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!

When we met with Courtney & Kevin, they described their wedding theme as “Grace Kelly/Cary Grant, travel, vintage – a nod to simpler times.” Well we went to town with this theme on their engagement session, which was shot at The James Hotel on Chicago’s Mag Mile. These images were used in a slideshow for Courtney & Kevin’s ‘Save the Date’ video</a> that was distributed exactly one year before their wedding.

Here’s the full slideshow:

UPDATE: Check out their wedding photography