This Friday we spent the evening photographing the wedding of Jackie and Paul, at independence grove in Libertyville Illinois. The morning was full of rain and clouds, so we all crossed our fingers in hopes that the day would turn positive. Just as our lead photographer arrived on site, the skies opened up and the sun peeked through. The rest of the evening had an amazing fall orange glow to everything. Simple radiant!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jackie and Paul decided that they were going to see each other before the wedding. This allowed our photographer to focus our efforts on the family and posed portraits before the wedding ceremony itself. Further, we have seen from past weddings that once the couple has already seen each other, that it opens them up to have more fun, rather than be nervous about the ceremony itself. Then once the sermon starts, they are relaxed and actually get to enjoy the moments and enjoy each other.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the wedding, the couple had about an hour long cocktail hour with mingling in the room next to the main area. During the cocktail hour, our photographer grabbed the couple outside for a quick romantic sunset photo. The sun glowed an amazing color tonight… full of light, full of red, and full of orange. It was as if the sky had parted for us, for just those few minutes. These images reminded us of a Hawaii sunset, except it was here in the Midwest over the lake at Independence Grove.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The rest of the evening was spent in the company of DJ Rod Stare from Memory Makers Entertainment (www.memorymakersentertainment.com). Rod really got the crowd dancing and was superb to work with.