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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.

The Waterfall Session : Chicago Child and Family Photographer

I was thrilled several months ago when I got the call for this session!! Backstory: a couple of years ago I had the fortune of meeting B and his parents, Gretchen & Brian in Lincoln Park for an on location session. At the time B was not even a year old, happy and sweet and adorable! Fast forward (seriously it feels that way for me) and I cannot believe how two years passes so quickly and babies become little boys in (what seems like) the blink of an eye.

on the path

kisses

over the shoulder smile

Thanks to B’s p’s 🙂 , Gretchen & Brian for making their way out to ~~mosquito country~~ the studio for a Marmalade Location : Waterfall Session. I loved seeing how big our guy has gotten…I love his big personality, his obsession with ants and his sweet smile. Thank you for allowing me to capture B at age 2+ and your relationship with him.

(and now a blast from the past)

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Jana kunz - September 30, 2008 - 4:56 am

These are great, but I LOVE the one with mom on the bench – perfect! 🙂
Melissa M - September 30, 2008 - 6:21 am

The bokeh is totally sick on those first ones!! So cool!! Can you tell me what lens you used? Fan-tab-ulous, Mare!!
elizabeth - September 30, 2008 - 7:11 am

Love these Mar.. great stuff..
gretchen - September 30, 2008 - 8:34 am

Amazing, again! Thank you! When I showed them to B, he wanted to see pictures of Marianne, too! I’m glad you have a photo of yourself up above. He had a great time and is still talking about you. Thanks again, and can’t wait to see the rest!
Ritz Rivera - September 30, 2008 - 9:39 am

W O N D E R F U L, that first one is soooooo canvas worthy, just gorgeous!!!
SherriW - September 30, 2008 - 2:57 pm

Those last three images of this family are divine!
Lisa Kelly - September 30, 2008 - 4:09 pm

These are gorgeous. I am so in love with the one of mum and dad kissing his cheeks, it’s so perfect. He certainly has grown and I love all of these images capturing how much.
Jennifer - September 30, 2008 - 4:22 pm

I love that first shot, wow, stunning photograph!
PamN - September 30, 2008 - 5:08 pm

Isn’t it great that you have clients that truly are aware of how time passes so quickly and children grow so fast? Wonderful treasures for them!
TaraMc - September 30, 2008 - 6:21 pm

Love this session, beautiful work.
Marianne - September 30, 2008 - 8:33 pm

Gretchen, I LOVE that he wondered where I was! He is beyond words adorable!

Melissa, the ole 85/1.2L 😀 Is there any other?
chantelle - October 1, 2008 - 3:55 am

beautiful as always! the first one needs to be printed huge!!
Melissa M - October 1, 2008 - 6:28 am

Dang-it….I knew it!! Thanks! I’m so getting that lens. I use the 85 1.8 almost exclusively…me thinks an upgrade is due!
Justin Pearson - July 16, 2010 - 8:48 am

I lived for a number of years off Lincoln Park and you made me miss it all over again!

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