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nikki & pat

michele — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:20:51 +0000

Thank you for sharing your day with us Nikki & Pat! We wish you guys the best!!

xoxo Michele & Andy

Join us on FACEBOOK to see more photos from Nikki & Pat’s Wedding! Click here to view their wedding slideshow!

Check out their engagement session at Chicago’s Grant Park!

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Bride’s Guide:

Ceremony : Saint Chrysostom’s Church, Chicago
Reception: W Hotel City Center, Chicago
Photography: Michele and Andy, assisted by Erwin
Coordinator : Melissa Phillips
Music: Rendezvous Band
Make Up : Sonia Roselli Esthetique
Wedding Gown: Priscilla of Boston
Bride’s Shoes: Badgley Mischka
Bridesmaids Dresses: Enzoani
Videographer : Eisen Video
Florist: Martha (Addison/Ashland)
Transportation : Victoria’s Flying Lady

What’s New? Happy New Year everyone! We hope you all had a wonderful Holiday break and enjoyed your time with family and friends! We are now back to blogging and a few more weddings will be up on the blog before I put up a slideshow of our 2011 couples! We are currently booking 2012 and the first quarter of 2013 so reserve your date now!

laura & carmine

michele — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:55:30 +0000

Photo of Laura – requested by Carmine… Can you tell he’s a HUGE football and basketball fan?! GO BEARS! and ummm… GO BULLS, whenever that will be :/

Such an emotional ceremony…

Let the dancing begin!

Thank you for sharing your day with us Laura & Carmine! We wish you guys the best!!

xoxo Michele & Andy

Join us on FACEBOOK to see more photos from Laura & Carmine’s Wedding!

Check out their engagement session that was photographed in Italy!

Contact :: Twitter :: Misha Media :: Pinterest

Bride’s Guide:

Ceremony : St. John the Evangelist, Streamwood, IL
Reception : Poretta’s Banquets, Chicago, IL
Photography: Michele and Andy, assisted by Erwin
Videographer: Leo of Second Films
Florist: Yanni Design Studio
Invitations: Flamboyant Designs Couture
Wedding gown: Demetrios Bride
Music : Windy City Mix
Make Up Artist: Sunshine

What’s New? No, we did not fall off the face of the earth! :) If you’re our friends on our Facebook page, you know we’ve been busy editing and posting slideshows! We want our clients to see their photos as fast as possible, and unfortunately, the blogging of our favorite images has fallen behind. But no worries, this blog will now get hit with tons of our favorite photos! Thanks again for stopping by and hope you’re all having a great fall season!

renaissance hotel wedding | emily & kevin

michele — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:25:47 +0000

Thank you for sharing your day with us Emily & Kevin! We wish you guys the best!!

xoxo Michele & Andy

Join us on FACEBOOK to see more photos from Emily & Kevin’s Wedding!

Contact :: Twitter :: Misha Media :: Pinterest

Bride’s Guide:

Ceremony : St. Catherine Laboure, Glenview, IL
Reception : Renaissance Chicago O’Hare
Photography: Michele and Andy, assisted by Erwin
Coordinator: J and E Events
Make Up Artist: Benefit Costmetics
Hair: Bridal Beauty Salon
Music : Vince of Magsino Mobile Entertainment
Florist: Friends of Emily
Cake: Oak Mill Bakery
Transportation: Emperor Limousine

Fun Fact : Did you know that it’s TGISunday for wedding photographers? Sunday is our Friday (unless we have a wedding)… then it’s TGIMonday! But then there’s the emails from over the weekend, and teasers, and blog updates, engagement sessions, and editing those images…. hmmm… =D

cantigny wedding photos | patty & dennis

michele — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:38:06 +0000

Bride’s Guide:

Ceremony : Faith Lutheran Church, Aurora, IL
Reception : The Abbington Banquets, Wheaton, IL
Photography: Michele and Andy, assisted by Erwin
Videography: Jim Yeung of Once Still
Music : Rex Balcita
Invitations: Wedding Paper Divas
Flowers: Flower Basket
Make Up Artist: Nekki Cannady
Transportation: Four Star Elite

Join us on FACEBOOK to see more photos from Patty & Dennis’ Wedding!

Don’t forget to check out their Engagement Session photos HERE!

Contact :: Twitter :: Misha Media

Fun Fact: Many people think that “Misha” is Michele’s nickname! =P

What’s New? PINTEREST! Seriously, why didn’t they have this when I got married… Brides! This is the perfect place for you to “pin” your inspirations for your wedding! Let’s follow each other and get inspired… The more the merrier!!!

and the winner is…

michele — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:23:45 +0000

We’d like to officially announce the winner for our 2010 B&G’s Facebook Contest! Congratulations to Robilyn & Darell! We photographed their wedding last February 14th in Cancun, Mexico. Robilyn & Darell will receive a beautiful 20×30 Fine Art Canvas Gallery Print ($450 vallue).

And as a thank you to all of our couples that participated, we’d like to give them a Misha Media gift card!

2nd place winner ($300 Misha Media gift card): Cheryl & Michael
3rd place winner ($150 Misha Media gift card): Diane & Larry
Participation prizes ($50 Misha Media gift cards) : Angie & Javier, Antoinette & Rod, Gretchen & Nic, Jennefer & Alan, Jocelyn & Noel, Krisitin & Chad, Laren & Anthony, Linda & Roman, Lisa & Rinaldo, MaeJane & Kenny, Molly & Michael, Phyllis & Hector, Richelle & Rick, Rowena & RJ.

Thank you everyone for your participation! And thank you to friends, families, blog readers, and Facebook Page members who voted! Hope you all had fun! :)

Below are the 3 images that had the most votes.

1st place: Robilyn & Darell

507 votes

2nd place: Cheryl & Michael

361 votes

3rd place winner: Diane & Larry

249 votes

2010 B&G’s Facebook Contest

admin — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:50:18 +0000

If you’ve enjoyed reading our blog posts from 2010, please show your support by voting for your favorite image via Facebook!

This is our way of saying “Thank you” to our 2010 B&G’s! Vote by “liking” their image! It’s real easy, just follow the directions below and “like” your favorite image.

All images were submitted by our participating 2010 B&G’s. Good luck to everyone!

Voting ends Thursday, January 27th at 11:59 p.m. CST.

Here’s the link! Misha Media’s Facebook Page

We thank you for your support!

2010 review

admin — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:33:04 +0000

Welcome to our new blog! Our little “elves” have been working really hard and they have lost a lot of sleep to bring you this brand spanking new blog! Couldn’t think of a better way to feature our Year in Review of 2010! Because it’s a completely different format than our previous blog, some older posts may have “remnants” of the old blog… please pardon our dust…

As I write this blog post, I am sighing a huge sigh… Wow… Where do I even begin?! 2010 was such a roller coaster ride from beginning to end. I laughed (a lot), I cried, I dreamed, I had a blast… 2010 brought a lot of challenges creatively, professionally, and personally. It was crazy, exhausting at times, fun, challenging, but overall, it was amazing.

I thank God for giving me the gift of being able to see and the ability to interpret it with my camera. I thank my family for all the love and support and most of all, understanding what it takes to run our business. I thank my husband, Andy, for being my everything. If it weren’t for him, there wouldn’t be any of this. I thank my Misha for giving me unconditional love. That little smile of hers that I see every morning when we wake up just brightens my day, each and everyday.

Being a part of all of our B&G’s amazing weddings was truly an honor. To our clients, thank you for filling us with joy and trusting us to capture your day. 2010 brought us new opportunities to shoot in places we had never imagined. Without your beautiful faces and contagious spirit, this blog would be empty. Thank you for helping Misha Media grow and making it what it is today.

To our blog readers, facebook, and twitter friends who have been following our work in 2010, thank you.

To the amazing wedding industry vendors that we have had the pleasure of working with in 2010, thank you for all of your hard work.

2010 was amazing, but let’s make 2011 even better! Cheers to all!

Before we get to the the slideshow, I wanted to share some personal favorite images of mine from our travels over the summer in Paris and Rome…

Here are our favorites from our Weddings and Sessions from 2010!

Thank you for the laughter, the tears, and the memories!

Best of Weddings 2010

Best of Sessions 2010

Let us know what you think! =D

thank you 2010!

admin — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:36:34 +0000

On this last day of 2010, we just wanted to say thank you to all of our families, friends, and clients who have supported us in being able to do what we love to do. We hope you have a healthy and prosperous 2011! It’s been a great 2010 and we are looking forward to what 2011 brings. We have a lot of new things we want to share with you here at Misha Media! I’ll be posting our faves of 2010 soon, but first, we’ll be ringing in the new year doing what we love to do… we’re off to shoot our very last wedding of 2010! Cheers!!

You get how ever much you put into it… so how much will you put in to 2011?

xoxo Michele and Andy

metropolis ballroom wedding | linda & roman

admin — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:08:05 +0000

Linda has to be one of the most carefree brides we’ve ever photographed… and Roman would have to be one of the goofiest grooms we’ve ever photographed… Together they are perfect for each other! He always knows how to make her laugh… always… Their chemistry is undeniable and their young-at-heart attitude was contagious. We should all really learn from these two as they keep it young, keep it real, and enjoy life. It was a beautiful Saturday wedding with blue skies and a cool breeze. They shared their vision for their wedding day and had some neat off-the-wall ideas that they definitely wanted captured. By the way, he’s a HUGE Transformers fan.. Scroll below to see some fun pics!

Welcome back from Mykonos, Linda & Roman! We hope that you had a fabulous honeymoon! Andy and I would like to thank you for sharing your day with us. We had tons of fun with your friends and families!

xoxo Misha Media

Have a great weekend everyone!

Check out our “behind the capture on Facebook to get a better explanation of the image above!

Linda, you look stunning!

Flowers by the talented Lisa Branning

I LOVED Linda’s make-up!! Rachel Chipps did such a good job!

GQ!

Some behind the scenes of the little guests while Linda & Roman wed…

The Metropolis Ballroom

rainy forecast…

admin — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:54:35 +0000

Hi everyone! Hope you had a great weekend! We had a forecast of rain all weekend and guess what?! We totally lucked out for Anna & Ron’s wedding and Kathleen & Ron’s engagement session! And true to form, all we needed was that “small window of opportunity” to photograph… needless to say, it was a successful weekend full of photography! Up on the blog this coming week: Linda & Roman’s full wedding blog post and other fun stuff! As always, thank you for checking in and we hope you have a great week!

xoxo Michele & Andy

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Anna & Ron’s Wedding

Kathleen & Ron’s E-Session