Archive for August, 2010
Ann + Jim : modern portraits [chicago, illinois]
- August 13, 2010 - posted by chicago wedding photographer nate mathai
categories: Couples Lifestyle Sessions, Modern Portraits
tags: ann and jim, chicago illinois, chicago wedding photographers, downtown chicago, e-session, lake michigan, modern portraits, navy pier, north avenue beach
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Sometimes it just clicks. And when you start to get birthday e-mails from a client you haven’t met yet, you know it’s one of those times. With Ann being from New York, her time pre-wedding in Chicago were few and far between, so I never had a chance to personally meet her prior to our session in late July. But for Ann and Jim, it didn’t matter. I could have been a random stranger who walked up to them and asked to take their picture, and they would have killed it. Because it wasn’t about how comfortable they were with me- it was how comfortable they were with each.
The day after the “Chicago Flood of 2010“, we headed out to Navy Pier in downtown Chicago, for a day that was a lot hotter and a lot busier than we expected, but it didn’t slow us down.
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Can’t wait for the wedding in next week!
MTC Praise Night 2010
- August 11, 2010 - posted by chicago wedding photographer nate mathai
categories: Personal
tags: chicago mar thoma church, chicago wedding photographers, des plaines, praise night
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In the early 2000′s, my home church started a “Praise Night”, first a collection of talent from within the community to bring our community closer together, that later transformed more into an outreach program being more gospel-centric. In 2007 after I returned from college, and started serving on the leadership team there. One of my main focuses that year was that I felt the the core leadership team needed to take a step back from running admin on tons of events and giving more attention on the spiritual health of the community, and doing few things really well. At one of the monthly meetings, I announced to our youth group that unless other people are going to step up in bearing the leadership burden then we would postpone Praise Night for that year. My good friend Binil Samuel and a few others stepped up and said they’d take on the responsibility.
Shortly thereafter, on August 6, 2007, Binil was involved in a hit-and-run accident with a drunk driver and passed away. His passing shook our community greatly, and after some discussion it was decided to cancel Praise Night for that year, as many were not emotionally ready to go on with the event.
3 years later, it was finally decided to start it up again, and it was such a blessing. It was decided that all proceeds from the event would go to the Binil Samuel Memorial Fund, which helps the children in the NavJeevan Centre in Mumbai, India. Though it was the first Praise Night where I wasn’t involved in the planning or acts themselves, I was blessed enough to serve as the photographer for the event. It was great for me to just see everything for the “first time” and be entertained with the rest of the community. Here’s a little glimpse into the night, with more pictures on my personal facebook page (feel free to friend me if you can’t see them or comment! :))
Tracey + Jojee : modern weddings {teaser}
- August 9, 2010 - posted by chicago wedding photographer nate mathai
categories: Modern Weddings
tags: chicago wedding photographers, christ church of oak brook, illinois, Modern Weddings, oak brook, tracey and jojee
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Blessed.
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