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.

Downers Grove High School Senior Photography Session

This weekend was one for the books! I had a blast seeing some “old” but young Marmalade kids and meeting some fresh new faces and families! Sunday was the latter. It was G’s high school senior photography session and it was so much fun!

It’s no secret that I can channel my inner 15 year old boy when need be and being able to channel that “kid” came in handy when I met G and his brother this past weekend (who is literally just that!) To be fair the session was all about G, a graduating senior, and that’ll be our focus (for now) but to say that I had an absolute blast watching “boys be boys” and having (what seemed like) a fun time at a … PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION … felt like a feather in my cap (do people still say goofy things like that?? Doesn’t matter, I just did! LOL )

I was honored to photograph this handsome young man and am thrilled to have been referred by one of our long time Marmalade favorites. To me the greatest testimonial is when previous clients refer me to their friends and family and this was an amazing testimonial this past weekend. Thank you Nikki!!

On with the sneak peek from Sunday’s Downers Grove high school senior photography session at one of my favorite Marmalade Locations. Thank you G, you did such an amazing job. I hope you enjoy the following…

A portrait of a stylishly dressed young man in a crumbling brick setting

Casual photograph during a high school senior photography session of a young man

G obviously has plans for college…I bet you can’t tell! 🙂 What an amazingly fun time and I appreciate all the looks and the spirit of liveliness and fun that was brought on Sunday. Thanks G…and D…and Lee and of course Nikki! You guys did so well!!

I’m at the point in my photography career where I am celebrating 20 years (this June) in business. Marmalade Photography has been the absolute joy of my life…mostly beautiful and good times, I really couldn’t be prouder of the legacy I have built and the clientele that has supported me. I wouldn’t be here without a dynamic, loving client base and I so appreciate it! Starting towards the end of May I will be doing 20 daily giveaways on the Marmalade Photography business Facebook page. Please feel free to click over and become a fan to hopefully take part. As a small business it is so incredible to know that I have built something from nothing and that it has stood the test of time. TWENTY YEARS, folks, that is incredible!! Thank you to every one of my clients, every one of my fans, all my friends that have supported my small business through the years by spreading word of my services, all the publications that have helped spread the world about what I create. Oh boy I am going to get sappy.

Are you a Downers Grove high school senior or about to be? Are you a suburban dweller looking to get some beautiful photography to grace your walls and home? Are you a Chicago native looking to get some fun images of your family in the city? Or any combo of the above? I’m your gal! Give us a call at 815-603-8450 today to turn your photographic dreams into reality!

Thanks for checking in…catch you next time!! xoxo

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