New Toys- yay!

I just wanted to share my excitement with you all about my new baby- a Nikon D300. It's so funny because, as a photographer you spend thousands upon thousands of dollars on equipment, and there's always something more you need or want... =) But THIS little guy was a NEED... on the want list is the Nikon D700... but at about 3K just for the body... it will have to wait!

Sooo... I'm really looking forward to this next wedding season with my new baby, and don't forget I'm only booking 7 weddings this year! I've got two booked and a couple more potential jobs, so book your date soon!


Have a fabulous day everyone, and I hope you're not all sick like me... =P

Melissa & Sean's engagements

Melissa and Sean are getting married March 29th, and I couldn't be more excited! Their engagement has followed a little different path than most... they were planning on getting married in July in New Jersey, but because of Melissa's dad's health problems they have had to move the wedding not only up several months, but to an entirely different state! While I definitely feel for the challenges that have faced them in re-planning their wedding at warp-speed, I also feel a bit of guilty pleasure that I now get the honor of being their photographer!

I met Melissa for the first time through a mutual friend, and we just hit it off! Not only do we have our great friend Leen in common, but we like the same kind of Jewelry and fawned over each others' rings for a good five minutes. =) They are two of the sweetest people, and it was great to finally meet Sean this past Saturday because I got to witness first hand how in love these two are! I can't wait for March to come because I know their wedding is going to be amazing.

Here's a couple of photographs from their engagement session.

Have you visited www.copperphotography.com yet?

Because if you haven't... head on over and look around! I've updated some of the galleries, posted the trash the dress gallery, and corrected a few punctuation errors. =) What can I say, I was always excellent at english composition, but maybe not so much at punctuation. We all have our flaws I suppose...

At any rate, I'm really excited about the new site, and this new year. I have some wonderful clients booked, some exciting ideas for photo shoots, and just a renewed passion for what I do! Seriously now, I just can't wait for spring. I have two weddings that I can't wait to shoot, a bunch of senior portraits (and lets be real here... this Chicago winter is kicking my butt! Just the other day I got frost bite on my cheek walking from my car into work... this is just ridiculous!) So come on spring! I'm completely stoked to be shooting the very sweet Melissa and Sean's wedding at the end of march, then my lovely friends Rachel & Dan's wedding in the beginning of April. I love SPRING!

Oh Chicago, why are you a place of endless winter!? ;)

It's ALIVE!!!

Ok, it's LIVE, not ALIVE.

Check out my new site- Copper Photography Browse around, enjoy the photos, and let me know what you think! There will be one more gallery added in the next two days, so check back then too!

Merry Christmas!

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a phenomenal Christmas, I sure did! Then again, any holiday with my amazing hubby is wonderful. I can't believe this year is almost over already. It seems like it has blown by quicker than ever. Maybe the great years do that more than others, who knows. I am totally excited for this next year. I have decided to limit the number of weddings I shoot this year to make sure I can give an awesome amount of attention to my awesome clients. I will only be taking on up to seven weddings this year. Two slots have already been filled, so that leaves five openings for the rest of the year. I really think that my wedding clients should get the VIP treatment, which is why I've made the decision to do things this way this year. If you've been thinking about booking with me, give me a call... I'd love to make your wedding one of my final five VIP weddings this year.

As far as senior portraits go, spring is one of the prettiest times to take photos. Call Me or email me to book your session in advance, beat the rush, and get a fifty dollar gift card towards your session as a Christmas gift from me to you.

Ok my friends, have an amazing and happy new year!!! Keep checking back for the latest news, photos, and random stories! Happy new year!!!!

More of Katie's bridals...

Ok- I have so many more than this, and I will definitely try to blog them soon, but these are some of my favorites of Katie's bridals. She is so gorgeous!

Katie & Stephen wedding teaser

Yesterday (Saturday) I had the pleasure of assisting my talented friend Amy Aiello (Amy Aiello Photography)at the wedding of Katie Saul, who I went to high school with. Katie is two years older than I am, so she and I didn't go to school together for too long, but we did do some plays and musicals together, and one thing she would always say was that she was going to marry an Irishman someday. I believed that she would... so I was not the least bit surprised when Amy told me that Katie was getting married to an Irish lad. Apparently their paths crossed many times in Ireland while Katie was living there for a few years, but they didn't meet until katie moved back to Chicago. One night at a bar... there he was, and by her sister's account, Katie was smitten.

I'm so happy for Katie and Stephen, and I hope they have a wonderful honeymoon! I'm also totally grateful to Amy for letting me tag along and snag some great shots. Be sure to check out her site because I know she'll post some pics on her blog and they will look fab! Here's just one for now... I have so many to go through and it will be so hard to narrow them down because katie looked simply stunning... but I must! So goodnight for now, enjoy the teaser... =)

Something cool to share

so I came across this company a while back, and I think that what they do is super creative, and since I love innovative companies, I'm going to share it with you. They're called Threadless, and they print t-shirts with designs submitted by every day people. Which is awesome. You can rate people's designs, and if it's a popular one they will print a limited run of them. I've got a bunch, and love that they're so unique and out of the box.

So anywhoo, they're cool you should check it out. Plus, they're having a nice little sale just in time for Christmas, so why not, right? =) I got a few myself.... hehe


Threadless

Happy Thanksgiving and Black Friday!

Hey people! I hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving... I know that I did. I love getting to spend time with my friends and family. Especially my immediate family because they are hilarious. If you've never met my family, you are missing out on some of the most hysterical dinner (or non-dinner-appropriate) conversations known to man. That is probably due to the fact that my family is a cast of characters... which I love. Funny and genuine people all. So I hope that you had as great of a day as I did, juggling your own families and making your own dinners and memories and traditions.

In fact, I made what may become a new tradition this year. I have never been able to make myself wake up before the sun on black friday and hit the door buster sales. I've always wanted to, but always set my alarm and then sleep right on through it. This year I had my lovely friend Alex spend the night, we woke up a little after 4 am, picked up my youngest sister Devon, and off we went to the mall. We got there a little after five, and people were already leaving with their treasures. Crazy. It really was. Five is as early as I could make myself start though. I know that waking up and being there by four is only an hour difference... but really now. =) Anywhoo, it was really fun and I snagged tons of treasure for my honey as well as other family... and there certainly were deals to be had. If you've never shopped bright and early the day after thanksgiving, you should give it a try next year. It's pretty fun. And you'll save a bunch of money.

well... have a lovely day and have fun shopping!

I can't believe it's already November!!!!

Sorry I haven't written anything in a while, guys! I've been a bit pre-occupied working on my new and greatly improved website, which I will hopefully have done within the month, but then again who knows... =) It will be much snazzier and easier on the eyes as well as choc-full of new stuff.

Soooo... I do have a bunch of photos I haven't blogged... so maybe sometime this week I will post some stuff.

Well my friends, have a lovely (and if you live in Chicago) snowy day!