It was a pleasure to provide wedding cinematography services for Becky and Paddy, a couple that hails from over the pond in UK. I knew from our first meeting over at the Kerryman that this was going to be a great wedding, and it certainly was. Becky has some event management experience so of course her choice of venue, the design, the food, and all the details were amazing. (Big thanks to Kehoe Designs for the smashing decor). Becky and Paddy are huge Sinatra fans so when I saw Paddy singing “Chicago” while dancing with his new bride, I knew right then and there that I was going to feature that in their highlight reel. Another interesting aspect of this clip is that I used snippets from Paddy’s reception speech, and I really like how it adds a lot of character and emotion to this piece. Brides love hearing their husbands publicly sharing their hearts, so I thought it would be a good idea to weave that in.

Becky & Paddy, thanks so much having Emotia be a part of your big day, it was great spending time with you. And I’m sure that Old Blighty is exceptionally proud to regain some of it’s property

You’ve already seen the wedding film teaser from this celebration, so now here’s the highlight reel for Angeles and Jamie’s wedding that was shot at Assumption Church and Newberry Library in Downtown Chicago. Lots of touching and funny moments on this one – especially the couple’s first kiss during the ceremony. This was a very fun wedding to document and we’re glad that we got to take part in the day. Congrats again to Angeles & Jamie! Enjoy your new life together!

SURPRISE! We dared ourselves to pull this one off and guess what? It worked! At Joanne and John’s wedding reception at Riverwalk in Chicago, Emotia suprised the newlyweds with a 24×36 framed print of a shot taken hours earlier that day! And to top it off, we also surprised them with a wedding photography slideshow that we designed to tell the story of their day from getting ready to ceremony to the first dance and toasts! It was a lot of work, but the look on this bride’s face made it all very well worth it. Hmmmm, what will be the next challenge?

P.S. Be sure to check out the rest of Joanne and John’s wedding photography shot at The Sheraton Chicago, Quigley Center, and Riverwalk Terrace.

Emotia is happy to present the wedding photography of Joanne & John. It was fun and exciting to document their day that was full of love, family, and good friends. You could tell from the quiver in his lip and look in his eye that John really loves his girl. (He proposed to her at the top of the Empire State Building – how classic is that?) Joanne looked absolutely fabulous and was a ton of fun the whole day. We always love getting referrals from our clients, so many thanks to Nicole and Bill who introduced us to this great couple when we shot their wedding photography at The Ivy Room earlier this year. Joanne & John, Congrats on your big day! Have a blast in Hawaii!

Here’s a sneak peak of from the Chinese wedding of Momei and Nathan, a really fun couple that got married on Saturday 09.19.09 at the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago. If you’ve had the pleasure of meeting them, you’ll know that they’re a very fun-loving, passionate couple who cares deeply for the special people in their lives – family and friends. The day was full of non-stop fun, a high point being Nathan grabbing the mic during the first dance and singing along with the music to his beautiful bride.

Mo & Nathan, it was a great honor to capture your wedding. Congrats, and may your love always be ‘unbreakable’!

To see more wedding photography at the Peninsula Chicago, visit the post for Yana & Leonard

Connie and Joe were married at Howes Memorial, a small and intimate chapel in Evanston. Shooting in a smaller church was certainly a nice change of pace. Joe and Connie had been dating for four years and decided to tie the knot with a small audience of family and close friends. After the ceremony we went to the nearby Shakespeare Garden for some pictures and we also took a short walk to the Northwestern University Library. Congrats Connie and Joe! It was great to share in the joy of your day. And Connie, I hope enjoy the ‘depth of field’! LOL!

We’re happy to present pictures from Tanya & Alex’s engagement party at the Sofitel Chicago Water Tower. These two are consultants, (which we seem to be attracting a lot of lately), and they have a sense of humor and warm personalities. We look forward to shooting their wedding later this year. Tanya and Alex, Congrats on your engagement!

 

We’re very happy to present the wedding photographs from Mary Kate and Mike’s Chicago wedding. If you’ve seen their vintage engagement photography, you’ll know that this is one creative and fun couple. We really dig that they appreciate the classics – cars, music, and antiques. Of course, the fantastically vintage Salvage One was the perfect reception venue for this unique couple. This celebration was full of antics (paper mustaches all over the place) and a surprise performance by MK singing “Runaround Sue” (Maryoke anyone?)  The decor was fabulous thanks to Mary from Flowers by Color, and as an extra treat, we were humbly honored by how MK chose to display the pictures from her engagement session.

MK and Mike, we had a blast documenting your fantastic day. Congrats!!! We wish you nothing but the very best!

To see more of their wedding photography, check out the full slideshow:

This upbeat teaser is from Laura & Rian’s wedding on Saturday at St. Clement and the Newberry Library. The day was a great start to a new begining that started at IU (Indiana University). We hit several locations, an interesting one being the North Pond at Lincoln Park Zoo, which was very serene and peaceful. Congrats Laura & Rian! The full story is coming soon …

We met Dana & Ryan at a Murphy Auditorium / Berghoff bridal event and were thrilled when they booked us to do a Fusion (photography + video) engagement shoot. They opted for our ‘Haute’ engagement collection which includes airbrush makeup & hair, photography, cinematography, and a guest book.

We really like adding video to standard photography engagement shoot because it shows personality and other nuances that are better suited for this medium. We originally planned to just have video snippets here and there, but their story was so interesting that we leaned more toward the video side on this fusion piece. Dana & Ryan used this video as a ‘Save The Date’ and was delivered on DVD and digitally on Facebook.

We’re really fascinated with telling the love story of our couples and we hope that family, friends, and generations to come will look back at this video and see the great bond these two wonderful people had just before their marriage. Dana & Ryan, congrats! We wish you all the best!