I've been finding it hard to find the words to describe my weekend in Chicago shooting Sarah and Kiely's engagement session. The keywords that popped up in my head include: epic, amazing, surreal, hysterically fun, exciting.
Kiely had planned this shoot way before he even proposed to Sarah. It's incredible the amount of preparation and planning he's put into all of this, and it really goes to show how much he truly loves Sarah. Actually it really just shows how cheesy he is ;)
Kiely flew me out to Chicago, which is Sarah's favorite city! What a priveledge to have witnessed the proposal (which was a huge surprise), and now such a great honor to be able to photograph their engagement session.
I consider Sarah family, a sassy little sister that always has a contagious smile and a positive attitude about her. Seeing how happy she is with Kiely, and seeing how amazing Kiely is to her, absolutely makes the world a better place.
Friday morning, around 4am, I hit snooze on my alarm. Of course, I had set an alarm one minute after, every minute until 4:08, which is a minute before iPhone snoozes come back on. By 4:30am I was packed and in my car on my way to SFO. I actually almost exited to go to my office, being so early in the morning I was on cruise control mentally. Finally arriving at long term parking, and meeting Sarah and Kiely at our gate, I knew this was going to be an amazing trip.
Once in Chicago, I was welcomed by warm smiles, and a ridiculously piercing cold. I can't believe people live in weather below 50 degrees F. How do you stay alive? I wore 3 - 4 layers every day, which included underarmor and REI polartec long underwear, sweaters, jackets, beanies, and more. At one point, my contacts got so cold they almost popped out of my eyes. When we went to the cloud gate at Millenium Park before sunrise (5am), I actually had my fingers turn purple on me, and couldn't feel them for almost an hour afterwards.
So all the fun outings, we got some fun shots for the engagement session! Enjoy!
All photos can be found on my Google Plus album here: https://plus.google.com/photos/101265429413963140460/albums/5687343698041878625
Teasers below:
