He was practicing his scales while standing with his band mates on the field, when he noticed how beautiful her smile was while playing the clarinet. It was at that moment that Jeff knew who he wanted to ask Abby to Homecoming. He was shy at first but so sweet and those deep brown eyes were so warm and inviting Abby was so thrilled that her crush asked her to go!!! As they stood on the sidelines, they watched their Giants win at home at Highland Park High School. Fall soon faded into Winter and then into Spring and they held a long distance relationship as Abby went off to play in the marching band at The University of Michigan. A year later Jeff joined his cute wolverine and the two of them attend school in Ann Arbor. After undergrad Abby went off to finished her PHD and Jeff got a job working in iT. Long distance was inevitable with one living in Pittsburg and the other in Florida. They both focused on the task at hand. Thanked the tech gods for Facetime and flew back and forth making sure the spark was always there. Finally this year they both made Florida their home, and were so excited to finally get married when boom - Covid hit and they had to change their plans from a larger wedding to a small intimate wedding ceremony in September at the Highland Park Country Club. Leaving the large celebration for 2021. They drove in from Florida and I flew in from California, I was so excited to finally meet them as we have been in communication via emails and zoom calls. Since they both grew up in Highland Park they wanted to have their micro wedding at the Highland Park Country Club just a few blocks away from where Abby and Jeff grew up. I adore these two and yes their dog Baxter too!!! Here’s to wishing these two high school sweet hearts a symphony of love always and forever!!!

The key words for all 2020 weddings is "flexibility" These two amazing human beings took that word to a whole new level. Having first planned their wedding in Northern California - their venue had burnt down!!! They then planned to have their wedding in Colorado a spot that both their families could attend but it was difficult to coordinate at a spot they weren’t close to. So, instead they found a perfect spot! A place that they both attended at separate times in their live. They both bleed purple and decided that Northwestern University's Shakespeare Garden was where they were going to start their love story with two very important word "I DO" They picked October 3rd because it was their anniversary of their first date two years ago!!!

Doyle almost canceled meeting up Eva on October 3rd, 2018. He had an awful first date at lunch, and Eva was his second date of the day. Doyle had some terrible luck with his bike mere hours before the date and figured he was going to be late. Nevertheless, he managed to talk himself out of cancelling. The plan was a Thai place that turned out to be passable at best. Well, within a few minutes, he knew this date was different and decided to brake his own rules he had set out around dating. After dinner, Eva and Doyle walked and talked for quite some time after the date, and before the night was over he knew he wanted to see her again. Doing a dinner date as a first date broke rule number one of his rules. Doing two dates in a day broke another one of he’s rules. Asking for the second date while still on the first broke another rule and texting the next day definitely broke his top rule. But, Eva was different. Eva knew this one was special. It just was easy and the two naturally fell into regular communication after that first date. She, would always send the post-first date, thank you text...but most of the time it would be to either just thank them for their time and move on or gauge interest for a second date. In this case, she already had the second date locked down. But that thank you text turned into a flow of communication that hasn’t stopped - every day since that first date, for two years to the day of this ceremony the two have always been in each others lives.

It was such an honor to capture the love between these two this past weekend in Chicago. The ceremony held a total of twelve people. Everyone watching wore a mask. The weather held up and we had a light drizzle during the ceremony but nothing was going to stop these two from tying the knot. After the ceremony I got to capture some fun photos of them by the Evanston lake front. The reception was held in Highland Park at a close friends home who planned a dinner for all to attend. Doyle had spent many years in Hawaii and wanted to tie in some alluring Hawaiian traditions. While Eva’s background is Mexican and added in her lovely cultural to the mix. The night ended with a major surprise Doyle planned for his bride - who couldn’t wait to dance! As they cut into the cake all of a sudden a live mariachi band played their song for the first dance as husband and wife. Eva and Doyle this day was so emotional and I loved everything you two planned to make it such an unique and beautiful day.