This was my ‘go home happy’ shot and once I got it, I knew this would be my favorite!
On the Youtube channel, I am sharing with you a wedding that really pushed my creativity to the NEXT LEVEL. I THRIVE when I am photographing in one location and can get really creative and evolve to a place of epic-ness! But that wasn’t the case with this wedding..
After running around busy downtown Chicago, photographing in multiple locations, I finally achieved my “go home happy shot” in the epic staircase at the Art Institute of Chicago! Photographing this shot was NOT easy but it is a shot that I am SUPER proud of. Isn’t that what every photograph wants to leave a session feeling like!?
I want to take you on the journey of how I accomplished this shot…I am going to share with you what I am thinking in my head and how my ideas evolve into creating something really spectacular instead of just average.
Watch me breakdown how the creative side of my brain got to a place of finally finding what I ultimately wanted in the particular space!
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— Katelyn
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