Wedding | Janet & Raul | Chicago, IL

This is by far the largest bridal party I have ever seen and shot. 16 bridesmaids + 16 groomsmen + 5 flower girls can sometimes = disaster. Not only did everything go smoothly, but with a wedding as big as this it somehow still felt personal. It was an emotional day for many of Janet’s friends & family for after living in Phoenix most of her life, she will now be living in Chicago. It was great to see some of my old friends from Phoenix though. Alin was with me the entire day and was a tremendous help as usual. Thank you babe, for everything! Janet & Raul, you two are beautiful people inside and out and it was truly a pleasure to for us to share this amazing day with the both of you!

Church: Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church
Reception: Holiday Inn
Florals: City Flowers


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I love this shot Alin got of Janet below.

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A bride who orders chicken strips for her wedding day meal? My kinda’ girl!

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Alin’s pretty proud of the shot below. And I’m proud of him for getting it;)

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Seriously though, I am pretty happy with how the one below turned out. Everyone looks amazing in front the gorgeous light & city backdrop!

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They both wanted a picture in front of the gutter that Raul lost his ring in only hours after he proposed.

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Comments

  1. angie - great shots!!! beautiful!
  2. Lara - Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!
  3. Damaris Mia - These are beautiful! Great job Caroline!
  4. Lisa - You, my dear, ROCKED this wedding! Every single image is art. Congrats on a job well done!
  5. Diana - amazing work!:)
  6. Taylor - That's a HUGE bridal party! Somehow you were able to light them all up and keep the beautiful skyline and sunlight behind them intact. Fantastic!! You're photos are gorgeous I think I just found a new bookmark.
  7. Candice {The Beautiful Mess} - you are seriously my hero. an amazing shot of a wedding party....the BIGGEST wedding party ever!
  8. Julie - Gorgeous work as always!! Stunning images!!
  9. Andrea - Oh, these are sooooooo gorgeous! Love, Love, Love the bride's gown!
  10. Cheyenne Schultz - awesome wedding, caroline - you nailed this one. and that dress? i'm obsessed...it's amazing.
  11. michelle - your an incredible photographer..amazing work (:
  12. Christina Brosnan - Very BIG Job well done!
  13. Christine - Amazing pictures Caroline...and Alin :) You guys did such an awesome job! I totally agree Caroline...it was a very large wedding but very intimate. The picture of her crying made me tear up. It was a beautiful wedding...beautiful bride and I LOVE the pictures! Lucky Janet, she'll have amazing wedding photos! Tough decision of which she'll blow up.
  14. Kate@MagnoliaRouge - I LOVE those black and whites of the two of them - just gorgeous!!
  15. Caroline Ghetes - Hey thanks so much everyone! I really appreciate you all stopping by! Cheyenne, I too loved it. Thanks Christine ;)
  16. carrie scruggs - Howly wowza! Is that a wall of roses behind them! Beautiful breathtaking dress! I am head over heels in love with the city shots - her in the street by herself, them with the traffic moving around them (my fave) and then the one of them on the trolly, sigh.... my goodness you killed it girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  17. Diana Lupu - Caroline, you're so awesome. For being so honest, so humble, and able to keep a sense of humor about it all. You're attitude is AMAZING and you inspire me to not hide the struggles we all are faced with. Just thought you should know, i'm rooting for you 100% and am without a doubt convinced that you can do this. TEAM CAROLINE!!!!
  18. andrew - Insanely FANTASTIC. I can only imagine the logistics...did you have a bullhorn...outside. wind. oh I dont know....30+ PEOPLE. who all look FAB. Beeeee-a-utiful shots sister. Props also to Alin....dude, I know. nicely done, yall!
  19. Meredith Perdue - Caroline! I am literally in love with nearly every photograph you took at this wedding. Seriously. They are all incredible!
  20. Rolf Loken - Wow. Alin and Caroline. Awesome images. And that is quite an army of a bridal party. Just unreal!
  21. Camilla - Incredible! The last one is seriously moving. Thanks for sharing your talent :)
  22. Ruth - These turned out amazing! Everything looked so beautiful! Caroline, you captured the day so well! GREAT job!
  23. Michelle Hebert - These are AMAZING! You are soooo talented! LOVE LOVE LOVE them!
  24. David Pinacho - WOW! These photographs are amazing! AMAZING! I'm still having trouble properly exposing for skin tone and white dress. lol. I especially love the one where she's by her self next to the old white coach carriage. Its a very beautiful timeless shot. The out-of-focus lights in the background really get me. I think overall what gets me is that you were able to shoot in the city with loads of people everywhere and still make your models look like if they were the only ones out there. Pure talent. {^-^}
  25. Naomi Salari - Caroline everything looked amazing in person and that amazingness was DEFINITELY carried thru into the pictures!! GREAT GREAT job!! they came out so nice and such perfect timing in capturing emotions n stuff...makes me wish it coulda lasted longer! God Bless You and Alin even more than you two already are with this gift(good team :)
  26. Madi - WOW you are AMAZING and you have an EXTREME talents and they are very beautiful. loved all of them. GOD BLESS YOU!!

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