Melissa & Kyle’s Epic Haight Wedding

Dec 4

Melissa and Kyle first met their Junior year of high school at Hoffman Estates High School. They had a ton of mutual friends and went on their first date to Nickel City on Valentine’s Day in 2010, Nickel City is an amazing old- fashioned video game arcade – Melissa went with her group of friends (many of whom ended up in her bridal party!) to meet Kyle and his friends at the arcade. It was a complete set up by everyone. As Melissa walked through the front door, Kyle going absolutely wild at DDR. With his quick reflexes and stellar moves, she knew right away he was the one. The next day Kyle asked Melissa to be his girlfriend, and the rest is history!

We first met Melissa through her work when we were hired to take headshots for In2Great Pediatric Therapy. Melissa and Kyle were dating then and getting more serious, we had them in at the Studio for a holiday session or two before hearing the good news that they got engaged (in Ireland no less!!) Conrad was thrilled when Melissa and Kyle officially asked us to be their wedding photographers (and videographer!) and was excited to start the process of planning for their wedding! Last November Conrad met Melissa and Kyle at The Lilac League, one of our favorite cocktail bars, for their epic and unforgettable engagement session. After taking some stunning shots at the bar they made time to take some pictures at a local arcade with video games for good measure, it was all reminiscent of that first date 15 years ago!

When the day finally arrived for Melissa and Kyle to get married the weather was absolutely perfect, Conrad, Ryan and I were all really excited to connect with everyone at The Haight in Elgin for the celebration! We met up with Allison of ACG Productions and captured so many gorgeous moments together throughout the day, it was honestly just all so perfect and unforgettable! Melissa looked just perfect, and we realized throughout the day that she had literally thought of EVERYTHING to make her wedding to Kyle the day of her dreams! Our friends at Fabbrini’s Flowers did an AMAZING job on Melissa and Kyle’s gorgeous and dramatic contemporary Fall florals, her bouquet was breathtaking and his over-the-top floral lapel set the bar really high for groom style moving forward!

After Melissa was dressed she met Kyle on the rooftop for the sweetest first look and private vows. Kyle could not take his eyes off his gorgeous bride, it was so cute to see just how happy and in love he was! We crossed the river with their wedding party to do some pictures in the pretty Fall light before coming back up to the Haight rooftop for their beautiful ceremony. Honestly this day was just one picture-perfect moment after another. Conrad and I shot more photographs at Melissa and Kyle’s wedding than any other this entire year!!

Once they were pronounced husband and wife Melissa and Kyle joined their guests for cocktail hour, but before everyone settled in for dinner we made time for some really dramatic smoke photos near the ceremony site. Those were some of our favorite captures of the day! Then Melissa and Kyle shared their amazing choreographed first dance with their guests before heading in for a delicious dinner – My Chef Catering treated everyone SO well and made just about the best wedding meal we have EVER had! Really, this was just the perfect day, we only wish we could do it all over again!!