Reflections on Portraits

This is part of a set that I shot for Rachel & Tyler’s engagement session. As I was editing I realized I had taken a lot of reflection images, which of course let me to reflect :) I am constantly photographing people I have never even met and make great effort to understand who they are so that I can capture their personality and spirit in the images they have hired me to take. It is really one of my favorite parts of my job, understanding people.  It’s the psychologist in me.

The Bean at Millennium Park is a very popular place for photos, and it’s easy to see why! The reflection is very fun to play with and the sculpture is a very well known landmark in Chicago. Rachel & Tyler took the train into the city to meet up with me at the park to shoot their engagement session!

It was a lovely evening and very crowded, but I like crowds in photos so that was fine with me!

The Bean!

It is fun to play with the bending architecture at the bean!

After the bean we went to the metal bridge, which also provides a perfect place to reflect on portraits!

Rachel has such a sweet demeanor. I think this image really captures her gentle beauty.

Tyler was confident and comfortable in front of the camera, which is really very rare for most guys!

When I look back at portraits I have taken I often see things I didn't notice when I shot them. I feel like this image shows the beautiful balance of Rachel's sweet spirit and Tyler's strong confidence. No, they are not both looking at the camera with big smiles for the photographer. They fit together like pieces of a puzzle and I think it shows in this image.

I love profiles!

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