Wedding Advice & Photography

Two things we are confident in: Wedding Planning & photography. Van Elk & Co is made up of a team of photographers who love to create portraits of love & happiness and share advice for wedding couples.

This isn't your typical photography blog. We share useful info for couples who are getting married and those who are heading that direction. Let us show you pretty things while you fill your head with all things wedding planning.

June 19, 2021

FILED IN: Engagements

man and woman touch noses during Lincoln Park engagement photos

Geese and ducks swam in the water, sending ripples across the harbor. In the background, monolithic buildings of stone and steel stuck up into the sky. Anna and Tyler stood in the grass, looking at each other and smiling. This Lincoln Park engagement session was one of my favorite shoots last year. One of my […]

August 15, 2015

FILED IN: Engagements

The bricks had fallen off the building in several places and may of the windows on the lower story were had sheets of plywood covering the top half while the bottom half remained naked. There was a mural fading in the sunlight on the wall of the building, but the fade was unequal as if […]

July 13, 2015

FILED IN: Engagements

Underneath a weeping willow tree, the earth slopes gradually to the waterfront of the Gompers Park Lagoon. There is not an official path back to the weeping willow, just a foot trail through the waist-high weeds that was trampled down by the many visitors the park sees everyday. After walking back there with Julia and […]