Metropolitan Imageworks

Reem and Haitham planned a lovely wedding day in a short amount of time from a few states away. Fortunately they had the help of friends and family in the area.  I received an email requesting my availability for a date I was already booked in September but luckily for Metimages and Reem and Haitham, of course, Elizabeth was available and excited to step right in and shoot.

Elizabeth met up with Reem and Haitham at Cantigny on a cool, cloudy and somewhat damp fall afternoon for a portrait session of the two of them around the grounds. No matter the weather, Elizabeth was able to capture some beautiful moments and the backdrop was stunning. Suffice it to say the weather was also in favor of not a lot of strangers milling around in the background. It always works out!  They all headed over to the Marriot in Oak Brook for a fantastic reception with family, friends and lots and lots of dancing!!!

Congratulations Reem and Haitham!

I cried when I met this little peanut. Her mom Kira is one of my dear friends, a former bride of mine, a Metimages associate photographer, and college schoolmate from our photography days at Columbia College Chicago.  It was overwhelming to see her as a mom holding her own baby girl. Well done on the baby-making! I made sure to spend some time socializing and taking in all of Zoe’s beauty and of course I had to snap a few photos.

Ariel spent a balmy August afternoon with the Souvenir family taking portraits. She captured large group, small groups, the ladies, the guys, the children, the grandkids and of course the folks who are responsible for this lovely bunch!

Despite the heat and humidity the entire family listened to direction very well and told Ariel that they had a lot of fun during the session.

Who says family portraits need to be boring?!

Elizabeth spent some time with little Miss Luca Jane a couple weeks ago. Here’s Elizabeth’s take on the session.

Luca was born December 29, so she’s 19 months. She says quite a lot of words; I think she said the word ‘fly’ for the first time during the photo shoot. She calls all kids Avery, after a friend of hers. She laughs when others laugh. She has an array of faces including duck face, “geek face,” mad face, and ‘o’ face. It’s hilarious and I captured it all. She’s getting her canines, so she was teething quite a bit and putting her fingers in her mouth, but Mom administered Ibuprofen an hour before the shoot and it kicked in after a little while. Luca wore a barrette for the first time today and she even left it in for a few pictures!

Many of you follow Metropolitan Imageworks and Victor, Mater and I on Facebook. We all have accounts so be sure to find us and Like/Friend us.  You might already know of the exciting times and happenings going on right now, but if you don’t, please take a seat and read what I have to share.

We’re going mobile and hitting the road in an RV to live, work and travel. How’s that for a doozie!? EVERYTHING is status quo for Metropolitan Imageworks – Chicago will be the major base and I am available for weddings and portraits and commercial work. It will be seamless. Just like the past winters we spent in Arizona, I will make plans to travel back every so often to work with my Milestones portrait clients and anyone else who needs to book me during those months. I also have awesome associate photographers available to shoot when I am not available (or for a different price point for weddings, hint hint inquire via email for more details.)

The next part of the update is we will be back in Arizona again this winter! So Arizona clients, please pass on the word I will be around from November through March and available for weddings, portraits, commercial work, IM Marathons and photography tutoring sessions. Victor starts a gig at an RV resort in Hope, AZ west of Phoenix October 1st and I will join him in November after my last Midwest wedding.

We have another blog, Roadsteader, where you can follow along on the RV adventure from the comfort of your brick and mortar homes and offices and laugh along with us as we learn the day to day of living in an RV and our antics of course, because humor is a big part of our day to day as it is.

I am also working on a calendar for the blogs, so you can anticipate where we will be and when we will be in certain areas.

I have a shooting gig in Telluride on August 1st and we plan to be in Denver for a while afterwards so I am putting out the call now for any interest in the Denver area for your photography, web, graphic and multi-media needs. Send me an email and let’s get it scheduled!

Without further ado, I am spending the next few days getting caught up on blog teasers and getting back into my blogging groove!

Honk if you see us on the road!!!

Through the end of summer we have a small event photography special running! This is applicable for your non-wedding events – so anniversary parties, birthday parties, surprise parties, baby showers, wedding showers etc.

The pricing includes one of the associate photographers, an online gallery of images from 3 months and a disc of edited images with personal usage/print rights.

Two hours -  $350.00

Three hours – $450.00

Four hours – $550.00

Associate photographer bios and sample galleries.