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Olamide and Adebola 11/5/2011

Patrick — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:25:20 +0000

Congrats Olamide and Abebola! It was a great ceremony and reception that brought is from Chicago to North Chicago.

Lots of music, lots of dancing and I had a great time! Thanks for having me part of your wonderful day!

Michelle and Edward!

Patrick — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:24:53 +0000

Here is a small preview of Michelle’s and Edwards Wedding. It turned out to be a warm and beautiful September Saturday and I was glad to be part of their entire day!

Kim and Josh

Patrick — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:24:40 +0000

I had soo much fun at Kim and Josh’s Wedding! It was soo loud, they had the neighbor’s literally called the cops on them! Congrats!

Aiza and Lloyd

Patrick — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:13:44 +0000

Trash the Dress 2011

Patrick — Sun, 15 May 2011 07:12:53 +0000

I had the chance to attend another Trash the dress session hosted by Melissa Diep! Thanks again. Events when you actually get to shoot for the fun of it really get my blood pumping and remind me why I love to shoot. Here are a few shots from the day! The rest of the highlights are in the gallery! The group was awesome and some of those brides really trashed that dress!!!

Aiza and LLoyd Engaged

Patrick — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:13:13 +0000

Congrats to Aiza and Lloyd!
It was an amazing day, the wind was blasting, but we managed to stay warm!

The rest of the pics are Here.

Jazmin’s Cotillion!

Patrick — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:33:35 +0000

Kristin and Steve 9/4/10

Patrick — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:02:53 +0000

Kristin and Steve contacted me last winter to take care of their wedding. I am so glad we did! We started out in Kristin’s hometown Downer’s Grove and headed up to Oakbrook for the reception. Here are some pics from the wedding.

With every wedding there is a story, and behind that story is another! The story behind this one was on a personal note.

The reception was at The Hyatt Lodge at McDonald’s Campus @Oakbrook and I’m all ready to shoot the First dance like I’m usually set up to shoot.

The settings on the camera — Check

The test shots before the dance — Check

The lights go down and the band starts up the song. I start to shoot a little bit as the band sings the first verse or so of the wedding song and then I realized—WOW this is same song as the one from MY wedding! I move my face slowly from the back of the camera and gasp at the whole scene.

This is the reason I love doing this— To be part of the wedding experience that brought me and my wife together.

I’ve shot my share of weddings, with and without Live bands and I have never experienced one wedding with our wedding song. I mean the song is not a very popular one and I didn’t think I would ever have the opportunity to see it in another wedding.

It was such an AWESOME surprise and it totally caught me off guard!!! After this inspiring moment, I quickly went back to the back of the camera and got some of the best pics of the day!

Kristin and Steven— From the bottom of my heart, thank you for choosing that song. Thank you for bringing those emotions back to me and reminding me why I love this JOB!

Enjoy the Teaser pics!

Oh yeah… Thanks for the Cheeseburgers too!! That hit the spot!

Congrats again!

Preethy and David 7/10/2010

Patrick — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:39:16 +0000

Had a quick set that I wanted to post.

Preethy and Davids E-session and Wedding.

I’m glad I had the privilege to be a part of this EPIC wedding. Though the day was long and HOT, their love pulled through!

The Engagement Pics!

And a few clips for the preview from their wedding!

Maysa & Jeremiah Wedding

Patrick — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:21:17 +0000

We had a great time on that cold drafty day! Please feel free to check out the GALLERY. It is not unlocked as of yet, but check back soon!

Now on to the Wedding Book!