Weddingbee Blog

Photography is such a big part of our lives. Since Mr. S is a photographer, our life tends to be captured 24/7. So finding a photographer who was going to capture our style and do a phenomenal job, all within our budget, was a must.

Fortunately we found Laurie Peacock, and we truly lucked out. We booked her last summer when she had just a handful of weddings under her belt, and her work has truly gotten more and more amazing as the days have gone by. Honestly, I haven’t figured out when Laurie finds the time to sleep, because she always seems to be uploading new work.

We did an engagement shoot with Laurie last September. Mr. S and I had our first date in the Chicago neighborhood of Wicker Park. We fell in love there, and were so sad to leave the neighborhood behind when we bought our condo on the north side this past summer. So it was great to strut around the neighborhood to our favorite haunts being followed by our own paparazzi.

These are some of my favorite shots from the day…

I definitely wanted some street art in shots, because Wicker Park is covered in it!

The house next door to our old apartment has this great green fence around it. The little old lady who lived there didn’t speak a lot of English. Every time we saw her, she told us to “take it easy”.

You honestly never know what you’ll find in Wicker Park.

Here we are on the front porch of our old apartment building. This is where Mr. S was living when we first met, and where I eventually moved in. It was bittersweet to leave.

I hate being photographed, which is ironic since I’m marrying a photographer. However, this is one of my favorite shots of myself. Laurie was standing above us on some porch stairs and it’s such a great angle. If only they all looked like this!

Did you take engagement pictures in an old familiar place?