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over the last few years, i have noticed a trend in couples offering an array of sweets at wedding receptions. i have seen everything from chocolate fondue, fruit tables, color coordinated candy buffets with jars, scoops and even little chinese food containers, along with cupcakes arranged on a tiered stand to replicate the look (and sometimes even replace) a wedding cake. there are many cupcake bakeries popping up in nearly every major city, as well as wedding cake bakeries offering cupcakes now. for candy, there are online candy suppliers, wholesale stores like costco and BJ’s, and even local shops that offer handmade candies and baked goods. i have even seen some wedding planners and day of coordinators are starting to offer candy bar setup including jar and supply rental. check with your venue or caterer to see if they will assist in setup and breakdown of your candy buffet as well. often, the venue coordinator and servers are busy with their normal routine, so friends, family members of hired coordinators can set up the candy station if you plan in advance. for jars, you can find apothecary jars or canister jars sometimes on sale at discount department stores. the container store is another good resource. craft stores and etsy are a great place to find DIY elements for a candy station including ribbons, labels, and even blocks to provide varying elevations for a unique visual array of jars.
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Jackie is my favorite kind of bride. she wears shiny red shoes under her wedding gown and goes with a simple bouquet using just red. guess what color her trolley was. yep, you guessed it, red. The wine? Red. Okay, okay you get the picture. though the jackie and mike did a “first look,” because of the limited amount of daylight at this time of year, after the church ceremony at
St. Alphonsus Church, it got dark outside very quickly. having to do creative wedding photos outdoors at night can sometimes have some advantages, such as having a sparkling array of city lights as a backdrop. i am really happy with the results.
From the bride:
“I’ve been so excited to see the photos, thank you sooo much for all your hard work on our wedding day. We had a blast and i’m glad we can now remember more of the moments through our photos. we love the pics. There’s so many that are truly amazing and totally capture the feeling behind the day. They were well worth the wait. I love a lot of the details shots of the flowers, the wine bottles, the table settings, the people signing the guestbook, the tiny flowers on the cake, etc. The outdoor shots after the wedding turned out fabulous! There’s nothing we appreciate more about living in the city is when we’re downtown and see all the city lights and the skyline and know that we live here…truly beautiful and those shots are my favorites!”
Chicago Wedding Vendors:
Florist:
Tina & Dollie 5327 N. Kimball Ave. Chicago, IL 60625 (773) 583-1994
Cake:
Alliance Bakery 1736 West Division Street Chicago, IL 60622-3212 (773) 278-0366
Purse, garter, jewelry, hair flowers: Etsy.com
DIY: menus, table numbers, placecards (paper was from
PaperSource)
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people often speak of having a storybook wedding. well, this wedding comes literally straight from teh storybooks of alice in wonderland. shortly after photographing sam & hezzie’s wedding at gallery 1028, i was hired for sam’s sister liza’s wedding. i am picky when it comes to photographing on holidays, so if i was going to forfeit halloween, it had to be for a fun shoot. they convinced me right away when i was informed that the wedding was going to be themed as a mad hatter tea party. i met liza at her brother’s wedding, and at the time, i had no idea i would get to work with her again. liza plays by her own rules, she is an offbeat bride. heck she even made her own blue wedding dress! with the help of her mother deborah who owns norton’s usa (a unique all-american general store), the wedding would go down in the books as being one of the most memorable for everyone in attendance. they merged a mad hatter tea party theme with elements of autumn. the wedding was held at home, in a strikingly beautiful, yet mysterious house. during the ceremony, the bride emerged from a secret bookcase door, surprising guests. the groom, richard, is from manchester, uk.
it was a real pleasure photographing this wedding, as there was such great scenery and carefully thought out decorations to work with. liza’s family has two amazing horses, and a barn full of teeny kittens!
from the mother of the bride:
Hi Heather!!! They are wonderful! Glad you had fun! We all looked with Sam’s computer yesterday and we’re thrilled. Thank you so much for coming and shooting Liza & Richards wedding.
“I didn’t get to see all of Sam and Hezi’s pics but what I did see are fabulous! You really are so very talented!
Thank you from the bottomof my heart
Deborah”
caterer: moveable feast
decor: norton’s usa
cake: sugar hills bakery
flowers: barrington fresh flower market
happy halloween everyone! don’t forget to adjust the time on your cameras to daylight savings time.
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during their engagement shoot, abigail and sam told me about their wedding planning and were excited about having hired a professional lighting design team for their stan mansion wedding. they transformed a space that was a true blank canvas by choosing purple lighting that created an atmosphere for their wedding that guests commented about all night.
i photographed abigail getting ready at her home, and on the wall i noticed a painting by jamie haynes! i immediately recognized she had a connection to my favorite city: new orleans. abigail’s mother lives in new orleans’ garden district and we chatted a bit about second line parades. abigail didn’t grow up in NOLA otherwise i probably would have photographed another bride and groom in new orleans. abigal and sam headed to logan square for a planned meeting where they would have a documented “first look,” followed by some fun photos before the ceremony. after we finished creative photos in the park, sam went to stan mansion and made sure every detail was set perfectly, and gave a thumbs up to begin the ceremony. i wanted to make sure as much purple light was visible in their wedding photos as possible so i used my one of my favorite lenses for most of the night, that enables me to shoot without use of flash. whenever possible, i try to shoot without flash, or with low flash, so that the natural colors, shadows, and true look is preserved. i want my clients to have photos that accurately document their wedding from the little details, to the atmosphere of the room.
wedding vendors:
venue for ceremony & reception: stan mansion
photographer: heather parker photography
florist: lasalle flowers
lighting/drapery: art of imagination
br>caterer: food evolution
wedding cake: b true bakery
br>ceremony music: guitarrista neil dixon smith
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this off-the-boat wedding was off the charts! diana’s family is from colombia, and her husband antonio’s family is from italy – they traveled far to witness a couple who had been dating for over ten years finally come together in marriage. i photographed diana and her bridesmaids getting ready at her mother’s quant home right by the ocean. her sister surprised her with the arrival of a shiny white antique bentley. because diana allocated time for some creative wedding photography before her ceremony, we headed over to the ocean for some fun photos. during the ceremony i could see a lot of people holding back tears. along with their bridal party, diana and antonio made made an unforgettable entrance into their reception.
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kristin cofer is perhaps the one person in the field that i know that works as hard, if not harder than me, at achieving personal, professional, creative goals. she is a top notch graphic designer and a budding photographer. we bounce ideas, crit, and good karma off each other. she deserved an introduction.
heather: you started out as a graphic designer, what got you into photography?
kristin: i was always into photography. i remember being four and taking pictures with my grandfather’s point and shoot camera
heather: overall, your photography and design is very feminine with a nice edge to it. what influences your style?
kristin: daydreams. trees, the sky, san francisco, special people i meet, other artists like guy bourdin, cindy sherman, andy warhol and my current obsession gray scott
heather: if you could step into a time machine, when would yout want it to drop you off?
kristin: i would have loved to meet and be friends with my grandmother when she was working at the mark hopkins, circa san francisco 1950
she has always been a supporter and inspiration to me
heather: what are some of your favorite tools that you work with?
kristin: 50mm lens, imagination, light disk, illustrator
heather: if you could photograph anyone in the world who would it be, and why?
kristin: can they be deceased? but how they were when they were alive of course
heather: well you’d have to photograph them in their present state so….
kristin: that is a hard question there are so many. i suppose since she is alive and brilliant i would love to meet and photograph cindy sherman as well as rack her brain about photography… but also vivienne westwood because she influenced so many artists and musicians that i love. i could go on and on.
heather: your personal style is very visible in your work. what fashion article couldn’t you live without?
kristin: high heels
heather: ok daydream, where do you want to be in ten years from now?
kristin: fashion editorial photographer, independent, stylish woman
really nice digital camera, canon of course, really nice studio and lighting set up- maybe i will have been to NYC and back in san francisco living with a greyhound and the love of my life
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