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I had been anticipating this wedding ever since I met Jessica and Garrett for the first time last year. They are so happy and so in love that I was simply drawn in! It happened that Jess and I chatted so much throughout the year via short little e-mails, complete with “:)’s”, “!!!’s”, and “OH MY GOSH’s” about the big day, that by the time I arrived at her home on the morning of her wedding I really felt we were long time friends. This, coupled with the fact that their families were so amazingly warm and kind, made for a spectacular day. The day was full of everything you would ever want for a wedding: so much love and excitement, MANY laughs, and a super rad party!

How stunning is Jessica?!

I loved the detail in her dress so much.

Jessica with her beautiful mom…this was one of my favorite moments of the day.


Garrett

I love these moments during the ceremony!


Married!


The rain held off and left us with a dreamy sky…



We had some fun on the green at Prairie Landing Golf Club.



The wedding date!


Their first dance as husband and wife…

…and a smashing dance party to follow!

Jessica and Garrett, thank you so much for inviting me to share your amazing day with you and your families. I wish you the best in your life together as husband and wife!
xoxo, Katie

I traveled to Dekalb, IL last month and shot the beautiful wedding of Cecilie and James. The ceremony was at The Newman Center, Christ the Teacher Parish, and their awesome reception was at the always-fabulous Blumen Gardens in Sycamore. They are such a warm, loving, and committed couple. I am SO happy for them, for their son Linus, and for their families. Cec and James I wish you the absolute best life together. Thank you for inviting me to capture your day.

Cecilie was beyond stunning on her wedding day:


Radiant!

James was also rather handsome…

A blessing before the ceremony began…

I love this one…

They were so very happy!

The family. It was so tough to get any shots of Linus looking at me, he wanted to bury his face into mom and dad a whole lot! That was fine with me…

James and his guys being a little goofy afterwards…


Blumen Gardens is always a beautiful place to shoot.








There was plenty of laughter…

And some tears…

…and one of my favorite cakes ever!


It was a perfect night…!

Thank you, thank you, James and Cec! I would be your photographer any day

This was maybe the craziest meeting I’ve had with a couple to date. Vonique and I were friends in grade school and before this shoot I hadn’t seen her since…well I can’t even remember! Grade school days, I guess. I was honestly a little nervous–it was like a mini reunion, and who doesn’t get nervous for reunions? They arrived on a Saturday evening, when the light was golden and beautiful at Fletcher Cove in Solana Beach–I looked up and there Vo was, years after I had seen her last, now with her husband-to-be.  It was so surreal and awesome to see her again and to meet Ty. We have so many crazy memories from going to St. James school in Torrance together and I am so so SO stoked that I get to be her photographer!! And also to catch up after all of this time…

This is my first beach shoot…I think I may be hooked.



Loving all of the color here…

Vo is still the same… she has the same expressions and laugh! I love it!

Ty likes her…

He likes her a lot…





Vo and Ty, I can not WAIT for your wedding next summer!! xoxo

Samantha and Ryan are no strangers to this blog…they were married a while ago in Lake Bluff, IL. I love them a ton! Samantha has been so sweet ever since we’ve moved to CA–They, like me, have a love of both Southern California and the Chicago area–they grew up in IL but now live here. We talked long ago about someday doing a shoot of just the two of them at home, with their furry children, if I ever made it out here. Well, I was so happy to show up on their doorstep and see their faces again, and shoot them just being themselves. First we hung out at home for a bit–then we went to the Griffith Observatory. I have awesome memories from my childhood of the Observatory so it was a treat to be there again.
Toby! Toby was an alley cat before Sami and Ryan brought him home to live with themYou can see evidence of this in his right ear and in his love of eating any food he finds…

The whole family! Maya is their other cat (who looks like she just wants to get away in this picture) and Cody is their dog…

In their cute kitchen!



I died laughing at how Toby rests in Sami’s arms just like a human baby!


Cody and Maya’s favorite spot…

When we made it to the Observatory we found the best light…


Sami’s laugh is contagious!




Thank you both so much for inviting me to your adorable home and for letting me shoot the two of you again!!