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Chicago Wedding Photographers

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Chicago is the largest city by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Adjacent to Lake Michigan, the Chicago metropolitan area (commonly referred to as Chicagoland) has a population of over 9.7 million people in three U.S. states, Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana, and was the third largest metropolitan area in 2000.[2] One of the largest cities in North America, Chicago is among the world's twenty-five largest urban areas by population, and rated an alpha world city by the World Cities Study Group at Loughborough University.[3] It is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles, with a population of nearly 3 million people.

Chicago incorporated as a city in 1837 after being founded in 1833 near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. The city soon became a major transportation hub in North America and the transportation, financial and industrial center of the Midwest. Today the city's attractions bring 44.2 million visitors annually.

Chicago became notorious worldwide for its violent gangsters in the 1920s, most notably Al Capone, and for the political corruption in one of the longest lasting political machines in the nation. Chicago was once the capital of the railroad industry and until the 1960s the world's largest meatpacking facilities were at the Union Stock Yards. O'Hare International is one of the world's busiest airports and the second busiest in the nation.

The city has long been a stronghold of the Democratic Party and has been home to numerous influential politicians including the current Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama. Chicago is called the "Windy City", "Chi-Town", and the "City of Broad Shoulders".

During the mid-18th century the area was inhabited by Potawatomis, who had taken the place of the Miami and Sauk and Fox peoples. The first permanent settler in Chicago, Haitian Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, arrived in the 1770s, married a Potawatomi woman, and founded the area’s first trading post. In 1803 the United States Army built Fort Dearborn, which was destroyed in the 1812 Fort Dearborn massacre. The Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi later ceded the land to the United States in the 1816 Treaty of St. Louis. On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was organized with a population of 350. Within seven years it grew to a population of over 4,000. The City of Chicago was incorporated on March 4, 1837. The name "Chicago" is the French rendering of the Miami-Illinois name shikaakwa, meaning “wild leek.”[6][7][8] The sound shikaakwa in Miami-Illinois literally means 'striped skunk', and was a reference to wild leek, or the smell of onions.[7] The name initially applied to the river, but later came to denote the site of the city.

The city began its step toward regional primacy as an important transportation hub between the eastern and western United States. Chicago’s first railway, Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, opened in 1848, which also marked the opening of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. The canal allowed steamboats and sailing ships on the Great Lakes to connect to the Mississippi River. A flourishing economy brought residents from rural communities and immigrants abroad. Manufacturing and retail sectors became dominant among Midwestern cities, influencing the American economy, particularly in meatpacking, with the advent of the refrigerated rail car and the regional centrality of the city's Union Stock Yards.

 
Illinois Cities in Which We Have Performed Wedding Photography
Below is a partial list of cities in which we have performed wedding photography:
Rogers Park
West Ridge
Uptown
Lincoln Square
Edison Park
Norwood Park
Jefferson Park
Forest Glen
North Park
Albany Park
O'Hare
Edgewater
North Center
Lakeview
Lincoln Park
Avondale
Logan Square
Portage Park
Irving Park
Dunning
Montclare
Blemont Cragin
Hermosa
Near North Side
Loop
Near South Side
Humbolt Park
West Town
Austin
West Garfield Park
East Garfield Park
Near West Side
North Lawndale
South Lawndale
Lower West Side
Garfield Ridge
Archer Heights
Brighton Park
McKinley Park
New City
West Elsdon
Gage Park
Clearing
West Lawn
Chicago Lawn
West Englewood
Englewood
Armour Square
Douglas
Oakland
Chicago, Illinois
The town of Chicago, Illinois is one of our most favorite towns in which to capture wedding photography. The beautiful town of Chicago gives us many opportunities to perform our photojournalist wedding style as well as traditional wedding style of photography.

In addition to Chicago, other favorite towns we have enjoyed performing wedding photography in include: Naperville, Downers Grove, Joliet, Schaumburg, Oakbrook and Lombard.

 
Chicago Wedding Photography Galleries and Articles
Use the links below to view photos from Chicago Illinois Weddings and other Chicago Weddings as well as articles which can assist you in preparing your Chicago Wedding. Photos and articles include: wedding dresses, wedding shoes, wedding cakes, wedding flowers, wedding invitations, and more!
Chicago Wedding Photography Samples
Chicago Wedding Dresses
Chicago Wedding Rings
Chicago Wedding Flowers
Chicago Wedding Shoes
Chicago Wedding Invitations
Chicago Wedding Gowns
Chicago Wedding Harstyles
Chicago Wedding Toasts
Chicago Wedding Cakes
Chicago Wedding Tuxedos
Chicago Wedding Albums
Wedding Photography Articles
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Specials for Chicago Weddings

We have several specials currently being offered for Chicago Weddings. See our pricing page for our current specials as well as pricing for:

  • Traditional Wedding Albums
  • Matted Wedding Albums
  • Coffee Table Books
  • Flush Mount Albums
  • High Resolution Digital Negatives
  • Prints in Color, Black & White, and Sepia
  • Digital Photo Albums
  • Musical Photo Show DVDs
  • Photo Composites
  • Special Effects

Let Loftus Photo & Design be your Chicago Wedding Photographers!

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Chicago Wedding Photographers, Loftus Photo & Design, performs photography in Chicago, Illinois and services Chicago, Chicago Suburbs and the greater Chicagoland area with exceptional Wedding Photography as well as portraits, special events, corporate, and commercial photography.