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(159)Best of Weddings (8x).Chicago area, but have happily travelled around the world
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At Something Blue Photography + Videography, we treat each other and our clients like family. We make time for relationships and seek to build meaningful connections. By getting to know you, we are able to create classically beautiful images of the biggest moments in your life. We are based in Chicago, but happily travel the world, we can't wait to meet you!
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- Getting Engaged
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I cannot shout it loud enough that if you are looking for a photographer/ videographer, Something Blue Photography • Videography • Workshops exceeded our expectations in every way possible! I’m actually a bit of a shy person and I was blown away how comfortable our photographers made me feel for the entire wedding day. Each moment had me feeling like the most beautiful bride! Their experience and professionalism for their craft made the day flow so smoothly. They were supportive and helpful in finding all the right angles, as well as, making sure any photos we wanted were taken. They truly value their work and their clientele on a different of care. The sneak peak pictures we have received have me in tears over how lovely they are! I am so happy that we will have these beautiful memories forever at our fingertips. Thank you Conrad and Christy! You’ll always have a special place in our hearts!
Liz, Christy, and Ryan were absolutely amazing! They captured every moment of our wedding day down to every detail! They were so fun to work with and truly are a joy to spend the day with! They were so helpful the day of and everything ran so smoothly! I could not have asked for a better team to capture the photos we will have for a lifetime!
I don’t even know where to begin! Liz and her team are AMAZING. From the first day we met with her, we knew that she was someone that we wanted as part of our wedding day. We took engagement photos with her and immediately felt so comfortable. Throughout the entire wedding process, she was always there to help. On the wedding day, Liz, Conrad, and Ryan were so fun to be with. Liz was so helpful the day of and truly helped make things run so smooth. You can feel how much they care and it helps to make the day run so smoothly. I cannot imagine having anyone else photograph our wedding. Based on the sneak peaks alone, I can already tell the rest of our wedding photos and video will be absolutely amazing. Guests that have seen our photos cannot stop complimenting on how great they all are and how they were able to capture the emotions of the entire day. I cannot recommend Something Blue enough– they truly are an amazing team!!
I haven’t stopped talking about how much of a difference Something Blue made on our Wedding Day. Beyond the absolutely beautiful photos. they were the reason our day was so fun and stress free. We were lucky enough to have them as our photographers, videographer, and day of coordinator. They worked seamlessly as a group and made sure our day was perfect.
This was our first time hiring someone for professional photos and heard great things about Something Blue from a friend. Once I saw their photos, I was hooked! The moments they capture are pure, unfiltered, and so natural. From the moment we reached out by email to request details to our first in-person meeting with Conrad, we knew we were in good hands. Conrad was super positive, knowledgeable and reassuring (about us not knowing how to pose for photos!) every step of the way. His attention to detail and the way he guided us throughout made our wedding day incredibly special. We never stopped smiling, laughing and enjoying our new moments as a married couple and it shows in our pictures. We will cherish these forever! I can’t wait to hire them again for future photos. I already want more!
We absolutely loved working with Something Blue for our wedding and engagement photos. Conrad and Christy were the best photographers and captured our day so perfectly. They both made us feel so at ease and comfortable every step of the way.
When rain was in the forecast, Conrad set up a call to go over his recommended plans for the day since he knew outside photos were important to us. He got creative and from the photos, you would have no idea that it was raining or that we were under an overhang in most photos.
Our friends and family also loved working with Conrad and Christy and keep raving about all of the photos we have shared with them. We got our sneak peak photos back and each photo is more beautiful than the last!
We are so grateful for everything Something Blue did for our special day and love that we will forever be part of their family!
Something blue is a part of our family forever. Their attention to detail, kindness, and artistic capabilities are just some of the few reasons why we loved working with them. Liz, Conrad, and Lindsay have been a part of the most precious times of our lives and I am forever grateful!
We had an incredible experience with Something Blue Photography on our wedding day! We had the pleasure of Liz, Christy, and Ashley all helping us with photos throughout the day. Liz was my wife's main photographer during the day. We had all of our pre-sessions with her, and she helped us think through the types of photos we were going to want throughout the day so that we didn't have to come up with them on the spot. On the day, Liz was professional, timely, and made sure my wife received all the shots with her, her parents, and her bridesmaids as desired. For my groomsmen and me, Christy was our main photographer for the first half of the day. She was great with both my nephew (the ring bearer) as well as with all of our little nieces and nephews (15 in total and she was able to get us all in a shot together!). Liz, Christy, and Ashley were creative with the various spots we shot at, suggestions for poses, and patient with the craziness of our large families / bridal party and our many requests for ad hoc pictures. Following the wedding, we received our sneak peak and the full gallery promptly (within 2 months for the full set) and love the way everything turned out. We highly recommend any of the team members for your special event / day / shoot!
Our experience with Something Blue Photography was absolutely amazing for our wedding. We could not have gone with a better company and set of photographers. Liz was amazing to work with as she and their team are very responsive and easy to communicate with. Liz did our engagement session and she was very friendly and lovely to work with. The engagement sessions was very helpful for us get to know her and also view Something Blues style of photography. Liz made planning our day of schedule a breeze. She scheduled a planning call and we talked through each moment of the big day, which made me feel at ease. When the day of came her and Conrad were a stellar team that made us feel so comfortable and were a blast to work with. You will not find better photographers in the area, Something Blue is amazing and we highly recommend them for you next special event.
Our experience with Something Blue has been excellent from engagement photos through our wedding. They were always communicative and collaborative, and the photos and video we’ve seen so far are stunning. When an illness came up, they were easily able to shift their coverage to make sure we still had two photographers and a videographer for the full time, which was a huge relief. Conrad, Ashley, and Jackson covered our wedding, while Liz did our engagement photos, and everyone was so lovely to work with. They were all so kind to us and did everything they could to make us feel comfortable throughout the day, which made everyone feel more at ease, even those of our party that were a little camera shy. Their guidance for photos was so helpful, and our family and friends have all been impressed with what they’ve seen so far. We are so grateful and highly recommend them!
Such a great experience from start to finish! From the engagement photos, save the dates, and everything on the day of with Liz and Christy, we loved it all. We can’t thank Liz and team enough for all they did to make our day even more special.
Conrad, Lindsay and Ashley all did such a wonderful job!! Communication was always great through our wedding day! The photos are so much more then we imagined, they really captured our day perfectly! Ashley made our day run smooth and stress free, would not have wanted anyone else as our day of planner! We absolutely loved having all 3 be a part of our day. Thank you for making us feel so special! We really cannot thank you all enough! Thank you Thank you Thank you!
Conrad and Christy, I cannot begin to thank you enough! Something Blue did a phenomenal job capturing our wedding day. I knew that their quality of work was high but even so, when they shared some of the pictures from our wedding day I was blown away. Each moment was captured perfectly.
Aside from that, working with Conrad on the schedule for the day was a breeze. For anyone worried, don't be. Trust their expertise. Conrad knew exactly how to layout the timeline of our wedding day. We were shockingly on schedule the entire time, which was something I worried about. I cannot recommend Something Blue enough! Thank you guys!
Something Blue exceeded all expectations as our wedding photographer at Rolling Green Country Club. From the very beginning they were amazing to work with. We initially attempted to put a schedule together ourselves, but Liz and Conrad worked with us to fix our schedule to ensure that we could get all the best photos while also enjoying the entire day with our loved ones. We are so grateful to them for that. Liz, Conrad, and Christy were by our side throughout the entire day, helping us get through each step. They had such a calming presence that made us feel like everything was going to work out, and it did! They have been incredibly professional throughout this entire process and yet they were also very down to earth. In the end, we are so pleased with the photos/video from our big day and are so glad we chose Something Blue!
Wedding planning involves a ton of decision making, and it can be so overwhelming. You want everything to go well, and there can be so much pressure because you can’t redo the day. We talked to so many different florists and djs, but only one photography team, and that was Something Blue. Hands down, they are the BEST decision we made for our wedding day.
Liz & Conrad were our photographers and they were truly phenomenal. They instantly put us at ease and made sure we were comfortable. Liz was so sweet and attentive; she was always offering me water in the heat and helping carry the back of my heavy dress when we moved to different locations. Conrad was amazing as well, also getting us water/drinks and offering to grab our boutonnieres and corsages from the fridge to make sure our families had them for pictures. They truly care about you and your partner; they made everything so incredibly easy and fun and we are so so lucky to have worked with them!
The pictures they took are GORGEOUS and so dreamy!! We got a few sneak peeks three days after our wedding, and a bunch more less than a week later. They got amazing shots, and there is so much variety! I don’t usually like how I look in pictures, but I cannot stop admiring these. These photos make me feel so confident and beautiful. They also captured so many sweet and silly moments between my fiancé and I that I will cherish forever.
SB was also extremely wonderful during the planning process. Their responses were always timely and helpful, which we appreciated so much. We worked with Liz leading up to our wedding, and she is such a kind and genuine person who wants the best for your special moments. We cannot say enough great things about her and SB, and we will definitely be using them for future photo sessions!
Book Something Blue for any of your photography needs!! The entire team is amazing! My husband & I could not be happier with our experiences with Conrad, Lindsay, Christy, & the rest of the team. They are the best!! From helping determine the timeline of your wedding day to ensuring they capture all the best moments, Something Blue truly does it all & makes the process so simple!
Highly recommend! We were referred to Something Blue by multiple family members and friends and we are so glad. There's a reason they are well known to our community - Conrad and Lindsay were so lovely to be around during our big day! We had a ton of fun with them. Conrad did our engagement shoot at a library and we could tell he had a lot of fun experimenting with the unique space.
All of the photos came out beautifully!
GORGEOUS PHOTOS. I hired Something Blue for my wedding photos after my husband and I had a terrible experience with another photographer. The photos from our first photographer came out so horrible. We were posed badly, the lighting was terrible (I am a little tanner then my husband) and we felt so awkward with our photographer throughout our first engagement session. Something Blue was completely different. Our photographers were Liz and Christy. Liz did our engagement session which turned out so beautiful! It was so easy being around Liz, she posed us great and had things to help us relax and laugh. Liz went around and found these gorgeous spots for us to take pictures in and we would be walking and Liz would stop us because she loved the light in a certain spot. Our pictures turned out amazing!!!!! Liz and Christy were so great during our wedding day as well. Our photos turned out amazing. They got so many beautiful shots in different areas at our wedding venue and these beautiful sunset photos that I absolutely adore. Although, we were rushed at a couple of points and I would've loved a couple more pictures of the reception room, the pictures were gorgeous, and Liz and Christy were AMAZING. We also hired Ashley for our day of coordinator. Ashley was so sweet and did an amazing job dealing with all of our vendors and creating a day of timeline. She helped set up our reception space so perfectly and had to deal with an uninvited guest and a bit of family drama. It was so worth it to hire her. Ashley, Liz and Christy were amazing! I 100% recommend Something Blue.
Words cannot describe how wonderful the whole something blue crew was!! Liz & Lindsay: you guys were amazing and truly made my day so special with taking all of the photos I requested. Conrad: I cannot wait to see what the footage looks like because you captured all of our quirky responses! Christy: She was FABULOUS she helped keep me and the rest of the bridal party so calm and checked in on us as often as she possible could while managing the set up.
You will NOT regret booking something blue for your wedding. We look forward to hiring them to take photos for us in the near future.
Such a blast!! They brought such amazing energy to our big day, they felt like old friends we invited to our wedding. They captured all our shenanigans making sure we didn't just take cute photos, but really represented us. 🥰
Wonderful photographers! They Captured all the beautiful details and moments perfectly for our special day! They made the photoshoot fun and natural. Very accommodating and we highly recommend their services for any special event!
Where do we begin to thank the team @Somethingblue. From the moment we met Conrad and Liz we knew we needed to look no further. From the very beginning we felt that we were in very good hands and we were so right!!! Our engagement session was a blast, and there wasn’t one picture we didn’t like. Our wedding day was absolute perfection!!! Do not hesitate to hire this amazing team. Not only are Liz and Conrad beyond talented, they are genuinely awesome people, and super fun to work with. Their professionalism from start to finish was exceptional, and our entire experience was flawless. They captured special moments and expressions that we will cherish for a lifetime! Thank from the bottom of our hearts for making our wedding day so very special. Our photos are priceless and we will treasure them forever. Garreth and I will be referring you to all of our friends and family! We absolutely love you guys! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Michele and Garreth Thornley
From our initial meeting we knew Liz was one of a kind when she took time to get to know us, made a draft schedule, and answered all our questions prior to us even booking. We were reassured of her kindness and professionalism when she made us feel comfortable shooting our engagement photos. Liz's ease will make you feel like you've known her for years. On our wedding day Liz, Conrad, Christy, and Jackson went above and beyond their photography and videography jobs to help our entire day run smoothly. We are so grateful to have worked with Something Blue and look forward to a continued relationship. One of the best decisions we made for our wedding day was working with Liz and her team!
Conrad and Lindsay were amazing capturing our wedding!! We haven't even seen all the pictures yet but the ones they showed us throughout the day were stunning! We sincerely appreciated their attention to detail and thoughtfulness throughout the day. Lindsay was amazing with our infant daughter getting her to light up for pictures and Conrad knew exactly the right poses to capture our best angles. Could not have asked for a better pair to work with, we are elated with what we've seen so far and can't wait to see more!
Liz, Christy, Ryan, and Jackson captured our wedding day (6/17/23) better than we could have imagined. They were all so friendly and helpful, we felt like we were working with close friends throughout the entire day. Our pictures are absolutely stunning and perfectly capture the love and complete joy we felt on our special day. We are constantly looking at the pictures we have received already. We cannot thank them enough for our pictures and video that we will cherish forever.
Liz, Conrad and Ashley captured our day so beautifully. Not only were they our own personal hype crew throughout the evening but they also made sure to capture every single important moment without missing a beat. We were blown away with how amazing this team is and can’t recommend them enough. Working with them was so easy and the most fun we’ve had while wedding planning! They were the easiest yes ever when it came to vendors.
Liz and Lindsay captured the beauty of a truly unforgettable and emotionally raw wedding in a way that I don't believe anyone else could have.
I started planning my wedding 8 days before the wedding date. My sister has worked with Something Blue for years, and when we decided we would get married, Liz and Lindsay jumped on board immediately. The situation was unusual. My dad was dying, and decided to have a VERY fast wedding so my dad could be there. Sadly, he wasn't able to be there, as he died just days before the wedding. We had the wedding to celebrate our partnership and to celebrate my father's life. Not only did Liz and Lindsay play an integral role in capturing the event, they made suggestions to create even more memorable moments. When a blizzard started, and there were 6" of snow falling, they picked us up in their van, and brought us to an unforgettable location for our First Look shots.
They were fun. They HAD fun. They were real. They met our emotions with emotions. I'm still in awe of how they captured one of the most memorable days of my life. To Liz and Lindsay, from the bottom of my heart and my family's, thank you.
Liz & Conrad we’re our photographers for our wedding on New Years Eve, 12/31/2022 and words can’t even express how wonderful they were! Liz did our engagement shoot back in November 2021 and the photos from that are absolutely stunning. Her and Conrad were with us ALLLLLL day for our wedding, starting early around 10:30am and staying with us until after midnight! They both made me and my husband feel so comfortable and made things so easy for us, not to mention our bridal party loved them as well!! They shared a TON of sneak peak photos a week after the wedding (so fast!!!!) but there are no words to describe the emotions we felt when we looked through the sneak peak photos, it was like reliving our wedding day all over again. They captured so many great shots, and every time I look at these photos those emotions come rushing back. We are so grateful for Liz and Conrad and will 10000% be using them for any future photography needs and would not recommend anyone else but them to any future brides I know!!
We had a fantastic experience with them! They captured all of the details beautifully, and they were very fun to work with! The planning process was fun and easygoing, and they had beautiful and creative ideas for the shots. We had to work with very bad weather but we were still able to get beautiful pictures.
Our wedding was in September 2022 and our entire bridal party loved working with Liz and Conrad! Leading up to our wedding, Something Blue always responded to our questions quickly and Liz did an amazing job with our engagement photos. On the day of our wedding, Liz and Conrad went above and beyond. They were so easy to talk to, offered to get us water, and even spoke to the florist for us when there was a minor issue! They also had our sneak peek photos ready for us within two weeks and they're stunning! We're so glad they were part of our big day and have been referring them to all our family and friends!
Something Blue was an absolute pleasure to work with! From the first time we met Liz, she made us feel comfortable and understood our style. She did a wonderful job of leaning into what we were looking for on our engagement photos and on our wedding day and providing us beautiful photos to help us keep lasting memories. Conrad joined us on our wedding day and was great to work with too. His creative eye allowed us to capture some amazing photos including a few he did with a drone that captured our venue beautifully!!
Not only did the photos turn out great, but Liz and Conrad are just great people. Liz helped me all day with my dress, veil and supported me as we got ready for the big moments. It felt like they were an extension of our friends and family and they helped make our day extra special. We couldn't recommend them enough!
I would rate 1000 stars if I could...Liz, Conrad and Lindsey are absolutely incredible and are so so talented. From our engagement session to our wedding day, Liz and her team made us feel so comfortable all day long and were coming up with such unique and fun shot ideas with our bridal party and family. We are overjoyed with the photos we've gotten so far, they are better than we could have imagined!!
Something Blue was absolutely amazing and we are so lucky to have had them as our wedding photographers and videographers! Something Blue took the time to get to know us so our engagement and wedding photos turned out better than we could have imagined. Liz, Conrad, and Christy were so much fun on our wedding day and had such a great eye for amazing shots - they are so attentive and amazing to work with! They made the whole experience seamless and they consistently went above and beyond. We can’t say enough good things about Something Blue and have been raving about them to all of our friends and our family. They are the BEST!
We highly recommend Something Blue Photography! Liz and Conrad are so very talented and amazing to work with. They both had such creative and fun ideas for shots that turned out to be breathtaking. We had some time to kill before our wedding and they found the perfect place by Lake Michigan to take a few extra shots. At sunset, they grabbed us again to take some amazing pics by the train. Very grateful to have found Something Blue and highly recommend to all friends and family.
Brian and I are beyond happy that we decided to book Something Blue. Conrad provided so many different ideas for our engagement session and the photos turned out amazing. Our wedding photos left us speechless. Lindsey and Conrad were the best team. They knew which places to go, which way we should pose, and that resulted in the MOST impressive photos. Our guests cannot stop talking about how beautifully this pair captured our wedding. Thank you to Something Blue and we highly recommend them to anyone looking for high-quality, professional photos.
We would recommend Something Blue to anyone looking for an amazing wedding photography team. We had the absolute pleasure of working with Liz for our engagement photos and then both Liz and Ashley on our wedding day and they did an incredible job. Liz instantly felt like a friend and made us so comfortable and at ease in front of the camera. Liz and Ashley were able to divide and conquer to capture our wedding parties and then work flawlessly together to capture our first look, ceremony, reception dress change, sparkler send off and every perfect moment in between. We are so impressed with the photos that they turned around so fast for a "sneak peak" and are forever grateful that we have our perfect wedding day captured so beautifully to cherish forever!
I can't recommend Something Blue enough!! My husband and I had a great experience during our intimate backyard wedding last year and we are so happy we were able to work with Liz, Christy and Conrad for photography and videography for our large wedding reception and vow renewal this year. They capture such beautiful moments and are all such a fun bunch! They have an eye for great shots and are prepared for anything, like having umbrellas for rain on our wedding day. For anyone trying to decide what photographers to go with - go with Something Blue!
We are so honored and lucky to have had something blue capture our day through photography and videography. Not only was the whole team professional and timely, they made the whole experience fun and easy! 10 hours of photos and video can seem daunting but their organization made it all go flawlessly. Liz, Conrad, Ashley and Jackson went above and beyond to make our day perfect and captured so many photo/ video opportunities that we didn’t even realize we wanted. I would recommend them to everyone!
Conrad and Lindsey are amazing! They make you feel so comfortable taking photos, and we had so much fun. They are truly outstanding at what they do. They went above and beyond to get the best shots. Thank you so much for everything and for documenting such an important day in our lives.
My now husband and I were married July 9th, 2022. We were fortunate enough to work with both Liz and Conrad on our wedding day.
When I first was looking for photographers, Something Blue (SB) came recommended by our venue's wedding coordinator. I reached out and was able to have a meeting with Liz scheduled very quickly. The SB team is so attentive, something that is not always the norm with wedding vendors. This was very appreciated. I really enjoyed speaking with Liz on this initial call and after reviewing some of the sample galleries sent over, we agreed we wanted to work with SB.
Fast forward to our engagement shoot in November '21, which were taken in downtown Chicago...those photos were absolutely beautiful and really captured my husband and I. Working with Liz was so comfortable and even if taking pictures can feel awkward, that feeling quickly fades while working with Liz and you feel like yourself (or even the model-version of yourself).
Closer to the wedding we learned that we would get to work with not just Liz but also Conrad...sorry other SB couples but this is not the norm...we somehow just got that lucky. Meeting with them a few weeks before the wedding put my nerves at ease and I was excited to see them on the big day.
Now, with the wedding a few weeks behind us I can say I am so happy we booked Something Blue. From the moment Liz and Conrad showed up as I was finishing up getting ready to head to the church until the left at the end of their scheduled time we had an amazing time with them and are so happy with how they captured us on our special day. Liz is so knowledgable about all things wedding (as she should be...she does this every weekend), which made our lives easier. It felt like we were spending the day with friends as opposed to a paid vendors.
The SB team really captures your day and your personalities. Having posed shots were very important to me especially with family and friends, along with the organic, fun, silly, beautiful moments, and we got all of that (and I am sure even more as we await the full gallery). Any and every request I had was met and the attention to detail Conrad and Liz have is no joke.
I also love how SB edits their photos to truly look like you, nothing is overly filtered, washed out, darkened, moody...I know some of these things can be very trendy but I appreciate that I look and feel like myself in the photos, along with my family and friends.
Something Blue is a company that keeps growing. If you have the chance to work them for your wedding (or any other photography needs) please do! You will not be disappointed. Conrad and Liz, along with everyone else at Something Blue, thank you so much! What are you waiting for...book them!
Something Blue was everything we could have imagined for the perfect wedding photographer and videographer services. I have been raving about them to family and friends since the first conversation with Liz about shooting our wedding. We felt like Liz, Lindsay, and Conrad fit right in at our wedding. The three of them made no big deal about the rain, had creative ideas for different shots, made our bridal party and parents comfortable and at ease that everything would be captured, and never made any of the photos or videos feel annoying or repetitive. They were all incredibly personable, professional, and light hearted. They captured the most special moments in our lives and we are so lucky that every piece of the day was captured so eloquently.
We also really appreciated was the incredibly timely, concise, and honest communication from the entire company. They responded within 2 days to even the smallest question or comment!
Our sneak peak photos and video turned out phenomenal, and we are so lucky to have these to look back on for a life time.
I would recommend this company to anyone looking for photographer or videographer services, we plan to use them for any of our future needs as well!
Something Blue was absolutely amazing. Throughout the whole process, Conrad made the experience memorable and personal. I looked forward to all our meetings, engagement shoot, and of course the wedding! The photos turned out phenomenal, we've received nothing but compliments. Conrad & Lindsay made us so comfortable on the day and truly brought out our best selves. We plan to hire them for any photography need we have in the future!
Liz and Conrad and the entire Something Blue Team are the absolute BEST!! They made us feel comfortable and are wonderful to work with. We could not be happier with all the beautiful photos that we received. They captured everything from start to finish and now we have these amazing photos to look back on from our wedding. Just look at all their great work and that says it all!!
Marcus and I had a phenomenal experience with Something Blue. From the beginning, Liz and Conrad were so supportive and knowledgeable. We could tell that they genuinely cared about us as a couple and had a lot of expertise to draw on that helped us in the planning process.
On the actual wedding day, they were absolutely amazing- not only did they take incredible pictures, they also helped the schedule flow smoothly and were just so much fun! Liz was a great support for me throughout the day, offering her expertise when necessary and taking care of little details (like making sure I had enough water). Both Liz and Conrad genuinely felt like friends and I was sad when they had to leave!
My parents, Marcus' parents and the bridal party told us that they loved Liz and Conrad and they were blown away by the "sneak peek" pictures we got after the wedding. 10/10 would recommend Something Blue for any wedding photography needs!
I don’t know what I can say that hasn’t already been said in other reviews. We had Something Blue photography and videography for our wedding in April 2022. We had Liz, Conrad, Christy, and Lindsay work with us along the way. Something Blue is honestly a wedding gift in itself. They capture pictures and videos out of passion not out of necessity. The team is so welcoming and relaxed, which made our wedding day feel more like friends hanging out and taking pictures than the stress of feeling like the pictures have to be perfect…then they are so talented that the pictures turn out perfect! The team feels like family and have become a part of our family! You could never go wrong by hiring this team, and expect that once you work with them, you’ll have them in your corner for all future events. We could not be more grateful for this company and can’t wait to use them again. Don’t look any further! You found the people who will take your loving emotions for the day and capture it in time forever!! (And if you want maternity/family photos or to execute some funny pictures idea you have, they are the BEST people to go to!)
Stop searching for a photography/videography team immediately - you will not find better than Something Blue!!! From start to finish, every person we were in contact with was so wonderful to work with. From meeting Liz via Zoom, to meeting her and Conrad in person before the wedding, to seeing everybody on the big day, they were nothing short of spectacular. The photos before the ceremony went seamlessly, and they were efficient with the family ones after, as well. They were also a hype squad in and of themselves and I just cannot say enough good things about each and every one of these beautiful people!! We just received our sneak peeks and they are so stunning and we couldn’t be any more excited to see the full gallery. Book this team - you absolutely will not regret it!!!!
1000% recommend the somethingblue team! PHENOMENAL
from the very beginning, we knew that we had to go with the somethingblue team for our wedding! We instantly hit it off with our virtual visit with Liz! It was almost as if she was already a long time friend of ours! From that moment we didn’t even look at any other photographers after and had to go with Liz! We loved her so much that we also decided to do the videography through them and even though we didn’t meet Conrad at the initial visit, we hit it off with him the day of our wedding! The somethingblue team is a force to be reckoned with. They made me and my husband feel so comfortable from doing our engagement photos, maternity shoot, first born and our wedding! We had an absolute blast with them! Liz listened to all our must have shots and delivered the best photos for such a special day for me and my husband. Not to mention, they were troopers dealing with our crazy wedding party! Seriously look no further, they will NOT disappoint at all. We will always be using somethingblue for all our future photos for our growing family as well! You can’t go wrong with any photographer you get from the team!
We absolutely loved working with Something Blue for our special day. Liz and Conrad were so supportive and accommodating with our wedding date changes due to Covid-19. Conrad did an amazing job capturing our wedding ceremony in July of 2020. My husband and I were finally able to have our reception in July of 2021 and were blown away by the beautiful photos and videography Liz, Conrad, and Ashley captured. We are so happy with how everything turned out and would recommend Something Blue to anyone looking for a great photographer!
Liz, Conrad, and Ashley shot our wedding last weekend and they are amazing! We felt comfortable with Liz from the moment we met her last spring during our engagement photos. On the day of our engagement shoot it was cloudy, foggy and a bit rainy. Liz was so kind and offered to work with us to find another day to get some Chicago skyline photos. On our wedding day, not only did she shoot all the photos we asked for, she was also so attentive to how I was doing all day. She was always checking on me, making sure I had enough water, helping me with my long train, etc. So far we received 3 photos from Liz and we literally can’t stop looking at them. We love them and can’t wait to see more photos and videos. Without a doubt we would recommend Liz & her team to all family and friends looking for a wedding photographer.
Liz and Conrad came through in a big way on a rainy and cold reception 364 days after our original ceremony. However, no weather was getting in the way of them getting the perfect shots for our special day! They were so patient with our large group and made great suggestions throughout the day! The pictures from our ceremony last year were amazing and I cannot wait to see the newest ones from our reception! They are a top notch crew and I am so glad we trusted them with such an important day.
We HIGHLY recommend Something Blue! Liz and Conrad were super communicative and organized during pre-wedding planning. And then during the actual wedding, they already knew the best spots in our venue for photos and helped corral our chaotic bridal party to the right poses/spots. We were pretty clueless about what shots we wanted, but Liz was able to recommend great options. The photos came out better than we ever could have hoped!
Also, we also got bids from multiple photographers in Chicago and Something Blue had by far the most affordable packages. 10/10 could not recommend more!
Liz first captured photos for us in the summer of 2020 during our engagement session in Chicago on an EXTREMELY hot day. Liz was a trooper walking all around to capture such loving, fun moments between my husband and I (and our floof)! Just over a year later, Liz and Ashley stepped up, yet again, on another extremely hot day in August of 2021. With last minute changes due to covid-19 and last minute requests by us, they were so flexible and willing to capture any and all pictures we requested on top of the photos we never expected to receive. They both captured so much love, happiness, and beauty throughout our day! From getting ready with our bridal party, to photos with our furry son, family photos, dancing photos, BEAUTIFUL sunset photos, and MANY many more-we truly are so blessed with the photos we received in our gallery. We look at them, what seems like every other day, and each picture brings us right back to that day, that moment, those emotions. We cannot wait to see our final wedding album created by Conrad! They all work so hard for every client and we look forward to working with them in the future for years to come!
My husband and I could not have asked for a better group to do photo and video for our wedding! Liz, Conrad and Ashley were so nice and easy to work with. All my bridesmaids were so impressed with how laid back and comfortable they made us feel. They gave us so many sneak peaks (~150) and so quickly after our wedding it was so nice to relive the day through the photos a couple of days later (10 days to be exact)! We also received our teaser video a couple weeks after that was so beautiful and encompassed every moment of the day. I am very awkward behind a camera and being the center of attention but you could never tell from the photos because it was like I was just hanging out with friends. They made sure to capture all the little details that we put so much effort into for the big day and it’s so nice to be able to look back at all those memories. We highly recommend working with them for your wedding and can’t wait to use them for family pictures in the future!
I absolutely cannot say enough good things about Something Blue Photography!
From the very first conversation, my now husband and I knew we were making the right choice in photographer. Your photographer is someone who is going to be spending a lot of time with you and your family on your wedding day, so it is important that it’s the right fit. We felt we connected with Conrad and looked forward to continuing our conversations and working with him!
We wanted wedding photos that truly captured the emotions and feelings of the day. We also wanted them to look real, like us, and not super edited or editorial. They did exactly that! We are two people who are never fully comfortable in front of the camera, and Conrad and Ashley made it so easy it looks like we don’t even know they are there! Ashley also helped me so much throughout the day making sure my hair was just right, the train on my dress was fluffed, making sure I wasn’t stepping on my dress and so much more.
We received 150 “sneak peek” photos which is more than I’ve ever seen with friends and family that have gotten married in the past! We were so grateful to receive them so quickly (less than two weeks) and share them with our loved ones. It was so cool to see those moments captured while they were still so fresh in our minds.
From start to finish, Conrad and Ashley with Something Blue Photography were an absolute dream to work with and have on our vendor team. We will recommend them to anyone we know getting married in the near future. They also do so much more than weddings like family shoots, maternity and newborn shoots, so we hope to work with them in the future as well!
My husband and I had such a great experience working with Something Blue! Due to COVID, we decided to have a small backyard wedding this year and are planning to have a "traditional" celebration next year. When we had our initial meeting with Liz, we were still working through our plans for the backyard wedding (and we were even still finalizing some last things day of) and Liz was extremely flexible working with us! Christy joined Liz with taking photos and both of them perfectly captured our favorite day! Besides the amazing photos we got, they were such a joy to be around throughout the whole afternoon/evening. They were extremely helpful (even making sure we remembered to stay hydrated and cool in the August heat) and found such beautiful spots for photos. We are looking forward to working with them again next year!
Absolutely the BEST wedding photographers we could have ever asked for. Something Blue makes you feel like part of their family from day one. From the initial booking, to engagement photoshoot, to ceremony and reception, Liz, Conrad and the whole Something Blue team are there for you. Their experience can make even the most camera shy bride and groom feel comfortable.
In a weird year of Covid delays, Something Blue was amazing to work with and rescheduled no questions asked when Covid derailed our initial plans. When we reached out to reschedule and let Something Blue know that we were going to do a small private family wedding followed by our eventual reception a year later, Liz jumped at the opportunity to capture our special day. Then when she and Ashley returned to shoot our one year vow renewal and reception, they went above and beyond what is expected of wedding photographers. On a hot October day, they were running around getting water, cold towels, and anything else we needed to make sure we were able to enjoy every bit of our day without worry.
We could go on and on about how wonderful Something Blue is, but in the end the simplest way to summarize our feelings is that we will be part of the Something Blue Family for years to come.
Cannot recommend these guys enough!
Our original wedding was schedule for May 2020 when Covid struck. we had to postpone 3 times and Something Blue could not have accommodated us any better. Hearing horror stories of couples losing out on thousands of dollars from wedding vendors who would not refund their money, wouldn't accommodate a change of date, or would vanish all together made us so thankful for having Something Blue by our side and allowing us to have peace of mind while going through all the changes.
As far as the wedding day(s), we had 2. First we had a small back yard wedding with immediate family only during covid. Liz and Conrad were amazing. We did what we could with decorations but in the end, it was just a back yard, but Liz and Conrad made it look like a twenty thousand dollar venue with their pictures.
The 2nd wedding was at our originally planned for venue and we once again had both Liz and Conrad. They captured the day perfectly. They were constantly coming up with great photo ideas that all turned out amazing.
Probably my favorite part about hiring the Something Blue crew was we didn't have to ask them to do anything. They were always there for the best shots, came up with their own ideas, and best of all they blended in. A lot of photographers I see at weddings will stand right in the middle of everything to get a good shot disrupting the view of the guests and the flow of the wedding. Liz and Conrad were perfect in getting the best shots while also remaining incognito.
Lastly, they are just great people. We've met at their studio a hand full of times now and every time we find ourselves getting lost in conversation with them. They will always listen to what you have to say and take all of your wants and needs into consideration when planning your day.
Again, cannot recommend these guys enough.
Something Blue was wonderful to work with and Christy (our photographer) was amazing! Everyone at our wedding commented on her energy and style telling us how awesome she was! And the photos… WOW! We got married downtown. Not only did we get all of the shots we asked for (she memorized our list btw!) but she made some inspired choices for alternate venues as we walked around that were just gorgeous. She captured our spirit and the spirit of our party. Highly recommend this group!
Photographs and a video memory from our wedding were two of our top priorities as we planned our special day. From our initial meeting with Liz and Conrad, we felt so comfortable and knew that they were the best we would ever find to photograph our special day. As we met with them, they showed us entire galleries from weddings at our same venue so we had a true picture of their portfolios. Not only are they professional and take amazing pictures, they are also the most genuine, kind people you will find in the wedding industry. Liz, Conrad, and Ashley were absolutely wonderful to work with on our wedding day. They helped make our day run smoothly and on schedule all while also taking beautiful photographs that captured our wedding. We cannot recommend them enough!! We are so happy we found Something Blue and plan to use them in the future for all of our family photographs.
I first met the Something Blue team as a guest at a wedding in 2016. It was a very HOT day, but they remained cool, calm, and collected as they captured a beautiful day. When we planned a 2020 wedding they were already booked, but thanks to Covid they were free a year later for our postponed wedding reception. Liz & Conrad make such an awesome team. They were super friendly and helpful to people of all ages and also have such an amazing eye for detail. We are so excited by the sneak peek images that we received on our honeymoon and can't wait to see the rest of the photos!
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