This portrait shoot of Eric below featured his stunning condo in the south loop of Chicago. It was such a perfect setting for both these corporate and casual portraits. After snapping the first series of pictures,we headed outside for urban, editorial style portraits beneath the Chicago El tracks. I love collaborating with clients! Eric was open to many suggestions, from clothing to locations. We’re so thrilled with the final outcome!
This is the fourth time I’ve worked with the staff of Bikram Yoga River North Studios. I first encountered the studio while shooting this assignment for PopSugar. The following spring, Owner Mike Frayer asked me to come back in to capture bikram yoga photos of staff members, then called shortly after with another request for pictures of merchandise. By the time I walked into the studio for the shoot below of staff members modeling the various postures of the Bikram Yoga practice, I felt like I was returning to old friends. It’s a pleasure to work with such nice, talented, and fun people, not to mention inspiring! I took myself to the gym the very next day!
It’s a little surreal for me to post these pictures–I used to nanny Katelyn when she was seven years old! Now, ten years later, she’s a senior in high school, full of confidence and overflowing with charisma.
Jennifer is a self-proclaimed romantic. Halfway through the shoot, I had to stop and ask, “Did you read love stories growing up?” She smiled and said, “Yes” and that she loved fairy tales. I had a feeling as I photographed her and Jason–they were just soo romantic! I love how tender they were with each other.
I had such a great time capturing them “cuddle” (Jennifer said I may be the only professional who can get away with telling clients to “cuddle up.”) I’m looking forward to the wedding this Saturday!
After seven years of marriage, Anna got the itch and decided to commemorate their relationship and time in Chicago with a photo shoot. They married shortly after college in St. Louis, Missouri, and have lived in Chicago since. Having fallen in love with the city, Anna and Mike had me capture them enjoying a few of the iconic spots in the city in celebration of their seven years together. Congratulations you two!
Today is officially the relaunch of Revealed Studios, formerly known as Revealed Boudoir. Laurie Peacock and I first started Revealed to capture classy yet sexy images of women in the lingerie as a gift for their partners or self. We loved the work–it felt great to wrap a shoot up with our clients beaming from ear to ear with self love, pride, and excitement. Often times Laurie and I would turn to each other with our own big smiles and say how happy we felt to find a niche where we loved what we did AND it made others feel great too! This spark got us thinking, what if there are other women out there who’d love to have a beautiful, long lasting portrait or picture with their sister, best friend, or daughter. We realized we didn’t want to leave these women out because boudoir is more about the bedroom. That’s when we decided to broaden our reach and open our doors to every woman, no matter size, shape, or age. We realized Revealed Studios was the way to go, offering a similar experience to our boudoir sessions, just without the lingerie.
To celebrate our grand reopening, we’ll be running a special for the rest of April! We are offering hair and make-up, a personalized portrait session with either principal photographers, myself or Laurie, plus $100 print credit for only $99. Interested in booking a session today? Contact us! 773.273.9063 or by email to info@revealed-studios.com.
Cheryl Scott, weather woman for NBC Chicago, came to the studio to have her portrait taken for Chicago Cub’s Weather Day Education Day at Wrigley Field. We had a ball swapping out different umbrellas and calling to mind scenes of Gene Kelly in Singing in the Rain! I lost track of how many years of bad luck we were in for when we wrapped the shoot, but let’s hope we’ll be ok since our intentions were good!
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I had a blast working on this shoot transforming Erin Johnson into her alter-ego Arhianna LeBlanc for interior design firm AK Lifestyle. We worked with extraordinary makeup artist Tracee Badway who used pin-up super star Bettie Page as inspiration for hair and makeup.
Crimson Lounge graciously allowed us their space for the shoot. I adore the space-the furniture is ohh la la so gorgeous!
Thanks to the ladies who made this shoot happen!
Here are a few behind the scenes shots at Tracee’s place during Erin’s makeup session.
Dan and Anthony Ponce are well-known local reporters for news stations WGN 9 and NBC 5, respectively. Now they’re being recognized for additional coverage on a different medium, airwave radio. Tune into WLSAM.com or a.m. 890 on Sundays from 1:00-3:00 p.m. to hear The Ponce Brothers discuss national and local topics from the week.
I refer to Ponce’s brother Anthony as my fiance and Dan as my soon-to-be brother-in-law. I know them well. So, I wasn’t surprised when they spent the entire shoot rifling off nonstop movie quotes and cracking each other up. I’m glad they have each other so someone thinks they’re funny. Just kidding, guys, you’re great comedians, but please keep it on the radio and out of my photo shoot.
Dan and Anthony learned from their father, Phil Ponce, longtime host of Chicago Tonight. Phil will be a frequent guest on the Ponce Brothers show and even occasionally fill in.
Keep up the good work, guys.
