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  • hi! we’re gina&tony!

    welcome to our fancy-schmancy, new-fangled blogsite. what? a blog that's a site? a site that's a blog?! what is this madness?! that's right, this is your one-stop shopping for everything that is the awesomely cool husband & wife wedding photography duo of gina&tony.

    some things you should probably know about us - we love weddings! and we especially love when people hire us to take photos at their weddings. we also love babies, families, and pets. (especially pets!) so we'll take photos of that too. we're based in the chicagoland area, but we will travel anywhere. our favorite locales include milwaukee, st. louis, southwest michigan, and fiji.

    feel free to poke around. make sure you leave lots of comments on those blog posts! and if you're getting married - make sure you click on that contact link and get all the awesome details about hiring yours truly!

jamie&tim|married // holiday inn merchandise mart, chicago


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yay! i’ve been so excited to share this wedding with you guys. i’m sure you remember jamie&tim from their old town engagement session last fall. when we met them up that day, the weather was not looking too promising. lucky for us the skies parted about 10 minutes into the session and we were able to take some AMAZING shots with the sun out.

who would have thought that history would repeat itself for their wedding day? of course it wouldn’t snow for their december wedding, but drizzled allllllll morning. yet, the second that jamie stepped out of her house to go to the church, the rain stopped and the skies parted! (i’m beginning to think she might be a little magic.) i was extra excited for their wedding because one of jamie’s bridesmaids was lauren, whose wedding we shot in 2010! i love, love, love getting to see past brides at weddings.

but the most fun we had at this wedding was taking lots of nighttime shots downtown! it’s rare that we get so much time to rock the nighttime portrait session. and since the streets were crowded with holiday tourists and last-minute shoppers, jamie&tim got quite the reception when we hung out around water tower!

to jamie&tim – you. guys. rock. we had a BLAST with you at your wedding! can’t wait to hang out again!!


// chicago, il //


ceremony venue // first presbyterian of arlington heights
wedding gown // jasmine purchased at reddington bridal
bridesmaids dresses // david’s bridal
hair // carrie montel
makeup // brandon trumphio
florist // j nolan designs
ceremony music // silhouette strings
stationery // save the dates from magnet street; invitations from wedding paper divas
reception venue // holiday inn, merchandise mart
cake // alliance bakery
dj // okyne media lab
videographer // leap weddings
diy projects & resources // centerpieces (via pinterest!), reception decor

i was totally smitten with jamie’s brocade dress!
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we’ve had a few wedding parties now where the bride includes her brother on her side of the attendants. i love this idea!!
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i love jamie’s subtle wintry touches with the centerpieces! (all of which she found on pinterest by the way!)
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click here to view jamie&tim’s slideshow!

if you were a guest at jamie&tim’s wedding and would like to see their full proofing gallery, click here! the password is jamie’s maiden name.

make sure you leave a blog comment so jamie&tim can get a free 8×10!

-gina

gina&tony

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January 25, 2012 - 1:01 pm

Shauna - Love Love Love the photos!!! What a fun and beautiful wedding.

January 25, 2012 - 1:04 pm

Colleen - The pictures are stunning Jamie! :)

January 25, 2012 - 1:06 pm

Lauren - I just wrote a long message about what a great job Gina & Tony did and how lovely Tim & Jamie looked but as everyone at work is also currently posting, I was kicked back and told I was posting too quickly :) So here goes again… These pictures are so great and I am so thankful to have been a part of your day and these pictures truly capture the essence of your love and naturally how fun the day was! :) So great! Love you guys and can’t wait for all the celebrations to come!

January 25, 2012 - 1:21 pm

Lindsey - Absolutely stunning, amazing, gorgeous. I got goosebumps watching the slideshow!

January 26, 2012 - 10:11 pm

Cindy - While the day went by far too quickly, it is awesome to have so many beautiful and detail oriented photos to help re-live all the moments. The pictures just take my breath away! So proud to be the mom/mil of these two great people.

heather&scott|engaged // millennium park, chicago


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thanks to the unseasonably warm weather we had this past december, we got to do a few more engagement sessions than normal! i loooove that heather&scott wanted to do a winter-themed shoot. so we geared up with some winter coats and headed out to millennium park! we got lucky and the night before got just the briefest dusting of snow. (and i MEAN the briefest dusting. the stuff would melt if you cast it a sideways glance.)

anywho, we had a great time soaking in all the pre-holiday goodness that chicago has to offer. we even hit up the free outdoor ice skating rink! the line was way too long to actually get to skate, but we did get some hot cocoa and hang out on the edge of the rink looking cool. and when it comes down to it, isn’t that really the point of ice skating?;)

can’t wait for their september wedding!


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click here to view their slideshow!

help heather&scott win a free 8×10 and leave a blog comment!

-gina

gina&tony

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renee&kurt|married // the abbington, glen ellyn


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woohoo! our very first blog post with our spiffy new blog! i am so excited that we can finally share this with you guys. weeks and weeks and WEEKS of work. and the best part is we can finally start posting all the awesome winter weddings we did last year. they are amazing!

so to kick this thing off – it is the wedding of renee&kurt! they got married the saturday after thanksgiving, on what was quite possibly the dreariest day in november. but i gotta hand it to these two. rain-schmain. nothing ruffled renee’s feathers. on with the show!

this wedding was a great combo of both adorable and crazy-glamorous details. they had some of the cutest flower girls and ring bearers i have ever seen. (including renee’s niece who i now refer to as “thehappiestbabyonearth.”) the only way i can describe their reception at the abbington was like walking into an enchanted forest. i literally had to take a few seconds to compose myself, it was that gorgeous. dramatic, red uplighting. tall branch centerpieces dripping in roses and tealight candles. the drama! the romance! *sigh*

to renee&kurt – holy, moly, what a wedding! thank you so much for having us be a part of your day! it was a wedding for the books!


// glen ellyn, il //

ceremony venue // st anne catholic church
gown // coming soon
bridesmaids dresses // coming soon
hair // coming soon
makeup // coming soon
florist // m&p art flowers
reception venue // abbington banquets
cake // coming soon
dj // coming soon
diy projects // “here comes the bride” and “and they lived happily ever after” signs



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to view renee&kurt’s slideshow – click here!

don’t be shy – let us know what you think! leave a comment for renee&kurt. 25 and they get a free 8×10!

if you were a guest at renee&kurt’s wedding and would like to view all of their wedding photos, check out their proofing gallery. the password is renee’s maiden name!

-gina

gina&tony

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2011 holiday schedule OR why caesar hates christmas

it’s back again! that most wonderful time of the year where you find yourself fighting with an adorable, but vicious, grandma over the last copy of madden 2012 at 2am the day after thanksgiving. and who are we kidding? i didn’t stand a chance against that grandma.

but i digress! this post is really about our availability for the next few weeks! and with that, i’m pleased to announce that all available meeting and session dates before the new year have been filled! if you’d still like to meet up to chat about us shooting your wedding, or if you’d like us to snap a few awesome photos for you, you shall have to wait until after january 1st.

we will still be answering emails and phone calls over the holidays, with the exception of christmas eve, christmas day, new year’s eve, and new year’s day. all other days might be a wee bit slower than usual, but we will get back to you – we promise! also, all print orders are going through on schedule, although shipping times will probably take a day or two longer.


i had this adorable idea to take a photo of caesar wrapped in lights for our christmas card this year. caesar wasn’t a huge fan of that idea.
this is the one where he looked the least traumatized. #christmasfail
holiday goldendoodle

and so we leave you all saying merry christmas, happy hannukah, seasons greetings, happy holidays and a very happy new year!

-gina

gina&tony

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