Matt and Anna's Wedding

11.02.13 - Chicago, Illinois - I was invited to second shoot my final wedding of the season at Salvage One by my good friend Kristyn Ulanday. If you haven't been to the space, it's a vintage furniture store on the west side of Chicago by day and a wedding venue by night/other days. If you had to design a photographer's playground, this would be it.

Cheers,

Will

Matt.

Groomsmen.

Foosball tables also make weddings great.

Conga!

Diversity.

Vermont

10.14.13 - Norwich, Vermont - New England in Autumn is pretty great. New England in Autumn with friends is even better. So I headed out to Vermont (and New Hampshire) for Fall Fest 2013 to hang out with some friends from BU and check out the foliage. Curiously, it happened to be Dartmouth College's homecoming, so I took a few shots around campus as well.

Cheers,

Will

Simon set the tone.

Peeps.

Dartmouth 1.

Dartmouth 2.

Farmer's Market.

Out for a walk.

Around town.

Still Life

09.29.13 - Chicago, Illinois - As most photographers know, the best moments always seem to happen when you are without a camera. I was cruising down I-90 yesterday going to film an interview and passed the Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile. Not that it's a good idea to shoot photos while driving, but still I'll be thinking about that one for a while. 

Anyway, I did have my camera around for these simple still life shots from August and September. Two are from my trip to Boston for Brett and Gen's wedding and the other was just walking through Edgewater the other night. 

Thanks,

Will

Government Center.

Caffe.

Edgewater.

Anthony and Erin's Wedding

08.24.13 - Channahon, Illinois - Anthony and Erin's wedding was in Joliet with a reception near their house in Channahon along the Des Plaines River at the Four Rivers Environmental Educational Center. It's a great site at the meeting of four rivers (don't as me which) with lots of prairie grass and marsh and general excellence. I had a great time cruising in their Hummer limo and partying with their families late into the night. Also, if you're looking for flower ideas, sunflowers = awesome.

Cheers,

Will

Flower girls. 

BTW, best kiss of the season. Also, complete surprise.

Cocktail hour.

We had some fun with bridal party photos. Something tells me Erin could've thrown it 50 yards easy. 

Father's speech.

Anthony's mom on the dance floor. 

First dance. 

Shout.

Meriem's Headshots

08.17.13 - Chicago, Illinois - I had the pleasure of shooting some headshots and general portraits for Chicago based costume designer Meriem Bahri. She was so much fun to hang out with and talk about Chicago theatre, baroque opera costumes and her time as a biologist. Very cool and gotta love exposed brick backgrounds. 

Cheers,

Will 

Uptown Opera Photo Call

07.25.13 - Chicago, Illinois - Every now and then I have the pleasure of shooting photo calls for theatre companies. My friend Amanda and a company she works with, Genesis Ensemble, called me in to shoot some production shots for their latest show, Uptown Opera. 

The concept was a bluegrass opera about Appalachian migrants that moved to Chicago in the 1950s. It was set in the amazing Preston Bradley Auditorium, which is a stunning church space built in the 1920s by a pastor who had a large radio following. 

Cool Show + Cool Space = Cool Photos. You get the idea.

-Will

P.S. - Just to get your bearings, the audience sat on the stage and looked out onto an empty auditorium that was creatively used as a stage for the performers.

This one made the Sun-Times (you know that paper that fired all its photographers). I'm a sucker for clips.