Blog - Mackenzie Maeder // Chicagoland Wedding and Family Photographer

Melanie and Lucas got married at City Hall in Chicago but wanted to focus on their wedding portraits that day. We were discussing ideas on the phone when Melanie asked about Garfield Park Conservatory. I said it would be the perfect place. And it was!! I mean, look at those gorgeous backdrops. Plus are Melanie and Lucas not just the cutest?? I love that they wanted to keep th...

It has been awhile since we had a weekend away just Lex, Wilder and I. We had planned on doing something last year but by the time we had some free weekends to fill it was soooo hot out the thought of trying to go somewhere and have fun felt unbearable. I like good weather as much as the next person but I really have no desire to just sweat the whole time we are out. So we go...

The couple weeks where the tulips and lilacs are in bloom are some of my very favorite times of the year to take photos. I mean, can you blame me? How magical are the photos of a family playing in a garden? Its straight out of a book to me!

I was at Lilacia Park with Wilder and my dad the other day and I noticed how the tulips were in full bloom + the lilacs were almost...

I love that the last several years when the Knoblauch families share a spring break I get to see them and document their families! It was two years ago for our last session and I couldn’t get over how much everyone changed during that time!! The girls all looked so grown up!

We have done the majority of their photos at Bliss Woods in Sugar Grove but I suggested another ...