Engagement Session - Pablo and Mira

03.02.13 - Evanston, Illinois - Wedding season is finally upon me and that means engagement photos! I am shooting Pablo and Mira's wedding next month and met them on Northwestern University's campus for a short photo shoot (there's only so much photo taking most people can stand in 30 degree weather!). We took a stroll along the lake and scouted some spots for wedding portraits. Even in Chicago it's not every day you get to shoot with a clean 5 inches of snow on the ground, so we had fun and I tried to use that wintry landscape to my advantage. 

Cheers,

Will

Escape to Winter Garden

02.18.13 - Winter Garden, Florida - We went down to Florida for a mid-winter escape to see Eunice's friend Chelsea get married. I haven't spent much time in Central Florida, but I think anyone north of the Mason-Dixon would attest anywhere that's 70F and sunny is just fine in February. We had a blast tooling around the classic downtown Winter Garden and seeing the sights.

-Will

Remember, we were in Florida. I have no idea what this means.

  

More on the scene.

These were three farmers speaking sign language outside our hotel window one morning. The local color comes through in the image, but I guess some things make better videos.

The happy couple.

The wedding scene along Lake Apopka.

You probably can't tell, but it was blowing like 30 mph. Looked beautiful though.

The happy couple, part deux.

Studio Time

02.10.13 - Chicago, Illinois - I did my best baby photographer impression the other weekend to do some birthday photos for my friends Aaron and Ariel. Their boy Daxton was turning the big 01 and we did a little cake smashing and bow-tie wearing around the living room studio in his honor. 

Cheers,

Will

December

12.31.12 - (Chicago, Illinois and Washington, D.C.) - So you know how life speeds up and you blink and it's April? Apparently that's what happened. Either that or I gave up blog posting for Lent. Well, dear Readers, I'll be posting like a maniac these next few weeks, so in the immortal words or Samuel L. Jackson, "Hold on to your butts."

This first post covers December. That's right, that festive month that at this point seems eons ago. We hit the Christmas party train and didn't stop. Below are some of the highlights from Chicago and D.C. Though I would say my number one highlight was the Waltini. See if you can spot that one.

Cheers,

Will

Krysta's kat.

Waltini.

Dreidel. Dreidel. Dreidel.

Sophie.

You know, festival of lights.

Book Club isn't this serious.

Mom at POV in DC.

New Years #1.

New Years #2.

New Years #3.

This blog post is sooo over.

Turkey and All that Jazz

11.28.12 - Chicago, Illinois - Did you know that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday? Should've been easy to decipher given my love of football, food and dinner parties. That's pretty much the whole deal in a nutshell. 

This was number 2 in Chicago and we made our own bird this time. And football was watched. And pie at Susan and Dan's. And we played Celebrity. 

Thanks,

Will

Dad.

Pre-meal snack.

Pre-pre meal Old-Fashioned. I think that's the only think I "cooked" all day.

Pie!

Padres.

Eunice.

Ummm...ummm. Celebrity!

Fondue, Mon Deiu!

11.17.12 - Chicago, Illinois - Speaking of second annuals, we had our second annual fondue party (yes, there were turtle necks) at the homestead and invited a few folks over. 20 folks. What can I say? We like dinner parties. And fondue. 

-Will

P.S. - Only cheese was harmed in the following photos.

Jonathan and Andy. 

Jeremy and Danielle.

Vanessa.

The table.

En garde!

Yes, it was fabulous.