September 2026 / Downtown Chicago

A city hall wedding on LaSalle Street

A courthouse ceremony, a walk down the middle of LaSalle Street, and a rooftop dinner above the river.

The bride walking down the center line of LaSalle Street, train lifted behind her, the canyon of downtown towers rising on both sides

They booked the courthouse for the middle of a Friday afternoon and treated the rest of the day as the wedding. That is a format we love photographing: no timeline to fight, no hall to work around, just the two of them and the city they live in.

After the ceremony we walked out onto LaSalle. The street cuts a canyon straight through the loop and in the late afternoon the light drops down it like a corridor. She lifted her train and walked the center line, and we shot it long so the buildings would stack up behind her.

The rest of the afternoon was the brass lifts in the lobby, the stone stairs, and a rooftop table above the river for dinner. She changed into a short dress for the reception. Everything after seven o'clock was lit by the skyline going blue.

The bride in a long sleeved gown holding a bouquet of hot pink and red blooms, city buildings soft behind her

The couple kissing in the middle of the street with traffic lights and skyscrapers stretching away

The bride turning back over her shoulder mid stride, her gown catching the afternoon light

The bride on a rooftop terrace in a short white reception dress, the river and high rises behind her

The couple standing together in a brass lift, doors open, warm metal reflecting around them

Cutting the cake in a dim room, red carpet underfoot, both of them laughing

Black and white: the two of them walking hand in hand down the empty street

A place setting on a red cloth, gold rimmed plate, folded menu card and cut glass

The couple on the stone steps of the city hall building, her bouquet held low

Portrait of the bride on the terrace at dusk, the skyline going blue behind her

Black and white: the groom fastening his cufflink, jacket sharp against the stone

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