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.

Lollipops and Red Chairs and Tutus and Flowers and Pink Dresses

…and all sorts of other girly things! This evening’s session was my session with beautiful G and her mom, Victoria. This is the second time I’ve photographed G and her mom (it was girls only day today!) and I was amazed at how much she’s grown in the past year, we last did our session in July of ’06 at their home in Joliet. As I told another client just yesterday, the children I am fortunate enough to photograph are literally frozen in time for me. When a year goes by and I get to see them a year later it’s like…WHOA! You’ve grown! For some reason it is always surprising (what can I say I’m a slow learner!).

Regardless, this evenings’ session made me so happy…we got to play with girl things (like flowers and lip gloss) and hang out at cool locations (love the old mansion site!) and just be. A big thank you to Victoria for coming out and bringing wonderful outfits to play dress up in and for running out to the store just to get another big fat red lollipop (fabulous idea, btw!!).

So, what’re you waiting for? This blog entry has images to scroll down & look at!

Thanks for dropping by!

xoxo, Mare

p.s. I would like to apologize to a couple of clients who I promised packages to be shipped earlier this week. I’ve been feeling a tad under the weather coupled with the busy season just exploding in front of me (eight inquiries today alone!! if you’re waiting to hear back from me, I promise PROMISE you’ll get a call back tomorrow and if I owe you an email, I promise it’s coming!). I feel very popular this week, thanks so much for your interest in my photography services.

(and E, if you’re reading this, the anti juju icecream works! LOL)