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.

High School Senior Photos for St Francis Class of 2020

Chicago Child Photographer Ah…easily one of my favorite images from the early days of my business. The year? 2006. I hadn’t even yet celebrated one year in business. This beautiful girl stole my heart, her and her brother’s session is still one I replay when I think of the early days of my business. We spent our time exploring the local children’s garden and I remember how beautifully the light hit. This little girls’ curls were EVERYTHING and her mom dressed her up so stylishly! It was a great afternoon.

I loved being able to meet up with both mom and this not-so-little-girl the other day for an urban session for her high school senior year photos. I loved catching up with this girl, getting a quick fast forward of what her life has been like this past few years and using some really exquisite light and some fun backgrounds to create images that highlight who she is, a sort of “slice of life” in her senior year.

SIGH. And it hits me hard, to be honest, because this girl and my own daughter are the same age. It is just highlights to me how quickly time has flown. I mean in my mind’s eye this “little” girl (pictured above) hasn’t grown up at all! And when I met up with her she is this beautiful, statuesque dancer. A beautiful young lady about to embark into her own life. Bittersweet. Beautiful. Frustrating. Lovely. I think those four years sum up what most of us moms of seniors feel like. A mix of dread, fear, worry and happiness that we got to this point and almost a sense of relief that these kids are thriving and about to be their own people but yet so sad because in our mind’s eye they’re still little littles.

But enough waxing poetic about the past…fast forward to September 2019 where we have beautiful Becca, class of 2020, photographed in some amazing September light. September really IS magical. One of my favorite months of the year for photography!! Becca: you are gorgeous. You are smart. You are amazing. I know the future holds only potential and beauty for you…your mom and dad did a really great job. You’ve worked really hard to get here. And it’s crazy to me that you look the same!! LOL

High School Senior Photos for St. Francis Class of 2020

I also have a old & new set up on the Facebook page to check out. While you’re there LIKE my page, please & thank you!

Looking for high school senior photos for St Francis Class of 2020 or for any seniors in any local area highschools such as Wheaton Academy, Benet Academy, Joliet Catholic Academy, Nequa Valley, Naperville North, Hinsdale? Look no further! We’ve been photographing beautiful faces since 2005 and LOVE photographing high school seniors. Give us a call at 815-603-8450 to book your own high school senior portrait experience!

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