You remember Brittany & Tim from last week right? After an outfit change I love these cuties even more!
XXOO
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Brittany & Tim: Married in Santa Barbara
Meet Brittany & Tim! They got married two years ago and I had the pleasure of photographing a little “day after” editorial session with them on a yacht while I was in Santa Barbara. Their love is SO SWEET. 
”Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain
Chicago Beloved Photographer: Travis & Payton
It was such an honor to photograph our dear friends, Payton & Travis while they were here visiting from Houston. Like most of my couples, they love living in a big city and enjoy delicious food ;-) It is such an honor to photograph married couples throughout their journey. I know I love Wil so much more than the day I married him! I’m so blessed for this to be true for all of my couples.
I’m glad we weathered the cold together to take these pictures. Big hugs you two, love you so much!
Marriage is so beautiful.XXOO
Chicago Beloved Photographer » Portraits for Married Couples in Love
I’m so excited to introduce you all to Annie & Grant. It’s so much fun photographing friends! Annie and I were in small group together a couple years ago with Megan. My how time flies! She and her hubby Grant got married in Texas last year so for their anniversary they wanted pictures that showed their love for the city as much as their love for each other (which of couse I love!!). We got together last Saturday morning super early and I couldn’t be any happier about how these came out. Big hugs you two, and a very happy early anniversary!!
Halfway through the session Annie turned to me and asked if they could dance…because they love to dance in their kitchen. I seriously couldn’t think of anything sweeter if I’d asked! Also it makes me want to pull Wil in close, cuddle, and twirl :- )
Big hugs you two and a very happy Monday all around! XXOO
Chicago Beloved Photographer » Amanda & Katrina
Beloved sessions are about celebrating your marriage. The laughter you share, the tears you shed, the secrets only they know, the pride you take in each other, the way you’ve grown together. These aren’t styled photo shoots. They aren’t engagement sessions. They are for married people in love. Not perfect love, but your love. This is time that we carve out to celebrate you two. Where you are now. Friends, meet Amanda & Katrina.
I can’t think of a better way to celebrate your first year of marriage!! All joy & happiness to you two (and big hugs today) XXOO
Chicago Beloved Lifestyle Portraits
I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to share this gorgeous couple with you today! I feel so blessed to have spent time with Chadwick & Chaili last weekend filming my promo video. At the end of the weekend before they flew home to California, I wanted to bless them with a Beloved session. I won’t lie, by Sunday morning I was exhausted. And I’m sure they were too. Thankfully it doesn’t show in the pictures ;-) Chadwick & Chaili have been married for almost two years. One of my absolute favorite things is to see how palpable love’s growth is over time. My goal with Beloved sessions is not to do very much posing or directing…but just to let the prompts guide through some really beautiful (and sometimes therapeutic) emotional space. I could talk for ages, but really I just want to share this lovely couple with you…
All my love, XXOO
Chicago Beloved | Tiffany & Matt
Eek! Today is the day! I am SO excited to share Tiffany & Matt’s first anniversary Beloved pictures with you :-D Tiffany set this up as a surprise anniversary gift for Matt ON their first anniversary last Sunday! Isn’t that so cool? Matt is an architect and they both have always loved the Lincoln Park Pavilian, so we met there, and then meandered over to the North Avenue beach. I don’t want to keep you from the pictures, but I just want to say thank you to Tiffany & Matt for including me in their awesome celebration :-)
Before they got engaged Tiffany used to tell Matt that she didn’t need a ring to promise love forever, she just wanted a string. He gave her this as a reminder. So beautiful.
Happy One Year you two! XXOO
Portraits for Married People…what?!?!?! Yes, Beloved.
be·lov·ed
[bih-luhv-id, -luhvd] adjective 1. greatly loved; dear to the heart. | noun 2. a person who is greatly loved.
Today I am so excited to tell you about about a new kind of session I am just now starting to offer. I’ve had this idea in my mind for a long time of sessions for married people in love. Something like an engagement session…but more… Yesterday was Wil’s and my 1 year anniversary and I can’t begin to explain to you in words how much more I love him now than I did even just one year ago. I cannot imagine what that is going to be like in 10, 25, 40 years. I believe love grows over time. I want to document your love growing.
Because here’s what I see happening. You fall in love, get engaged, take engagement pictures, take wedding pictures, ……………(fill in appropriate number of time for you and your partner and then choose whether or not to proceed with babies)…………………..probably have babies, take family pictures, take family pictures, take school pictures for kids, etc etc etc. And that’s great. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure your kids are awesome. I want this to be just for you and your spouse. I want the two of you to take even just an hour to escape your every day, to reconnect with each other, to laugh, to hug, to love. And I want to be there to capture it! I am so excited about this time for you two.
This is just a hint at the direction that I want to go with these :-)
I want to do this with you all to be able to see and capture your JOY!
And because I am SO excited about this today I am gong to give away one hour long Beloved session to a lucky married couple! I cannot wait to hear and capture your love stories.
To enter:
1. Comment below with the one characteristic you love most about your spouse (facebook comments will not count, please fill out the form below to comment)
2. Share this post on facebook saying “I’d love to win a Beloved session with @Emilia Jane Photography http://emilia-jane.com/?p=945 ” (please be sure to retype the @Emilia Jane Photography so it tags my page)
And that’s it! Please let me know if you have any questions with these two things :-) Any married couple can be eligible. If you aren’t married but want to nominate your parents, that is totally fine with me! I will randomly select a winner and announce them next Tuesday!
College Station Beloved
Meet Harry and Chris! You may have already seen their sneak peek over on facebook. These two are absolutely the sweetest couple. Harry actually grew up in my hometown and he and Chris met at IU (where I did my undergrad) but I actually met them in College Station, Texas, Wil’s home town. Such a small world we live in! Like I said, they are absolutely the sweetest, most down-to-earth couple. I had so much fun on my mini session with them last week. Their joy truly overflows! I hope you can see just a little bit of that in these pictures at their home :-)
Thank you to you both for being amazing!