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Engagement Shoot with Nick and Molly-Out of the city and into the country.

The morning of Nick and Molly’s engagement shoot, the sky was overcast and threatening.  I worried the rain would fall exactly when we began shooting. Glancing up at the dark gray, sad sky, I said, “Why today of all days?” Then I checked myself, backtracked and pronounced, “It’s going to turn out amazing. The light’s going to be beautiful.”

Thirty minutes before the shoot, it started to sprinkle.  It seemed my declaration faded without a response. It was a light drizzle though, so we didn’t cancel the shoot. By the time I met up with Nick and Molly, the rain was finished, and the sky was beautiful.

The rest of the shoot turned out great. We snapped a few pictures in the city before heading out to the “country,” aka Barrington Hills aka the most picturesque suburb I’ve visited to date.

Molly and Nick are a case of a successful blind date. “I asked Molly to marry me the first time three months into it.” Granted there wasn’t a ring at that point, but it was promise of what was to come for them.  They just “knew.”



Maggie Rife Ponce

Maggie Rife Ponce is the owner of Rife Ponce Photography. She specializes in day-in-the-life family photography, chicago wedding photography, and portrait photography.

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  • I see two lovers framed in sweet light and a stunning scenic of Molly wading through the grasses toward Nick on a master's canvas of clouds, lake and skyscrapers. Is there a hint of "Ode To Joy" in the air. Maggie is conducting the symphony!

  • I see two lovers framed in sweet light and a stunning scenic of Molly wading through the grasses toward Nick on a master's canvas of clouds, lake and skyscrapers. Is there a hint of "Ode To Joy" in the air. Maggie is conducting the symphony!

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