On my way to Marquette Park beach to photograph Ashley and Cordale, I had sunset photo on my mind.  I can't control the weather, but I had a feeling we would have a nice orange hue in the sky at least and that we needed to be ready - sunsets are fleeting.

We began our session along the lagoon at Marquette Park Pavilion.  The soon to be married couple kissed romantically with the iconic lagoon bridge in the background.  Thank you Mr. Fisherman guy for moving to another spot!!  :)

I will be photographing Ashley and Cordale's wedding this November and they wanted to have some beautiful images to display at their reception.  I know Ashley was quite taken with my Wedding Wish Books that enable guests to answer questions on various pages with photos of the couple shown throughout.  These are more personable than guest books and better for display than giant signing boards.  Definitely ask to see a sample at our consultation.

We were still a good 45 minutes from sunset so we used the wonderful lagoon bridge for some of our images.  I love that we were able to capture the Simpsons-esque puffy clouds as the couple relaxed at the top of the bridge.

The lagoon itself has very reflective water and made for a great, dramatic image as the couple embraced.

We took many different photos on our way toward the beach, on the dunes and finally the lakeshore itself.  Suddenly I saw the sun starting to dip and we all got into place to not only capture a gloriously shining ray of light in the sky, but also the wonderful light emenating from this warm couple.  We had hugs all around after the session and I'm even more excited to photograph their big day later this year.

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