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  • Merry Christmas!

  • Merry Christmas!

  • Nina and Sunny’s Morton Arboretum Engagement

  • Stephina and John’s Wedding

  • My Starbucks Experience

  • Maternity / Asher’s Arrival

  • When Eden Met Asher

  • Playing Catch Up

  • Mel + Jon’s Chicago Wedding Teasers

  • Nitu + Albin’s Lincoln Park Portrait Session Teasers

  • Jenn + Raman’s Downtown Chicago Portraits Teasers

  • Why I Put Down My Camera

  • Why I Pick Up My Camera

  • Merry Christmas!

  • Mathai Family Portraits

  • Ekta and Dig’s Downtown Chicago Portraits

  • Avni + Sarin’s Chicago Wedding at the Hyatt Regency

  • Ekta + Dig : Chicago Portraits {teaser}

  • Avni + Sarin : Wedding Teasers

  • Avni + Sarin’s Downtown Chicago Portraits

  • Michelle + Liju’s Michigan Wedding at the Palazzo Grande

  • Avni and Sarin’s Chicago Portraits {teaser}

  • Sherin + Abrar’s Valima at the Cotillion in Palatine

  • Purandhri + Alok’s Itasca Wedding at the Westin

  • Michelle + Liju : modern weddings (teaser)

  • Eden Elizabeth

  • Sherin + Abrar : Valima Reception {teaser}

  • Purandhri + Alok : modern weddings {teasers}

  • What Camera Should I Buy? (Part I)

  • Purandhri + Alok : modern portraits {chicago, illinois}

  • Radhika + Kunal : modern portraits {chicago, illinois}

  • Purandhri + Alok : modern portraits {teaser}

  • Radhika + Kunal : modern portraits {teaser}

  • Babymoon 2012

  • Melanie + Jason : modern weddings {villa park, illinois}

  • What’s In My Bag?

  • Baby Nicholas

  • The Joshua Next Band {teaser}

  • Sherin + Abrar : modern events {skokie, illinois}

  • Jamie + Steve : modern events {downers grove, illinois}

  • Nima + Robin : modern weddings {troy, michigan}

  • Melanie + Jason : modern weddings {teaser}

  • Renaye + Abe : modern weddings {chicago, illinois}

  • Sherin + Abrar : modern events {teaser}

  • I was a math major in college.

  • Jamie + Steve : modern events {teaser}

  • Nima + Robin : modern weddings {teaser}

  • Renaye + Santhosh : modern weddings {teaser}

  • All of the Lights

  • Nima + Robin : modern portraits {detroit, michigan}

Nate Mathai holds the copyright on all his images. He allows all users to share, pin, distribute, etc. his images digitally for personal, non-commercial use. The images should not be altered, cropped, edited, or modified in any way. It is illegal to remove the watermark from his images, and can be punishable be fine.

If you are interested in obtaining rights to his images for commercial use, or if you would like to purchase higher resolution images for print, you can contact him directly.

Nate Mathai is a creative who currently provides photography services in the greater Chicagoland area in Illinois, and is also available Nationwide. He specializes in wedding and portraits, with a style that blends photojournalism and fashion. Nate Mathai only accepts a limited number of bookings per year to guarantee top quality work for his clients.


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