Top 4 Fine Art Chicago Wedding Photographers for 2024
Page Updated: January 31st, 2024
Would you love to find a fine-art, artistic Chicago wedding photographer to document the details of your big day and to complement your unique love story with a creative flair? The Wedding Photojournalist Association can help! Our documentary-style Chicago wedding photographers are, first and foremost, photographers — artists, in other words, whose medium is the still photograph. In the Artistic Guild competitions, WPJA members show off their creative talents for digitally enhanced still-lifes and fine-art detail photos.
Quarterly Artistic Guild contests for fine-art Chicago wedding photography are held annually, entered and judged separately from the WPJA competitions held during the year. After each contest, we add another collection of award-winning detail images to our wedding photographer’s member profile galleries.
What could be better than the details of your carefully planned event captured by a top Chicago fine art wedding photographer? Detail images generally are tighter framed shots on some of the day’s textures, and features, whether as arranged by the photographer or as they were found: dresses, gowns, suits, rings, linens, flowers, bouquets, cake, shoes, or champagne glasses. A collection of tightly cropped faces would likely also be a “details” shot if the surrounding context has been subdued to bring out the image’s artistic impact.
Sarah Nader is an award-winning wedding photographer with a knack for capturing unique and creative portraits. She excels at using reflective surfaces and creative lighting techniques to make her photos stand out. In her free time, Sarah loves traveling, cooking, and staying active with her two Golden Retrievers and Peloton.
Madi Ellis, a wedding photographer, brings acting skills to create authentic and unique love stories through her photography. Known for symmetrical framing and capturing intricate details in portraits, she excels at representing couples. Off-duty, she enjoys exploring new places through travel.
Taber Lacie, a US wedding photographer, brings a diverse and artistic approach to wedding photography. Specializing in detailed shots of wedding rings and creative couple portraits, she began her career in the industry at a young age.
Milan Lazic is a wedding photographer who discovered his love for photography in high school. At just 18 years old, he captured his first wedding using an analog camera and developed a deep fascination for lighting techniques. Milan's creative style shines through in his portrait sessions, where he skillfully combines symmetrical framing and balanced images to capture unique and visionary shots.
WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.
