Karen and Jordan visit Galena IL, Chicago and west suburbs couples and wedding photography

Karen and Jordan visit Galena IL, Chicago and west suburbs couples and wedding photography

Oh these kids! I call them kids because this is my sister and their partner. Karen is the COMPLETE opposite of me they are 8 years younger and at some level we joke that my parenting started w them. We have spend our whole lives at odds. I've always been all about swallowing the heck [...]

Mayorca family at the South Shore beach | Adri De La Cruz, Hyde Park family photography

Mayorca family at the South Shore beach | Adri De La Cruz, Hyde Park  family photography

Throughout our whole session I felt so connected to their family story. It was so heart breaking to hear the longing to be somewhere else, to go back to their home Venenzuela. But truly the way I saw them, it felt that even though circumstances (much like my own) have forced them to migrate to [...]

M+M Chicago winter engagement and love story

M+M Chicago winter engagement and love story

WHEN I LOOK AT YOU I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE WHOLE UNIVERSE HAD NOT CONSPIRED TO BRING YOU TO LIFE. I CANNOT THINK OF A MORE BEAUTIFUL REASON FOR IT ALL TO EXIST THAN FOR YOU ON THIS DAY.   Shooting this engagement was perfect. The love they share and the moments [...]