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Engagement season is here! If you or someone you

Engagement season is here!

If you or someone you know got engaged over the Thanksgiving holiday, reach out to your wedding vendors ASAP!

Wedding dates for 2023 are definitely filling up fast, especially for the fall. Don't sleep on dates for 2024, too.

Pro-tip for engagement sessions: go get a drink during your session. It might loosen you up later on in the session, and it's just something to do be naturally photographed. Go to a favorite spot or go to a chic little place that might be closing it's doors in a week (which is what unknowingly happened at Alissa and Ryan's session).

Photographed for @iambenramos
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It's Small Business Saturday! It's super late in t

It's Small Business Saturday! It's super late in the day, but I'm posting before the end of the day, so I guess that counts 🤷‍♂️?

I just wanted to say that I'm SUPER grateful for all of my clients. From the ones that believed in me back in college when I was shooting on my Rebel XTI, to the ones that have recently found me through a Google search or a posting on Instagram or The Knot. I can't believe that this little camera has taken me around the US and even to Mexico to photograph a wedding.

Taking your portraits is no joke. You are trusting me to document the most important days of your life, and I am honored to be a part of that.

Here are some free ways that you can support your friends that have small businesses:

1. Interact with their posts: like, share, and bookmark. It's the three buttons that Instagram offers on posts, so use all three.

2. Leave reviews for them. These go a looooong way.

3. Refer them to your friends. It's potentially a free tip to your small business friends. I've even bought coffee for random people that have referred me to new clients. It's the least I can do!
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Bucket list photo location in Chicago ✅ I'm alw

Bucket list photo location in Chicago ✅

I'm always down when couples want to shoot in these historic locations. The tough part is that many of them require a photo permit, and oftentimes, it ain't cheap!

Make sure you do your research before you show up to a location, or ask your photographer if they know whether or not locations require permits.

Associate shot for @iambenramos

Editing with @eric.floberg #606presets
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Happy Friday! Here to remind you that winter weddi

Happy Friday! Here to remind you that winter weddings are also beautiful.

I wanted to share some tips for winter wedding couples that some may not have thought of.

1. Plan your timeline around the sunset. After daylight savings, sunset jumps up to around 4:30 PM. This doesn't mean you have to do a first look, but it does mean that if you don't do portraits before a 3PM traditional ceremony, you're not going to get a whole lot of time outdoors.

2. It's gonna be cold! Embrace it. Wear a shawl, fur, boots, or whatever keeps you warm that day. If you want
to brace the cold and not do that, do you.

3. Worrying about weather isn't any different than if you had a fall, spring, or summer wedding. There is precipitation every other season, so it's nothing different for winter. If anything, so looks AWESOME when it's capture on camera. Have a backup plan in case the weather goes south (I've always got clear umbrellas with me as backup)

4. Reach out to vendors and see if they have off season pricing. Winter weddings aren't as popular in the midwest, so some places might be hurting to get couples in there. It doesn't hurt to ask.

5. Winter weddings don't have to be bleak. Yes, it's usually more gray in the winter, but you might get lucky with a sunny day. Overcast skies make for great photos anyway. Bring color out in flowers or bridesmaids dresses. Plan photos near some evergreens to get that pop of color, too.

I'm looking forward to sharing more from my winter weddings this year, especially the one that sends me to Cabo 🌴🌅
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Jesi and Dan did something that I've never done du

Jesi and Dan did something that I've never done during a wedding day: they had a planned break in the day

There was some time to kill between the ceremony and cocktail hour, so we pulled up the party bus to park in downtown Naperville, unloaded everyone and just chilled for a minute.

While we made the most of this time and got some portraits done, everyone else hung out and cracked open some drinks to enjoy. We made sure to get a photo of everyone that joined us on the bus.

Like I said, it was a first for me, and if your schedule allows for it, I highly recommend it.
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Thank you to all the veterans that have answered t

Thank you to all the veterans that have answered the call of duty.

If you know me, then it's no secret that I like to air out my concerns with what is going on in the world, especially in the US. It is because of the veterans that have fought for our rights that I am able to do this so freely without fear of punishment from my own government.

As James Baldwin so eloquently said, "I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”

Thank you veterans for protecting the right to "criticize her perpetually" in order to make America a better place.
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Switching things up with a little black and white

Switching things up with a little black and white here.

Edited with @eric.floberg #606presets

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Congrats again to Congresswoman Lauren Underwood o

Congrats again to Congresswoman Lauren Underwood on another victory in Illinois' 14th District.

You continue to show up for your district, and they showed up for you. I live just outside of district 14, so I didn't have the chance to vote for you, but I did love catching some of my work on your campaign commercials.

I hope we get to work together again. Keep doing the work!

The end of my busiest wedding season to date came

The end of my busiest wedding season to date came to a close this weekend. I still have 3 weddings left for the year, but I’m happy to spend the next 5 Saturdays with my family.

I've learned a TON this season; even as a veteran photographer, I'm not too proud to admit that there is always room for growth. Reception lighting made a HUGE improvement this year. Constant lights were added to the tool belt and made lighting scenes like this a breeze.

Here’s a little sneak from Saturday’s wedding at @coghillgolf
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Looking at my last couple of wedding galleries, I

Looking at my last couple of wedding galleries, I noticed that 3 of them featured a veil shot as the featured image on their gallery. 🤷‍♂️

What can I say? I know what looks good.

Peep that cotton candy sunset on Megan and Jake's wedding day.

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Fall sunsets have been incredible this year. Here

Fall sunsets have been incredible this year. Here is a reverse sunset on the lake from a couple weeks back at North Ave Beach.

Shot for @iambenramos
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My Leica M6. Such a coveted camera, and it's such

My Leica M6. Such a coveted camera, and it's such a good looking camera, too.

I'm lucky to own one and document my life with it.

Second photo was taken with the Leica Summicron 50mm, and the fourth photo was taken with the Voigtlander 35mm.
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A couple of selects from Lisa and Bobby's wedding

A couple of selects from Lisa and Bobby's wedding this past weekend.

I wandered around the church a bit and found this beautiful hallway to take some portraits of Lisa.

Can't wait to share more from this wedding day.
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What a day. I knew this was going to be a specia

What a day.

I knew this was going to be a special wedding day when Erica and Jason reached out for their engagement photos a little over a year ago.

What resulted was both a trip down memory lane and one of the most beautiful wedding days that I've ever been a part of.

9 people in the wedding party were either former students of mine from my first year of teaching or some of my younger brother's closest friends in high school, and to hear them address me as Mr. Verdin as young adults was nostalgia in all the right places (and a bit of making me feel old).

Congrats Erica and Jason! It's a wedding day I'll never forget!
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Gearing up for what is going to be an incredible d

Gearing up for what is going to be an incredible double wedding weekend.

First up is Erica and Jason!
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Moments before their reception, I was able to make

Moments before their reception, I was able to make these portraits of Vicram and Kyla on film.

Shot on Portra 400 while metering it at only 200 on the Leica M6.

Shot for @outwardvisuals
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