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Matt + Kristine >> Engaged

Rachel Gulotta June 6, 2014

I love these two (three, if you count Scooby). So so so so much.

For starters, Matt is a photographer. We've been lucking out like that a lot this year. He gets it. Light. Location. And everything in between. All we did was show up and shoot. Perfect.

As if that wasn't enough, Matt + Kristine are two of the sweetest people we've ever met. I don't just mean in terms of clients. I mean in terms of people. They're so down to earth. So connected. So genuine. So refreshing. My absolute favorite part of their session happened when we found a parking space in a neighborhood where you have to put up a hefty fight to get a good one. Matt + Kristine both thought we might have accidentally taken a spot that someone else had claimed. After Matt had tidily parked us, he forfeited our spot and continued looking for a different one just in case. We don't really run into anyone like that around here, but I wish we did more often. Total gems.

Finally (the real kicker), they're straight up gorgeous (duh!). Kristine is one of those outstandingly beautiful people who doesn't seem to notice. She's nervous in front of the camera (as if it could ever take a bad frame of her), but obviously killed this session. 

I'm so, so, so stoked for their wedding this August. In the meantime, this session will easily tide me over. We started in their (perfectlyyyyy well lit) apartment and ventured around their old campus/stomping grounds. We ended the session with gelato. It ruled.

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In Engagement Tags Chicago, Engagement, Photographer, Photography, Natural Light, Lifestyle, Photojournalist, Destination
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Josh + Kate >> Engaged

Rachel Gulotta February 20, 2014

This has to be how late 90's Michael Jordan felt. Minus the flu.

When we first met up with Josh and Kate, I knew it. They are a total dream to shoot.

Josh is a Photo Stylist and Kate has killer taste. They're warm, funny, and totally enamored with one another. Swoosh.

We started our session in their apartment where I'm pretty sure it took everything Daniel could muster not to pick it (American Pickers-style). It's decked out with collections of thermoses, tins, and trinkets and complete with a wall full of ugly lady pictures (fittingly called the "ugly lady wall"). They made a brussels sprout hash for breakfast and showed us around their picturesque space.

We trekked through slush and a pretty River North before we ended our session at the Lincoln Park Conservatory. I could go on for days about how much I love love love the details, natural light, and love that are each just jam-packed inside this session, but I'll spare you and leave you with a (little more than a) few of our favorite shots from the day. Enjoy!

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In Engagement Tags Engagement, Chicago, Photography, Photographer, Lifestyle, Photojournalist, Editorial, Natural Light, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Apartment, River North
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