Contact Marmalade Photography

We produce high quality image art for all of our clients. If you're interested in working with us we are available for sessions on location throughout Chicagoland. We also offer Marmalade Location sessions in our home area in the SW Suburbs of Chicago.

We are often booked several weeks in advance especially during our peak seasons (spring, summer and fall). Session fees start at $195 for weekday sessions @ our Marmalade Locations or $295 for weekday sessions on location in Metro Chicagoland. Weekend sessions are available for an add'l $60.

Prints are a separate purchase and start at $45. Collection pricing starts at $795. Please call us: 815.603.8450 with any questions. We look forward to hearing from you!

About Marianne

Since 2005 I have been in the business of creating tangible memories but the truth is that I have been a photographer "forever". I was about 6 when I first held my brother Matt's (heavy) Canon AE-1's viewfinder up to my face, I the heft of the camera heavy in my hands & the strap scratching the back of my neck. I remember seeing the world through that viewfinder rectangle for the very first time.

For a number of years I worked as an RN in the critical care setting and at some point I had a realization that while I loved the connection nursing allowed me to have with others, I wanted more to contribute beauty and love to their existence. Some of my favorite patient families would bring photos in for their loved ones - visual reminders that the patient lying in bed is a human being, struggling at the moment but in reality this person is a loving parent, a doting grandparent, a wonderful wife or husband, someone's best friend. Those photos personalized my experience with my patients. It is because of these experiences that I continue to grasp to UNDERSTAND the meaning of this life. My belief is that the meaning lies in the connection between us all, relationships, after all, are the only thing we leave on this earth with any real meaning.

In 2005 when I finally took the leap and started Marmalade Photography it was based upon a single vision: fun, beautiful and quality photos for Chicago area families and children that speak to who they are as a character in the plot of their lives and who they are in the connectedness of this life.

My ten years photographing people of varying ages is of benefit to you: I offer a full service photography experience and have the expertise to create art you will love for your home. I love to help clients design wall galleries, provide custom created beautiful albums and art pieces. I have even been commissioned to create images as large as 10 feet in length. High touch, high quality, there is no other way to do it.

While I do live, breathe & eat photography obviously I am not just Marmalade Photography. I am also a wife…a mom to Maddie & Lauren who inspire me every day in so many ways…I am a historian and a friend…a gardener (who can't keep indoor plants but I have a green thumb if it grows outside)…funny…fun loving…serious…in fact you & I may have a lot in common…I would love to get to know you through that rectangle & tell your families' story for you.

Limited Edition Sessions : In Time for Holiday Cards and Gift Giving

Hello friends!

Due to overwhelming requests (and wow, I had no idea that you all were looking forward to these!) I am now opening up for a single limited edition session held at the studio on Tuesday September 30, 2008 from 9:00 until 2:30 p.m. Only a limited number of spots available.

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Holiday Card information can be found here.

Once again my plea goes out to everyone who is reading this (especially those in Illinois)…

I implore you to give the following peeps a call to show your support of the anti-state park closings:

Illinois Dept of Natural Resources, Chris McCleod 217-558-1540

Illinois Governor’s Office of Citizen Action 217-782-0244

Governor Rod Blagojevich (no prank phone calls please) 217-782-0244

You can also email from the Illinois State Governor’s site at http://www.illinois.gov/gov/contactthegovernor.cfmI have faith in the grass roots movement!! WE CAN CHANGE THE COURSE OF ACTION, for not only Channahon State Park but all the other State Parks and Historic Sites. Remember this sad moment in time… LINCOLN’S CABIN is one of the site’s on the line! What sort of legacy are we leaving for our children and our children’s children if we allow this small part of budget cutting to affect our history and our recreation? If Illinois found the money in the early 1930’s to open the first state park in Channahon then by all means we can find a way to keep it and the rest of these sites open!

Lastly thank you for all your kind words regarding the special stop motion video I made the other day of my beautiful girls (in the post right below). I really am glad it’s not just me & my mommy goggles that sees the fun & beauty in it. Much love my friends!