Marmalade Photography

06/11/2024

Beautiful S, HOW ARE YOU A SENIOR ALREADY??! Enjoyed creating your imagery for you on hands down one of the most beautiful days of fall color!!

Thank you Laini, Jeff, S

23/10/2024

A small showcase of a super fun session photographed around the beautiful city of Chicago. This session resulted in so many great images that we created a gorgeous storybook album (and I am still getting over how awesome it turned out!!)

Huge thanks to Jacqui & Danny & of course my fellow burgeoning photographer: Ms. I for trusting me with these moments and photographing you all in your favorite little nooks throughout the 'hood!!

22/10/2024

Grew up too quick! I first met R just a couple years back and I swear he became a high school senior in the blink of an eye! Bernadette - thank you for allowing me the privilege of photographing this good looking young man

07/10/2024

It's that time of year!! I'll post the sign up in the comments ;)

07/10/2024

Jack O' Lantern toothy smiles and loads of farm picked pumpkins for Ms. L and her family! Loved this 9 month session for Ms. L. Love this fun loving family

29/09/2024

So beautiful. And I love that they refuse to identify themselves!

18/09/2024

So proud of this young lady! Lillyann you are a rockstar! So proud of you for your upcoming nursing graduation! Be in touch very soon with your gallery viewing!

16/09/2024

Senior session!

I loved ••loved•• this session from last weekend! Apologies because I am so behind on sneak peeks (turns out my forms section of my website is NOT behaving, aka as forwarding me notifications of forms completed, hopefully I can get all my people sneak peeked before they see their actual full session LOL).

These spectacular sisters made my weekend, what beautiful and awesome girls, we had so much fun together creating. A huge thank you Jill & Joel for coming ALL the way to see me and allow me to photograph your family!

21/05/2024

It was a pleasure photographing this handsome graduating senior and seeing his mom again during our adventure in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood over the weekend!!

A huge thank you P and Cathy for meeting me and trusting me with these images that are meant to last a lifetime!!

Enjoy this brief sneak peek of our time together.

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Are you looking to commission a senior photography session for newly graduating seniors (c/o 2024) or for a new senior (c/o 2025) or for a full fledged family session highlighting your family in the here & now? Open to commissions for photography summer session, with some weekend availability still!!

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12/04/2024

Sit right down before you read further. You may need to because I'm going to give y'all quite the inside recommend.

JCPenney has done it! Retro style. They took the trend and turned it back to them!! :D I do not hesitate to recommend since they are the purveyors of this original style! :D

National Retro Day is here! From February 27th to March 31st, we're bringing back the best of the 80s and 90s with our throwback-themed photo sessions. Enjoy an exclusive offer when you schedule today!

13/03/2024

Help Marma-kid Harlow hit her goal even further out of the ballpark by donating to her St. Baldrick's Day fundraiser! Every bit counts. Thank you for any and all support!!

This St. Baldrick's volunteer is raising money to fund childhood cancer research! Make a donation to support their fundraising efforts.

08/03/2024

As you all may know Marmalade Photography made its' home in beautifully historic and sort of beat up Wilmington IL from early 2007 to early 2012. Love Wilmy and all the history and lore associated with it.

The Gemini Giant has made its' home along the historic Rt 66 corridor for 55 years now however because of some conflict the future of The Gemini Giant is unclear. For many of us this is truly unbelievable that a big part of the fabric of the town and the Rt 66 corridor may no longer be making its' home in historic Wilmington.

Donate to the GoFundMe if you want to make a difference in keeping the Gemini Giant close to his home!

28/02/2024

The Vivian Maier Effect.

Years ago I was one of the first to lay eyes on Vivian Maier's work publicly exhibited at the Chicago Cultural Center. Her work is incredible, literally a massive body of work which not one person outside of Vivian herself laid eyes on. In fact Vivian never even processed most of her film…much of her reality as captured by her was never even seen by her. It was only after her death, a random find by a random individual buying out storage units, where film was developed and the incredible legacy was finally seen by the world.

We photographers know that a Vivan Maier is a rarity especially in today's social media influenced world. A photographer who is a photographer SOLELY to exist as a photographer. Not as a social media influencer…not as a celebrity photographer but just to capture something that exists within your soul.

Enjoy the discussion and the imagery surrounding the concept of "what it means to be a photographer" and does one need to show their work to actually be a photographer.

"Are You a Photographer If No One Sees Your Work?" delves into the enigmatic life of Vivian Maier, a nanny turned clandestine photographer. Exploring her pro...