{"id":1280,"date":"2012-03-06T09:05:58","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T15:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2012-03-04T11:42:31","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T17:42:31","slug":"chicago-engagement-session-part-2-wendi-riggens-wedding-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/chicago-engagement-session-part-2-wendi-riggens-wedding-photography","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Engagement Session, Part 2 &#8211; Wendi Riggens Wedding Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was the longest engagement session I have ever photographed, and we also covered the most ground!! After an incredibly delicious lunch at a deli near their place, Jennifer and Kyle and I hopped on the El and explored some more, before heading down to the lake front. I&#8217;ve done the moving train shot many times now, but it was never as challenging at this day! Those platforms really shake!!!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chicago-engagement-session-wedding-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"311\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love Millennium Park and the area around the Art Museum!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chicago-engagement-session-wedding-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"322\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chicago-engagement-session-wedding-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love the big silver bean! The real name is Cloud Gate, and it is just so incredible!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chicago-engagement-session-wedding-004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chicago-engagement-session-wedding-005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I mentioned yesterday that it was a little dreary when we started out that morning, but by the time we got down to the lake front, the sun came out and the sky was blue! I love the skyline here, with Navy Pier, Ellis and Hancock Towers, and many other landmarks visible. SO beautiful!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chicago-engagement-session-wedding-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chicago-engagement-session-wedding-007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chicago-engagement-session-wedding-008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Natural History Museum is kind of fun, too!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chicago-engagement-session-wedding-009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also came across a very popular landmark in Chicago &#8211; the Chicago style hot dog stand!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chicago-engagement-session-wedding-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chicago-engagement-session-wedding-011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chicago-engagement-session-wedding-012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The beautiful skies didn&#8217;t last long, but that didn&#8217;t stop us. We took a walk through a park and found this beautiful spot with a view of the city in the background!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chicago-engagement-session-wedding-013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chicago-engagement-session-wedding-014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s a wrap!!! I had SO much fun shooting this engagement session, and we finished up just as the clouds rolled in. Jennifer &amp; Kyle dropped me off at the train station just as the rain finally broke through! I am hoping for totally awesome weather for their wedding this June, and look forward to sharing those amazing images with you, too!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chicago-engagement-session-wedding-015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><a style=\"text-decoration:none\" href=\"\/index.php?c=safe-site-for-mestinon\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pp-fb-like-btn-wrap\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/chicago-engagement-session-part-2-wendi-riggens-wedding-photography\" data-share=\"true\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-width=\"450\" data-show-faces=\"\" data-action=\"like\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was the longest engagement session I have ever photographed, and we also covered the most ground!! After an incredibly delicious lunch at a deli near their place, Jennifer and Kyle and I hopped on the El and explored some more, before heading down to the lake front. I&#8217;ve done the moving train shot many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-destinations","category-engagements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1280"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1297,"href":"https:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions\/1297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}