BEST OF 2025: A year of travel, growth, and new experiences.
Happy New Year’s Eve, friends!! I can hardly believe how quickly the past twelve months have flown by… but here we are. Somehow I find myself a little extra nostalgic this year – maybe it’s the connections we’ve formed, the families we’ve been welcomed into, or the inevitable effects of the holiday season. Whatever the reason, I can’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude to be able to do what we do, year after year. It’s a privilege to be invited into each and every couple’s world, to serve them and their loved ones, and document the beginning of their family history. Of course, it’s also a lot of fun!
Highlights of 2025:
- Lots of travel. I photographed love stories in San Francisco, southern California, Paris, the Loire Valley, Michigan, Mexico City, NYC, Chicago, Dublin, Sligo, and St. Lucia
- Working at some familiar venues as well as some new favorites
- My first Flash Mob at a wedding (it was awesome)
- Malört shots on more than one occasion
- More fur babies than I can count
- First team mascot at a wedding (HI Southpaw!)
- Adding drone photography to our offerings
- My first New York Bridal Fashion Week, including an exclusive interview with the one-and-only Miss Hayley Paige
- Meeting the WedVibes team and participating in my first and second WedVibes editorials
- Meeting Sarah Campbell at my first Intrigue Designs Retreat, where I was the official retreat photographer
- First Newlywed musical performance on stage
- My first wedding in Mexico City, a prime opportunity to practice mi español
- Organizing and photographing my first international Styled Shoot (coming to the Blog next year!)
I could go on! Lucky for you, I’ll let the images speak for themselves. This post may be longer than usual (I can never decide!) – but please know that every single image you see here represents a favorite moment, memory, or experience from 2025. Captured on digital + film.
Finally, I want to give a great big THANK YOU to my incredible team. Their remarkable talent, vision, professionalism, and support allows us to serve even more happy couples year after year. I can’t wait for what’s to come in 2026!
CHEERS to Year 12 in the books! Happy New Year!!!
Featured Venues
Chicago Winery / Osteria Via Stato / The Four Seasons Chicago / Bottom Lounge / Lincoln Park Conservatory / The Arbory / Cafe Brauer / Salvage One / Salvatore’s / Lacuna Lofts / Art Institute of Chicago / Garfield Park Conservatory / Sarabande / Firehouse Chicago / The Joinery / Kemper Lakes Golf Club / Être Farms / The Library at 190 S. LaSalle / Cindy’s Rooftop / Hotel Chelsea / River Roast / Markree Castle / Chateau Challain / Filoli / Viceroy Sugar Beach / Emilio’s Ballato / Ambassador Chicago / Ada Street / Cuneo Mansion / Wildman BT / Mon Ami Gabi / Chicago Botanic Garden / La Casa de los Azulejos / The Drake Oak Brook / Matty’s Bar and Grille / Virgin Hotels / Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio / Music Box Theatre
