{"id":5489,"date":"2019-10-14T11:37:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T16:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/?p=5489"},"modified":"2019-10-14T11:49:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T16:49:30","slug":"on-location-photography-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/on-location-photography-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"On Location Photography in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whew.\u00a0 It&#8217;s been a week!!\u00a0 I think Mercury is in retrograde already, my phone has been acting wonky.\u00a0 My computer keeps giving me errors.\u00a0 My web server isn&#8217;t forwarding me emails like it should and always has\u2026definitely a problem above my pay grade\u2026LOL\u00a0 My youngest had her very last homecoming dance this past Saturday and it was more insane than usual (I&#8217;m not sure why senior year does this to us mamas and the seniors!), the light was off, in this photographer&#8217;s opinion, and it was way windy.\u00a0 Thank goodness the weather settled by the time I had a mini session that evening but honestly everything seems to be <em>off<\/em> just ever so slightly for the past week.\u00a0 Not so much that I feel like things are spinning out of control but more like I can&#8217;t hit pause long enough to actually accomplish any one task.<\/p>\n<p>Ahhh the life of a mom with teens and tweens.\u00a0 We all think it&#8217;s going to be hunky dory and then one little mishap turns into fifteen.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>However I had THE most amazing session with some repeat clients about a week ago.\u00a0 I think this session had all the stars align for the weather, the lighting and of course the scene.\u00a0 We mixed in a beautiful family that I know and love and the rest is pure magic.<\/p>\n<h2>On Location Photography in Chicago<\/h2>\n<p>I traveled to the far North side near the Loyola campus for this session, I was so excited to see this family as it has been a few years since I last caught up with them.\u00a0 I say this time &amp; time &amp; time again, I know y&#8217;all are sick of hearing me say this, but honestly after my session with my families\/kids is done it&#8217;s like time for that family has frozen.\u00a0 So when I am confronted with almost men and young ladies after last seeing school aged faces it <em>is<\/em> a little startling.\u00a0 But then I quickly remind myself that yes, time passes.\u00a0 All too quickly actually.\u00a0 And I remind myself that my sole purpose as a photographer, my personal credo, is to stop time, capture personalities and relationships and do so in as artful of a way as I can.\u00a0 So I re-centered myself and got to it.<\/p>\n<p>Look at these flashbacks for just a moment though\u2026and I want to briefly discuss the value and importance of prints as I do this because I could NOT find the following image until I went in my &#8220;media&#8221; files on this blog and dug this fun image up.\u00a0 It is TRULY one of my favorite baby images of <em>all time.\u00a0 ALL TIME folks.\u00a0 <\/em>ALL TIME.\u00a0 E and Lisa came out to the studio for one of my Mother&#8217;s Day Minis back in 2009 and we captured this and a bunch of other truly captivating images but this stands out as one of my faves of forever.\u00a0 AND I COULDN&#8217;T FIND IT on any of my drives or discs (back when I used to burn discs).\u00a0 It was gone like it never existed\u2026\u2026EXCEPT it does exist in the real world as a beautiful black and white print in this families&#8217; home.\u00a0 THANK GOODNESS.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1555 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/babies015.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago_Baby_photography\" width=\"725\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/babies015.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/babies015-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And of course this low resolution web version that is constantly backed up on my blog.\u00a0 But this, my friends, is why I love prints.\u00a0 THIS IMAGE RIGHT HERE is why they are so priceless and valuable.\u00a0 Because this serious face full of seriousness dressed in a beautiful fuzzy pink sweater is just full of sweetness and smiles now.\u00a0 Gosh I love this girl:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/1MAR0784-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Tween Girl Photographer\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/1MAR0784.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/1MAR0784-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now look back at &#8220;The Dictator&#8221; photo from 2009 and look at this nex timage just a few months later.\u00a0 Oh my gosh, my HEART!\u00a0 This baby growing up right before my lens:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2009j009-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Baby photos of Chicago babies\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2009j009.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2009j009-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2009j042-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Family photographer\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2009j042.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2009j042-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2009j042-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Family image from 2009 ^^<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And now we move a few years later to 2012.\u00a0 Lisa with the boys:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2012j027-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mom and boys photographer\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2012j027.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2012j027-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2012j027-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2012j089-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago family photos done in nature\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2012j089.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2012j089-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2012j089-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There&#8217;s our cutie E with her handsome dad and brothers and beautiful mom.\u00a0 Almost as serious as before except\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2012j099-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kids of Chicago photographer\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2012j099.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/2012j099-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>Not so much really!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When I say I love photographing personalities I really mean it!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So a few more sneak peek images because I know that Lisa and Jeff would really love to see what we created a week ago\u2026beautiful images of this slice of their current life:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/1MAR0832v-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"Couples photos on Lake Michigan\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/1MAR0832v.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/1MAR0832v-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/1MAR0832v-768x518.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>Truly a beautiful night out\u00a0 on the water\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And beautiful light in the home\u2026<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/1MAR0497bw-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"At Home Photos in Chicago\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/1MAR0497bw.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/1MAR0497bw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/1MAR0497bw-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/1MAR0933bw-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"high school boy skateboarding photo\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/1MAR0933bw.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/14-5489-post\/1MAR0933bw-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\u2026and under the street lights<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ahhhhh\u2026what an extraordinary night.\u00a0 What an extraordinary session with equally extraordinary folks.\u00a0 Much love!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Listen, I am no stranger to the passage of time.\u00a0 In the fourteen years I have been photographing families I have watched babies grow up, school aged kids graduate high school and go on to accomplish BIG things and have watched families grow.\u00a0 I love what I do, I believe that your family should be captured artfully and with a specific vision.\u00a0 I believe no two families are alike and even more so I believe in the unique qualities of every person I photograph.\u00a0 If you too believe in those things and if you&#8217;re looking for a professional photographer with experience, with vision and the portfolio to match to create some on location photography in Chicago \u2026 or the &#8216;burbs \u2026 or for travel even beyond Illinois (I do that and love traveling to my clients!) give me a call.\u00a0 I am your girl (er\u2026woman).<\/p>\n<p>My name? Marianne.\u00a0 My game? Professional photographer for beautiful kids and families in Chicago and beyond.\u00a0 My phone number?\u00a0 815-603-8450<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thank you for taking a look at some of my on location photography in Chicago.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/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: 1; z-index: 8675311; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 8031px; left: 626px;\">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: 1; z-index: 8675311; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 8031px; left: 626px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whew.\u00a0 It&#8217;s been a week!!\u00a0 I think Mercury is in retrograde already, my phone has been acting wonky.\u00a0 My computer keeps giving me errors.\u00a0 My web server isn&#8217;t forwarding me emails like it should and always has\u2026definitely a problem above my pay grade\u2026LOL\u00a0 My youngest had her very last homecoming dance this past Saturday and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[625,6,661,108,237,314,624,660,651],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-at-home-photography","category-chicagoland-newborn-and-baby-photographer","category-chicago-child-photographer","category-chicago-family-photographer","category-chicago-relationship-photographer","category-informational","category-on-location-photography-2","category-repeat-client","category-the-print-revolution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}