{"id":5177,"date":"2016-09-07T20:08:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T01:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/?p=5177"},"modified":"2016-09-07T20:08:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T01:08:27","slug":"family-photo-session-while-visiting-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/family-photo-session-while-visiting-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Photo Session While Visiting Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5178 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07-5177-post\/1MAR1634bw.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of two siblings having fun at a photo session in Chicago\" width=\"402\" height=\"579\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><em>The &#8220;sweet spot&#8221; of childhood <\/em>\u2122<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I love a good time and good times often happen with the age group of the kids in this sneak peek.\u00a0 Plus it&#8217;s a brother and sister session which seem to always be lively (aka fun) sessions.<\/p>\n<p>First off the back story.\u00a0 Candace is a long time client of mine and unfortunately a few years ago her and her family moved out of state.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude41\u00a0 But the good news is that from time to time they come back to the city and I get to see this family as the kids grow up (which if you&#8217;ve been following the blog you are already aware is one of my <em>favorite things<\/em> in the world!)<\/p>\n<p>So it was time for a visit to the city and I was so happy to hear that I would be getting a chance to see these kids for updated photos now that they are a few years older.\u00a0 It is a treat watching my client families grow.<\/p>\n<p>To add to the fun: I absolutely love photographing school aged children, they are always a lot of fun.\u00a0 They take on a good deal of direction but they haven&#8217;t quite lost the spontaneity that teens sort of lose (you know, because they&#8217;re &#8220;cool&#8221; and all \ud83d\ude1b )\u00a0 And this session\u2026well judging from the first photo you know this was no exception to the rule.\u00a0 School aged kids\u2026well they ROCK!!<\/p>\n<p>Fun, funny.\u00a0 Silly.\u00a0 Serious.\u00a0 They have it all and in spades.<\/p>\n<p>As this mom and dad said: &#8220;This is sort of the sweet spot of childhood.&#8221;\u00a0 And it truly is.<\/p>\n<p>Having said that I was thinking maybe we should trademark that phrase.\u00a0 What do you think Candace and Thu?\u00a0 Shall we?\u00a0\u00a0 Note I already tossed the \u2122 symbol up there and everything.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy these images from your sneak peek and once again\u2026thank you for taking time to be photographed while visiting your old stomping grounds.\u00a0 It is always a pleasure to work with you all.\u00a0 Er, &#8220;Y&#8217;ALL&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Sneak peek below:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07-5177-post\/1MAR1464bw.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a boy peeking out from a tree branch in Chicago\" width=\"486\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07-5177-post\/1MAR1464bw.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07-5177-post\/1MAR1464bw-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07-5177-post\/1MAR1501v-1.jpg\" alt=\"Marmalade Photography creates photos of Chicago families\" width=\"486\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07-5177-post\/1MAR1501v-1.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07-5177-post\/1MAR1501v-1-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07-5177-post\/1MAR1547bw.jpg\" alt=\"An example of family photos in Chicago by Marmalade Photography\" width=\"684\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07-5177-post\/1MAR1547bw.jpg 726w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07-5177-post\/1MAR1547bw-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07-5177-post\/CCF06092016_1-e1473212800364.jpg\" alt=\"Client image of a wall display in their home\" width=\"551\" height=\"341\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>We are specialists in wall design<\/h3>\n<p>Are you looking to have a family photo session while visiting Chicago ?\u00a0 Marianne Drenthe is a lifelong area resident and can steer you in the right direction for the kind of mood you want to achieve when creating your family photos.<\/p>\n<p>We can often be found photographing in and around the city and the surrounding suburbs to create one-of-a-kind works of photographic art for families to display in their homes.\u00a0 We can help you arrange a display wall for your photographic art from your session and we can help create a beautiful storybook album of our time together.<\/p>\n<p>Give us a call to book your family photo session while visiting Chicago &#8211; our number is 815-603-8450.<\/p>\n<p>(<em>image courtesy of the client of the actual wall display in their home &#8211; please scroll down to one of the following blog entries to see the wall to the left hand side)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 0.85; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 2713px; left: 466px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 0.85; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 2717px; left: 815px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; 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