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.

Frankfort Senior Photography Session

I really couldn’t believe it had been so long since I’ve seen this family last. The fun memories of our last session together are still with me…these kids are memorable. Funny and totally dig on one another, it’s a blend that makes for fun photography opportunities and an AMAZING senior session for an incredibly gorgeous young lady.

Thank you Michelle, once again, for allowing me to capture these images for you and your family. It is always a great time and a pleasure to work with your crew!

Flashback to our last session by clicking HERE

So it’s been a few years and WOW! Has K grown into a pretty incredible and accomplished young lady. I was so happy to capture these images for her to commemorate her senior year…

A photograph of older siblings: two brothers and their little sister overlooking a water way in the Chicago area.

A photo of a high school senior girl in the Chicago suburbs A photo of a young lady in an urban setting for her senior photo session

As I said, it is an honor to have so many wonderful repeat clients and to be afforded the opportunity to watch young people grow up into young adults (and beyond). It’s actually one of the most gratifying things about this business for me. I’ve always felt that Marmalade Photography is about family, always has been, always will be. I do feel like these young people are sort of a part of my own extended family (without the additional bills of sports, feeding and clothing them!).

Here’s a couple images from previous sessions with K to give you an idea of where we’ve been:

The photo above is from 2009; in 2011 this same image appeared as the title image for a magazine feature about Marmalade Photography (“We Are Family”) in the trade show magazine at the WPPI convention held in Las Vegas.

The photo above was captured on a beautiful late summer day in August 2011. You can see the difference two years makes!! The image above illustrates WHY I love capturing tweens in that “in between” stage between childhood and teen hood. They are on the cusp of changes and their charm and beauty is already showing through. I am so glad this mom had captured these during our previous sessions together.

If you have a Lincoln Way high school senior who is in need of a Frankfort Senior photography session (or any other location for that matter!) we travel to your location or you can select one of our beautiful hand picked locations in the SW burbs for your fun, beautiful and relaxed senior photo session. We photograph seniors from Minooka high school, from JCA, from Lockport high school and all other local (and not-so-local) schools. Give us a call if you’re looking for unique images that highlight who YOUR senior is!! Our number is 815-603-8450

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