Emily & Kevin’s Cheerful Chevy Chase Country Club Wedding

Sep 8

Emily and Kevin met at Hersey High School, she had a crush on him but by the time they graduated they were just good friends. They stayed in touch throughout college and even into their mid-twenties, hanging out here and there. Then in June 2021 Kevin send Emily a DM just to say “hi” and ask how she's doing – soon they agreed to go to a Cubs game together on their first date.

Emily and Kevin dated over long-distance for nearly a year – he lived in Chicago and she was teaching in Champaign. But Emily moved back to the Chicago area and they continued to date seriously – they moved in together shortly before their 2 year dating-anniversary and then got engaged around their 3-year anniversary. Kevin proposed in the living room and Emily was SHOCKED. Even though they had been talking about marriage for years and it was decided as something that would for sure happen, she didn't know he had bought a ring!

I really loved spending time with Emily and Kevin at their engagement session last Fall – they wanted to keep things low-key and we shot their engagement pictures at Heritage Park near their house, I had such a great time finding pretty light amongst the Fall colors with them! I loved watching the way that Kevin makes Emily light up, these two are truly perfect together!

Sadly, a day or two before Emily and Kevin’s wedding I became quite ill and could hardly get out of bed. I realized that I would not be able to make it through a long wedding day and had to make the call to Emily that I never want to make for any bride. I can count on one hand the number of weddings I have had to miss over the last 13+ years, and it’s not something I would ever do unless it was absolutely necessary. It broke my heart to call Emily and tell her that I was too sick to shoot their wedding, but I was so grateful knowing that Conrad and Lindsay could step in to capture their wedding.

The weather was absolutely gorgeous for Emily and Kevin’s wedding at Chevy Chase, and when we arrived Emily and her girls were in great spirits as they got ready upstairs near the Devonshire Room. Emily had her favorite tunes blasting to get her hyped and was super chill during those getting-ready moments. After being pampered by the talented hair and makeup team from Bella Bridal Beauty Emily changed into her stunning floral gown from Bella Bleu Bridal and looked beyond amazing, this dress is 100% one of our favorites from this wedding season! The appliquéd floral details were just to die for, the handiwork was amazing and gave the dress to more unique texture!

The florals for Emily and Kevin’s wedding were also some of the best we have ever seen, the team from A Perfect Petal really outdid themselves with these cheery and colorful blooms!

When Emily and Kevin had their first look out near the water at Chevy Chase she snuggle up behind him, they were super sweet seeing each other and shared plenty of laughs. That joyful love-filled energy carried the day and it was just such a pleasure to be alongside these two as they started their forever together!

Emily and Kevin asked that we bring along some of our film cameras and capture some of the more fleeting and candid moments of their wedding day on 35mm film. We really love how more and more of our couples are requesting that we shoot with film for their weddings! These were some of our favorite film scans from Emily and Kevin’s wedding, we hope that some of these shots find their way into their wedding album!