotic Aneysha. Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe ...View full post »

Part Deux. She wore Red.

**These are part of a series I am posting.  Please follow the link to see the first post from an earlier shoot with the...View full post »

“A woman drew her long black hair out tight (loose)… And fiddled whisper music on those strings… And bats with baby faces in the violet light… Whistled.” T.S. Eliot/

There’s something joyous and fun about photographing woman in such a way that seeks to highlight their beauty.  S...View full post »

Testing the light with Erin…

My roommate Erin posed for me Friday afternoon in an impromptu shoot.  I set out to test a few lighting options for an ...View full post »

DJ McFly

Preview of Dj McFly–Not your average day business man. Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comme...View full post »

Neriah

My baby half-sister. I don’t think it’s fair to place unsolicited value on a child, but her existence is a...View full post »

Ode to Picasso….

My friend Brynn is in town from Toronto. We’ve been talking about doing a shoot for a few months, and finally got ...View full post »