Weddingbee Blog

Our next photo stop was the one we’d been most excited about. If you’re familiar with The Loop (Chicago’s business district), you probably know the gorgeous view down LaSalle Street. It’s a wide boulevard with the gorgeous Board of Trade building at the end. Lots of brides and grooms pose in the middle of LaSalle Street with this vista behind them. We wanted to do it, too.

Logistically, it’s difficult. There’s an (I think) 18-second light cycle at the intersection we chose. That means we had 18 seconds to get in the middle of the street after the light turned red, take photos, and get back out of the street before the light turned green. Fortunately, our photographer’s team and our trolley driver were very helpful when it came to stopping traffic.

Turns out, the traffic itself is often interested in saying hi to the happy couple.

We lined everyone up on the sidewalk so that when the light changed we were all set to snap photos. It took us a few light cycles, but it was worth the effort for these gorgeous, traffic-stopping photos.

This is my favorite photo of us from the whole day. I love that you can see my blue shoes!

All photos by Andrew Collings Photography

After about seven minutes, we had gotten all our shots and were off to our final photo location!

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Miss a Treasure recap? Catch up!

• Practice Makes Perfect – Our rehearsal
• Hitting Rock Bottom – Our rehearsal dinner and too many butterflies
• Hair, Makeup, and Broken Mirrors – I get ready with my girl friends
• All Dressed Up – I become a bride
• The Somethings – Old, new, borrowed, blue
• The Guys Get Ready – Mr. T and the rest of the guys get dressed and head to the church
• Goin’ to the Chapel – We head to the chapel and fix a wardrobe malfunction on the way
• Moments Before – My nerves resurface just before the ceremony
• The Processional – The bridal party makes their way down the aisle
• Here Comes the Bride – My parents walk me down the aisle as I see Mr. T for the first time
• I Do – Our Catholic wedding ceremony
• We Are Family – We take formal photos with our family
• Trolley Time – We cruise around Chicago on our trolley
• Life’s a Beach – We take photos at North Avenue Beach
• The Nitty Gritty – We take gritty, urban photos near the Kinzie Street Bridge