Wedding Photography at Swingers – Bloomington, Illinois

Yep! That’s right! Bloomington, Illinois!! My (David’s) hometown! And now I live in Bloomington, IN. How weird is that?! Anyways, so my mom gets her hair done at a salon in Bloomington, IL called Jenni’s, and one of the stylists there, Kyle, found out about us through her. Nothing like having a mom who can give out shameless plugs for you.

So, a few weeks later, we met up with Kyle and her fiance John and the date was set. We arrived at Jenni’s the day of their wedding to find it completely packed full of brides and bridesmaids. It seemed that three brides would be passing through that morning, which gave us a chance to make some new photographer friends. It was surprisingly easy to stay out of each others shots even with all the mirrors!

Okay, so I have to mention what the guys ate for lunch… AVANTI’S! For those of you not aware, Avanti’s is located in Illinois and is like a drug for me. Seriously, I go there every time I’m back in town and they have the BEST sub sandwiches ever (“Gondolas”). While I was laughing it up with the guys, Cathy was off with the girls, and Kyle kept getting choked up about the big day, reminding Cathy of our own wedding, where seriously, everyone cried, including yours truly. Kyle and John’s ceremony was equally emotional, and so beautiful.

The reception was held at Swingers (it’s a golf club!!, so stop getting ideas.

Meet Kyle!

Meet John!

Love this one! Go Cat!

Quite possibly one of my favorite shots we’ve ever taken.

Kyle was such a sweetheart. It was hard to not get choked up myself!

We love this family shot.

LOVE!!! And seriously a super-long but super-sweet toast!!

1/160th on a 50mm f/1.4 at 6400 baby with no flash, YAH! Okay.. that was for the photogs who read this. lol. LOVE IT!

Thank you to Kyle and John for an awesome super-freaking cool time. We loved EVERY minute of it guys! Thank you so much for having us!!!

Thanks for reading! -David.

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Bloomington Wedding Photography | Kyle and John originally appeared on Chicago Wedding Photographers | Cathy and David (www.cathydavidphoto.com) on May 20, 2009.

“After the cake is cut, all you have left are the photos.” – Cathy and David Bride.

You may have seen this little quote on some of our adverts that we’ve been using recently, and on our price list, or heard it in one of our Cathy and David Brides videos. We’ve always found that it’s always our couples who can best describe why their photography is so important to them.

We’ve probably met with these two close to a half dozen times to discuss their wedding plans, invitations, albums, and changes in wedding plans. They first contacted us about just shooting their engagement session in Bloomington. But after realizing that we were perfect for their wedding too, they decided that they would bring us out to Iowa to shoot their outdoor wedding. But, about a month ago we got a very troublesome email that ended up turning into an awesome email. They had changed their plans and decided to have a destination wedding in beautiful Captiva, Florida this coming March and we’re so freaking excited about capturing it for them.

We’ve had the joy of really getting to know these two and, as always, are so excited to be a part of their big day. Meredith was even so kind as to invite us to her doctoral recital where we were amazed to see that she, though so tiny, has such an amazing voice and a crazy-awesome talent for singing opera!!! Anyways, we shot their engagement session a couple days ago and we know Mer’s been on the edge of her seat jumping up and down waiting for these things to pop onto the blog. According to her friend Amanda, when we uploaded our new splash page image Meredith jumped up screaming. So I guess we shouldn’t stall any longer since I’ve been teasing her all day that these were going online. Her last email: “You are killing me, I am dying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meet Meredith and Ulises.

I love this photo. I think it depicts the two of them, just as they are, perfectly.

Anyways, I hope Meredith, Ulises, Amanda, and Summer can forgive my constant teasing of when their photos were going to go up over the past couple of days and love the results because we sure as heck do. Thanks again guys for being such an awesome couple to work with and we can’t wait to see you in Florida!!! It’ll come fast, don’t worry!

Thanks for reading – David.

Bloomington Engagement Photography | Meredith and Ulises originally appeared on Chicago Wedding Photographers | Cathy and David (www.cathydavidphoto.com) on May 5, 2009.