$2,500 starting price
About this vendor
Chris Withers Photography is an award-winning wedding photography and cinematography team located in Springfield, Illinois. They continue to be voted one of the top photographers in Central Illinois. Chris and his wife Jessica run a full-time studio and love to travel all over the United States seeking amazing projects together. They love searching out inspiring moments and creating new friendships along the way!
The pair have over 20 years of combined experience and have captured thousands of events together. Their unique perspective as a creative married couple allow them to see weddings in a way most overlook. They know how priceless these moments are to you and what they will mean many years from now!
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Make sure you take time to say hello. We love to get to know our couples and are excited to learn more about the story of you and how we can help capture your special day!
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Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Drone
- Film Photography
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
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Truly an amazing couple to work with. Chris and Jessica were amazing to work with during the whole process. They drove all the way to Indiana to film our wedding adventures. They created a beautiful video that my husband and I will cherish forever. Your wedding day flies by so quickly, so it’s a wonderful keepsake to have to look back on. Our video felt so personal and intimate. During our first watch, we laughed and cried, just as we did on our day. It’s an amazing feeling to be able to relive that experience. We honestly loved every single aspect of it. My only regret is not having them do photography too!
Chris and his wife, Jessica, are nothing short of phenomenal photographers. I am so glad we decided to hire them as our photographers for our wedding. From the initial interest conversation, rescheduling the engagement photoshoot, and dealing with the large wedding party/family, their communication was clear, understanding, and friendly. My husband and I had never had professional photos taken before, so -- needless to say -- we were quite awkward in front of the camera. Chris and Jess helped make us feel extremely comfortable and, more importantly, made us HAVE FUN! It also helps that the photos they capture are simply breathtaking. Gorgeous. Stunning. Memories I can cherish forever. If you are looking for a fantastic photographer, look no further. Reach out to Chris and Jessica, now -- you won't regret it!
Was very easy to schedule. The online form was very easy to fill out to reserve my time. Very highly recommended.
Choosing Chris Withers Photography for our wedding was one of the best decisions we made. I know for a fact my wedding would not have felt as perfect without Chris and his wife Jessica. What an incredible team. I had no idea what I was doing when I started the wedding planning process and the showed me so much support. I was lucky to have them recommended to me by a coworker and friend.
Chris and Jessica were not only professional but kind, helpful, knowledgeable, funny, and creative. I got so many compliments from my bridal party and my guests on how great they were.. We got a sneak peak of our pictures so fast and the quality is everything I hoped for. Chris is incredibly talented and I am so happy we chose them to capture all of our wedding memories. We will forever cherish our beautiful pictures. Thank you again!!
Chris and his wife Jessica are my new best friends!! I can’t say enough about our amazing experience with these two! Their professionalism, attentiveness, and there overall energy is what you need to have a successful wedding shoot! My guests even pointed out how nice our photographers were. It’s SO IMPORTANT that you have a photographer that you are comfortable with and one you can relate to. They really know how to keep the energy up, and Chris has a great eye for a good photo opportunity! Don’t even second guess yourself… BOOK WITH THEM!
Chris and Jessica both exceeded our expectations! They spent extra time ensuring that we were comfortable, they got to know us and they really listened to what our vision was. Our engagement pictures were better than we ever expected. We can’t wait for the wedding day!
You. Will. Not. Be. Disappointed! I don’t even have words for how awesome this experience was! I’ve only seen one sneak peak of our engagement pictures and I already KNOW they will be amazing! The vibe that Chris and Jess give... you can tell that they both LOVE what they do. We connected with them immediately, felt comfortable, and were able to be ourselves and just let go! It’s so important to be able to connect with your photographer, and they both exceeded past our expectations!!! Book them!! No hesitation!
We just finished our engagement session and received some sneak peeks and oh. My. Goodness. They are amazing! We have had so many people reach out to us since they have been posted telling us how amazing the pictures are and how jealous they are that their engagement (and even wedding) pictures were not as great as ours. We can’t wait to see what the rest of our images look like and we are already anticipating having a hard time picking our favorites! Chris and Jess are so easy to work with and they had us laughing all night long! Bring on the wedding day for even more photo fun and magic!
Chris and his wife Jessica are wonderful people and equally as wonderful to work with. I cannot recommend them enough. They were the photographers for my wedding and they did a fantastic job. They are prompt, friendly, accommodating, creative and very easy to work with. Seriously, book them.
Chris and Jessica are so much more than your run of the mill wedding photographer talent. They become your family while capturing the moments you will treasure for a lifetime. Their creativity and ability to catch the little moments is beyond compare. Our journey with them began in 2014 for an engagement session, and has transitioned to wedding photos, newborn shoots, and annual family (of 5) sessions. Our family has grown along with their business but they still provide the same caring attention to detail and beautiful art year after year. I’m so grateful we hired them so many years ago! And you will be too!
Chris and Jessica have been fantastic to work with! They did an amazing job on our engagement photos. We had so much fun and they made us feel comfortable right away. They made sure to capture places and poses we were interested in, but also had so many great suggestions of shots. We ended up having to postpone our original wedding/reception date and they were extremely understanding and easy to work with which really took a weight off our shoulders. We ended up having a small ceremony/reception and hired Chris and Jessica to capture the highlights. They did an amazing job for the few hours we had them, I can’t wait until next year when they capture the day from start to finish! If they are available for the date you are looking for, do not hesitate to book!
Chris and Jessica are amazing! Through our process of getting married in the middle of a pandemic, they have been SO helpful and accommodating through it all. Their level of professionalism and integrity to their craft is second to none and it shows in their work. We love you CWP!
After our very hot wedding in July, my husband and I booked a second session in our wedding attire with Chris and Jessica. My husband hates to have his pictures taken and to say he was less than thrilled is an understatement; however, Chris and him were able to bond and he got some serious smiles and laughs out of him! They made us feel wonderful and had the direction we needed to make our pictures great!
They got our pictures edited and done ahead of schedule and we were thrilled! They worked with us on pricing to make sure we had the gallery of digital prints and I will be using them again! Even though they were not our wedding photographer, I wish they were!
I could not be happier with the experience we have had working with Chris and Jessica. They are simply put amazing in all aspects. All be it we have yet to have the actual ceremony because of Covid-19 restrictions, every aspect thus far has been wonderful. From the engagement photos to the Change the date photos we have been in love with the work they do. I highly recommend Chris Wither's photography for your even if you want the best of the best.
We really enjoyed working with Chris and Jessica! They were very professional and taking our wedding pictures was not stressful at all. Our wedding photos were amazing! They had some really creative shots that turned out great and also listened to our ideas of what we wanted that day. Taking photos that day went by so smoothly, and I would highly recommend using them for your wedding!
Chris, Jessica and all of the Chris Withers Photography team have gone above and beyond for our engagement photos! Literally 900 + miles of going above and beyond for us! The photos have turned out amazing and we had so much fun working with them! Even in the freezing cold of New York City in the winter, we had a blast going in and out of locations to get the best photos and then quickly warm up before the next shot! Chris is very open to ideas and always gets a great shot! We loved the photos of our engagement session so much, we have already canvased and hung several of the photos in our home! We are looking forward to the beautiful photos we know Chris and Jessica will take on the wedding day!
We really enjoyed having Chris and Jessica as our wedding photographer's. Not only are they very professional and artistic just all around wonderful people. Chris has his way of making you feel very comfortable infront of the camera. I'm so pleased Chris was the first photographer to return my phone call and I booked him right away. My only regret is I should've booked them longer. Although I have not received my photos yet the ones I have seen were above and beyond my expectations! I loved how they shared a photo and thanked us publicly on social media. Definitely worth every penny and more. A heartfelt Thank you to you both!
We are so glad that we chose Chris Withers Photography for our big day and for our engagement photos!! We originally chose Chris specifically because we loved the creativity and passion that he has for photography! His photos are unlike anyone else’s and we wanted something unique, dramatic, and amazing. That is just what we got!! We would choose Chris Withers Photography all over again if we had to!
Chris and his wife Jessica (who helps with a lot of the behind the scenes stuff!) were very welcoming, attentive, and easygoing. They were super helpful on the wedding day too! They showed us an example of a timeline of events for the day and that is basically what we went off of. They helped to keep everything on schedule and had an abundance of great advice for the big day! After all, they have been to many weddings and have seen a lot!! I can’t forget to mention their sacrifice for our engagement photos!! I wanted to do a winter themed shoot and they both were so amazing during the whole thing even though we were all freezing! The pictures turned out fabulous as expected!
Overall, I would say that however high your expectations are for your photos, Chris Withers Photography will exceed your expectations hands down!
Chris and Jessica took our engagement pictures and then captured our wedding day a few months later. The pictures turned out better than we could have ever imagined. They went above and beyond to capture every beautiful moment perfectly...which was difficult with the rain, wind, snow, and sleep all on our wedding day! (if rain on your day is good luck...we got extra luck on ours)
We loved that they truly wanted to get to know us before taking and pictures to see what was important to us and what type of personalities we have. Not every photo was posed and the true love and emotion was captured.
We highly recommend them and can't wait for the next milestone that we can have them capture! Also, don't count them out if you live a ways away...as we found out they are willing to travel.
I knew the instant that I saw a friends wedding photos that I wanted Chris to be my wedding photographer. My friends have such unique and quirky personalities and Chris managed to capture them perfectly! His vision when you have no idea what you're doing and also dealing with stress from wedding planning was exactly what I needed. Jessica's input as a photographer and woman who's been through planning a wedding herself was invaluable. Their laid-back personalities also help when you're dealing with stress from wedding planning.
Amazing photographer to work with!! He and his wife are wonderful and easy going to work with. He captured some absolutely stunning images I will cherish forever! You will maybe wait a little longer than expected for your images if you are in peak wedding season (ours took about seven months to receive) but they are totally worth the wait!
Chris and Jessica are THE BEST wedding photographers out there !! I usually do not like photos of myself- that's why we picked them- I knew working with them that no doubt pictures would just be AMAZING and they were!!! Beyond being amazing photographers they are also wonderful people ! Friends from the beginning they cares for you and your day just like a friend would!
Having a married couple take care of you on your wedding day is certainly the way to get in the mood for a perfect day! Chris and Jessica brought our dreams to reality and were thoughtful, professional and inspiring from the initial meeting to the last dance! Thank you Chris and Jessica for all you did for us and the forever memories you gave us!
The photos in general are very well done and edited well. The turnaround time is quite long. Myself and my family used Chris for various occasions. He was always wonderful to work with. However, it took over 6 months to get back our photos. We ordered an album off of those photos and that took another 6 months to get. During this time we received no updates from Chris on the status of our photos or album.. Our family members had the same experience. If it wasn't for this long turnaround time, and lack of communication from the photographer, we would recommend him to anyone, despite his higher cost. It's unfortunate we feel we can no longer do that.
I have had the privilege of working with Chris and Jessica as their assistant for the past 4 years and have enjoyed working with them!! They are AMAZING friends and amazing artist!! Both very talented and take their time with details of their work!! I have also had my family photos with him and absolutely love them!! Truly amazing people to work with!!
I had the privilege to intern under Chris and I had an absolute blast! Chris and Jessica are one of the nicest, most fun couples I have ever met. Not only do they do amazing work but they have fun while photographing. They opened my eyes to an entire different world when it comes to photography. Chris's post operations are magical and his experimentation is one of the best ways he gets his final results. Chris never stops learning when it comes to photography. There is always a new idea or technique that makes him an even better photographer. That is why Chris is so good at what he does. He is not stuck in the past... he is looking toward the future. If you want a dinosaur chasing after your wedding party or a Superman punch groomsmen shot then he will make it happen for you. There are no limits and no crazy ideas (usually). When my internship was coming to a close and graduation was right around the corner he took time from his busy schedule to photograph me in my cap and gown and also took a few shots of my family. He genuinely cares about who you are and does not think of you as another check going into his pocket. I recently got engaged this past winter and I know for a fact that Chris will be photographing our engagement and wedding (one we pick a date). He creates meaningful memories that last forever.
I am in awe of the artwork Chris and Jessica create. They go above and beyond the call of a photographer and have an eye for detail that most miss. My wedding was 5/27 and the pictures I have seen are magnificent. There were several ups and downs with my day but in the midst of the chaos they found beauty. When I received the devastating news of my grandpa not being in attendance they did not hesitate to stop what they were doing and make sure I was ok. I could say thank you every day for the rest of my life and it wouldn't begin to touch the amount of gratitude I have for Chris and Jessica. Thank you both so much for everything.
Chris and Jess were awesome! My fiance and I recently had our engagement session done and everything went better than we could have hoped! Chris was able to get all of the shots and locations that we wanted, and he was even patient with our dog when she continually tried to run away from us and would barely hold still for a picture! But even then, every picture that the dog was in was so good! It was a long day, but they made it fun, interactive, and definitely worth it! You can definitely tell that he takes a lot of pride in his work by how much time, effort, and patience he expends to get the perfect picture.
And Jessica is the perfect complement for him! She has wonderful ideas and is such a delight to be around. I can't wait for the wedding day!
Chris Withers is an excellent photographer and I would recommend him to everyone! We have known Chris for a couple years, he took our first Christmas photo as a couple and our engagement pictures a couple days ago. Now he is photographing our wedding! He really made the session fun and exciting! With all the stress of wedding planning, both he and Jessica reminded me that this time in my life is supposed to be fun! We had a blast taking engagement photos and it was easy/ natural to take photos with him. He really does have an amazing eye for each photo and is very creative in all this photos! We will continue to use Chris Withers for all of our photography to come!
Chris and Jessica are not just wonderful photographers but they are wonderful people and have become good friends. They put their hearts into their work and the creativity and passion that Chris shoots with is captured in every shot that he takes. Professionalism and responsiveness are no brainers with these two and all of our wedding guests were enamored with our engagement pictures and continue to talk about how great our photographers were on our wedding day. While we don't have our wedding pictures yet, I can't wait and have no doubt that they will be nothing short of genius. We can't wait for the opportunity to have another shoot with Chris and Jessica again!
Chris was very friendly and artistic with his photography. There were some times that standard pictures would have been preferred. Also, he seems to overbook his time with different families which can affect camera time. The day of the wedding he was on point! His prices were decent and the collections seemed fair. I would strongly suggest hiring him for the big day!
Working with Chris and Jessica was one of the best parts of the day. They were amazing in what they did, and really took our wants into consideration. Plus really delivered some beautiful photographs
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2160 South 6th, Suite G, Springfield, IL | United States
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