[11.26.07] Monday Night Recap
- November 26, 2007 - posted by chicago wedding photographer nate mathai

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Happy Holidays [Photo Dump]
- November 25, 2007 - posted by chicago wedding photographer nate mathai

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Although we all live many miles apart and are moving on with different life directions (some still in med school, others working, another overseas), my group of college friends still try to get together at least on the holidays, and Thanksgiving was no different. This past Monday we had a potluck dinner and brought everyone together again…we even Skyped my roommate who was in London so he can enjoy part of the festivities with us. As always, our gatherings contained great food, deep conversations, and moments of games/entertainment. No matter how old we get, we keep each other young. Sort of…

For Thanksgiving, I went to church (as usual) for a Thanksgiving day service, and followed with a Thanksgiving Lunch at my sister’s in-laws place. My family hasn’t completely gotten comfortable with the camera, So I only grabbed shots of the food before relaxing.
Then in the evening, I went to my girlfriend’s place to hangout with her family in the evening. As a whole, they’ve never experienced my camera and I, so I made sure not to pull it out just yet (…got to make sure they have NO reason to dislike me :) ). It was entertaining time, where we just talked and played the FRIENDS trivia game (…really not that exciting of a game, in my opinion).

Then comes Black Friday…where I joined up with some friends to go to Best Buy at 5am and see what I could get. I really had no big “need”, so some might say it wasn’t worth it. However, my shopping consisted of Best Buy, TigerDirect (they opened a store in Schaumburg!), and a wandering through Woodfield Mall. In total, I just got a couple CF cards (capturing the memories), a 500GB Backup drive (archiving the memories), and I ordered a MacBook Pro online (‘perfecting’ the memories). Probably not worth a 4am wake up, but was fun nonetheless. (no pictures, sorry).

You know what it means when Thanksgiving is over? Time to put up the Christmas lights. After putting them up around my house with my dad, I went over to my church to find that they had finished decorating already- and I must say they did quite a good job with it. Here’s a very poor attempt at me hand-holding 1/4th-second exposure, but you get the gist of it…

A 4 day weekend was nice, but now I need to get ready to scrape the snow off the windshield and finish the corporate work year strong. Happy Holidays!

Jane & Alan’s Engagement
- November 25, 2007 - posted by chicago wedding photographer nate mathai

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[The Cotillion Banquets - Palatine, IL]

It was so great to be able to shoot Alan and Jane’s Engagement ceremony, especially after shooting their e-session a few weeks back. I must say, these were two very happy people- you wouldn’t find a single moment where they weren’t smiling! It was an entertaining (but tiring) job, and I loved it. They also had an ‘after-party’ in the evening, but they specifically requested that I put down the camera and join the fun as a friend…so sorry for not capturing those fun times!
side note: One thing I’ve noticed about my friends is that they fall into two categories: they love the camera and constantly ask to get pictures taken of them, or they do whatever they can to avoid the camera (majority). I can’t wait until they all get comfortable enough to not mind it, but also will be allow me to capture the ‘natural’ moments at least once in awhile.

Alright, well here’s some from the engagement. Congrats guys, and good luck prepping for the wedding!

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