About this vendor
VAVA Weddings is a wedding photography company in Evanston, IL. As a photographer with videography, editing, and audio background, I bring a unique perspective to capturing your special day. With experience as a musician, dancer, sailor, and traveler, I have a keen eye for detail and an ability to sense the emotions and moments that others might miss. My diverse skill set ensures that your wedding photos and videos will be not only beautiful but also deeply personal and authentic.
My journey in photography and videography has led me to develop a unique style that has garnered recognition, including the prestigious ‘Best of Show’ award from the CPPA. The photos and films from my wedding sessions capture a distinct mood and atmosphere, achieved through a seamless blend of natural composition and the artful interplay of light and shadow.
VAVA Weddings is also a member of Wedding & Portrait Photographers International.
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Drone
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
Awards and Affiliations
2018 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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5
out of 5.014 reviews
It was a pleasure to work with Jacek and his VAVA team. Outstanding pictures and videos - 2 versions (20-min and 4-min highlights). Jacek is very professional, competent, empatheti...
c and so creative :)
EXCELLENT WORK!!! Jacek is such a nice and smart dude. The pictures and video from the wedding are so beautiful, classy, unique, modern and romantic - all in one. It was such a ple...
asure to work with Jacek/VAVA Weddings.
We used Weddings Cafe for our wedding and could not be more pleased. Jacek Cwik has a true talent and passion for his work. He has a great eye for staging photographs, and has extr...
aordinary attention to detail when it comes to lighting. His pictures can almost speak - they are such a genuine reflection of personality, emotion, and events. When we received our wedding album from Jacek, we were blown away! Truly breath taking! Our photos documented the entire day and evening. Thank you for making our day so special and memorable!
Stella
We chose Jacek Cwik to photograph our wedding because we had seen some of his work before and we were impressed by it. He has a great sense of photography and his style is simply w...
hat we like. Jacek uses all the best equipment and his product and service are of high-quality. When shooting our wedding, we felt his passion was not about merely finishing a task but about making an artwork for us and for himself. Jacek captured all the moments you would wish at a wedding. Our photos are very natural. He also made our families and friends very comfortable the entire time and provided us great suggestions on shooting spots in Chicago. We highly recommend Jacek Cwik / WeddingsCafe.com
Jacek is just phenomenal. I am in love with our wedding pictures. He is more creative than me, so giving him control helped to create fabulous photos. That said, he is also very wi...
lling to make sure that you get what you want out of your photo sessions and run with your creative ideas. I would go so far as to say he is the best photographer in the Chicago and area.
Jacek Cwik was an absolute dream to work with for our engagement and wedding photos! His photography was stunning and I have never felt so beautiful. There was not one photo from o...
ur shoot that we disliked, Jacek is extremely talented. Seriously awesome! He offers a variety of photography packages and albums that are very fairly priced. You will LOVE his art work!
Leslie and Lou
My husband and I had the privilege of working with Weddings Cafe Photography for our engagement session and wedding day. Jacek Cwik delivered everything you could want from wedding...
photos, beautiful portraits, timeless family photos, and great candids. He made brilliant suggestions for poses, and was great with our whole wedding party! We are still trying to pick out which photos we want in our album because every single one is amazing. I cannot express enough how great Jacek was and would highly recommend him for any event!
I had always dreamed of using Jacek Cwik for my photography for the day of my wedding. Jacek is an outstanding photographer who really captured our day perfectly! He had thoughts a...
nd ideas for pictures we never would have thought of that are truly going to capture the memories of our day better than we could have ever imagined. Though I looked through tons of albums at bridal shows, surfed so many websites, and found myself comparing them to Weddings Cafe real art I reassured the others style of photography did not compare! I will aggressively recommend Jacek to all of my friends, sisters, and even acquaintances to use him as their wedding photographer. If you value good photos at your wedding, go with Weddings Cafe. Jacek’s humor and kindness also help calm anyone shy to the camera and consequently help to create more natural photos. Highly Recommended!!!
When it came time to find a photographer for my wedding I found Weddings Café at a bridal expo and I got engaged falling completely in love with their photography! I knew I had to ...
work with Jacek Cwik and was thrilled to grab his last available weekend for the summer. I can't say enough wonderful things about our experience with Jacek. He did outstanding job of making us feel comfortable in front of the camera, and it shows in our beautiful photos. I have received the most marvelous complements about our wedding pictures and he captured beautiful memories that we can cherish for the rest of our lives.
We interviewed many photographers and were blown away with Jacek's presentation. He is very professional, but also extremely personable. We could have not asked for a better photog...
rapher or team than Jacek Cwik and WeddingsCafe.com. They were very professional and the pictures were stunning! A truly amazing job at capturing every detail and moment throughout the day and night. What we love about their photography is that it truly told the story of our day from start to finish. We will be sure to recommend Jacek and his team to all our friends and family! Thank you!!!!!
Kim
We were absolutely thrilled with Jacek's work. We cannot stop looking at the beautiful images he took of our wedding. They perfectly encapsulate what our night felt like to us and ...
our guests, and highlighted both the people and the details that were important to us. Working with Jack was easy and smooth, and he sincerely had a huge role in making our wedding day special. We absolutely recommend him to anyone looking for a professional, creative, and badass photographer.
We highly recommend Jacek Cwik as wedding photography master. This was one area where choosing a photographer was difficult because we wanted to have the best possible pictures of ...
our special day. Jacek was just fabulous. We were so impressed by his brilliant ideas and professional art work. Definitely, model magazine quality! Susan and Grant
Highly recommended! We had Jacek/ Weddings Cafe as a photographer for our wedding and other occasion (family Christmas pictures, etc.). Jacek is very professional and his photos...
are like a little pieces of art. He has a great communication skills, tons of ideas, but also, open to your suggestions. He is very funny, which off course is not major reason you want to hire him, but trust me, it's helpful during hectic and stressful wedding day. We really appreciate all the effort he put to take great pictures!
We've worked with Jacek on several different occasions and it's always been such a great experience. Jacek was our wedding photographer, he witnessed and photographed our son's bab...
tisms and made many more beautiful pictures of our family. Always professional, discret, very talented, full of ideas and very flexible, these are just few characteristics of this great photographer.
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