Congratulations and welcome to this exciting new stage in life together! I am thrilled to have made this connection, inviting you to explore my work deeper and ask any questions as we use our opportunity to talk about your day. My priority is for you to stay present, offering my experiences and guidance to your vision for photography, and collaborating with the great team you assemble at any step of the way.
Welcome to KDP!
Your time and consideration is greatly appreciated, and any questions are certainly welcomed. If you wish to move forward with the booking process, a 50% deposit confirms your date, with final balance due 30 days prior to the event. Please reach out as soon as possible to ensure your date availability.
Align
We'll start with always working. Constantly reading the room and thinking through the moment or steps ahead. Being conscious of what is happening, be it ceremonial or personal, and how my presence impacts that environment while still being able to capture it. Understanding when to step back and let the feelings breath, and when to step in and guide the photography. Everyone has different levels of confidence in front of the lens, but I love to learn your playful sides in the relationship and help shape those poses to look and feel authentic.
method
Being comfortable in your moments and the decisions that got you there. I focus on being your photographic guide through planning and an emotional constant day of, blending in and out to let you live in your day. Treating all parties with equity as we weave through events is the groundwork of a candidly told experience that you will continue to revisit. It is an honor to share these incredibly personal days as a matter of professional routine.
Priorities
What's my Process
Susie
You truly are the best in the business! How fortunate we are to have you at both girls weddings. Thank you for everything!!!
Let's keep it simple. Sometimes all we know at booking is a rough timeline, but the connection is there. We use this base collection to build a customized proposal or add-ons a la carte as the year takes shape.
$14,000
9 Hours Coverage
Base Collection
The Collections
• 9 hours coverage
• second photographer
• high resolution downloads*
• online print + viewing gallery
*All deliverables subject to sales tax*
$17,800
10 Hours Coverage + Album + Engagement + 35mm Film
Custom Collection
• 10 hours coverage
• second photographer
• engagement session
• 35mm film
• 12 x 12 couple album*
• high resolution downloads*
• online print + viewing gallery
If your day calls for an early ceremony, extended portrait window or late-night elements, we'll still start at 10 hours and go from there. An engagement session is now included, which is a wonderful way to create a fun time-and-place experience as you navigate planning. Additionally, a handmade 12x12 album for yourselves is that heirloom piece to display and carry on for anniversaries to come. Finally, who doesn't love a little bit of that film look? I will gladly compliment the moments with the classic look of 35mm film.
*All deliverables subject to sales tax*
$23,600
Everything Collection
• 11 hours coverage
• second photographer
• engagement session
• rehearsal dinner (3 hours)
• 35mm film
• 12 x 12 couple album*
• 12 x 12 parent albums (2)*
• high resolution downloads*
• online print + viewing gallery
• 10 hours coverage
• second photographer
• engagement session
• rehearsal dinner (3 hours)
• 35mm film
• 12 x 12 couple album*
• 10 x 10 parent albums (2)*
• high resolution downloads*
• online print + viewing gallery
Here are are doing it all! We'll find out time throughout the year to get together for an engagement session that starts telling your story. Something that has become more important to me over the years, is to be present at your rehearsal dinner. It's the best time to start meeting your closest people, and building on that relationship that makes your wedding day fun and personal between me and everyone important to you. I love capturing portraits of you both as the excitement is near it's peak, and hearing the kind words spoken about you from those in the room. We still have the addition of 35mm film and 12x12 album for yourselves, but included are duplicate parent books that they can cherish and look back upon for years to come.
11 Hours Coverage + Engagement + Rehearsal + 35mm Film + Albums
*All deliverables subject to sales tax*
Coverage + Portraits + Support
À La Carte
Hourly Rate : $1400/hr
Engagement Session : $1800
Third Photographer : $2000
Travel
Travel outside of Illinois is always a welcomed opportunity! Anytime a creative can find themselves in a new environment, the inspiration door is wide open, and depending on the scope and style of your event, it could be the exact touch you need for a great storytelling experience.
Estimates Included in Proposal
Domestic + International
$3000
3 Hours Coverage
Rehearsal Dinner
Rehearsal Dinners have become one of my favorite aspects of a wedding weekend. The opportunity to create early relationships with important friends and family, using the time to familiarize everyone and capture portraits has become invaluable. Even better, is when dinner transitions to a Welcome Party, inviting a new round of faces and environments to capture. You don't need too much coverage, but it is really when the fun begins, and I love the contribution of imagery to your story.
• 12 x 12
• 30 page spread design
• leather & non-leather covers
• name & date embossing
• medium weight page mounts
$2400
Albums
Parent Albums
• 10x10
• duplicate design
• light weight page mounts
• name & date embossing
• non-leather cover options
$800
• 12x12
• custom design
• medium weight page mounts
• name & date embossing
• leather cover options
$1400
Setting the Scene
About Kent
On a personal note, I'm married to my High School Sweetheart, and our relationship is the foundation of my approach to a wedding day. At this point we have spent over half our lives together, which is a fun benchmark to achieve. We have two great kids, both navigating the elementary school life of Evanston, and we keep busy with club soccer and my efforts to turn them into Midwest ski junkies. My business has afforded us the opportunity to be with them on a daily basis since their beginnings, something we would never change.
Not every career can be born from a favor, for this I am lucky. The extent of my formal training is my Dad's camera and a Photo 101 class in the twilight of university. Life brought me to Japan, and with it a new love of photography, documenting our experiences abroad through an inherently natural medium. After relocating to Chicago in 2008, at a friend's request I was photographing my first wedding, and my future couldn't have been more clear.
It has been an amazing journey to this point, working alongside so many talented professionals in landmark buildings and spaces across the country. I didn't see this coming as a kid, and that's just fine, it means I followed my instincts and talents to get here.
