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		<title>Indian Engagement Party &#124; Nimisha and Chetan-ENGAGED!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 02:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I met with Nimisha and Chetan contacted me earlier this year about shooting their engagement party.  This will be my first time shooting an indian engagement party.  I&#8217;ve shot many Indian weddings but never an engagement party so therefore I was a little bit excited about this day.  The tent lighting at the Eaglewood Resort [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I met with Nimisha and Chetan contacted me earlier this year about shooting their engagement party.  This will be my first time shooting an indian engagement party.  I&#8217;ve shot many Indian weddings but never an engagement party so therefore I was a little bit excited about this day.  The tent lighting at the <a title="Eaglewood Resort and Spa" href="http://www.eaglewoodresort.com/" target="_blank">Eaglewood Resort and Spa</a> was absolutely gorgeous and it brought such a beautiful glow to the mood throughout the room.  This day was full of many surprises to the bride and groom.  The biggest surprise was for the bride herself when the groom sprinted off his chair to perform a Bollywood style dance!  The look on her face was priceless!!!</p>
<p>Here are some of my favorites from this party!</p>
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<p>Congrats you two!!  Thanks for having me on this day!</p>
<p>Venue-<a title="Eaglewood Resort and Spa" href="http://www.eaglewoodresort.com/" target="_blank">Eaglewood Resort and Spa</a></p>


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		<title>Chicago Engagement Photographer &#124; Michelle and Adamo-ENGAGED!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to work with Michelle a few years back when I was in the dental industry.  Fast forward three years later, she&#8217;s now engaged to a super sweet and FUNNY man named Adamo.  We decided to meet at the Lincoln Park Zoo for their session.  The weather forecast has been threatening 60% chance of rain [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to work with Michelle a few years back when I was in the dental industry.  Fast forward three years later, she&#8217;s now engaged to a super sweet and <em>FUNNY</em> man named Adamo.  We decided to meet at the <a title="Lincoln Park Zoo" href="http://www.lpzoo.org/" target="_blank">Lincoln Park Zoo </a>for their session.  The weather forecast has been threatening 60% chance of rain for days.  On the day of, it was cloudy and warm.  I met Adamo for the first time that day and we bonded like I&#8217;ve known him for years!  Adamo sure does know how to spice up this session.  It was non-stop laughter.  From us getting yelled at by a crazy passerby while we were minding our own business to Adamo being a risk taker and practically vandalizing a fenced off fully bloomed floral tree so we can have the perfect shot.  I wish this session was on video because it was comedic.</p>
<p>Thanks Michelle and Adamo for making this session so much fun.  It was definitely memorable to say the least.  Best of luck to you both!!!</p>
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		<title>Spring Picnic Engagement Shoot &#124; Jennifer and Brian-ENGAGED!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I met Jennifer and Brian for their wedding consultation, I can seriously say it was love at first sight.  Everything about them makes me smile.  Their love story, their chemistry, our chemistry!  When Jennifer contacted me the following day with the good news saying they wanted to book with me, I was seriously doing the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I met Jennifer and Brian for their wedding consultation, I can seriously say it was love at first sight.  Everything about them makes me smile.  Their love story, their chemistry, <em>our </em>chemistry!  When Jennifer contacted me the following day with the good news saying they wanted to book with me, I was seriously doing the happy dance in my living room.  I couldn&#8217;t stop talking about these two with my Giant!</p>
<p>Jennifer had a vision of what she had in mind for their engagement session.  They were a bit nervous for the shoot but it quickly became fun and next thing we know, we were all laughing non-stop through out the entire shoot.  It helps up forget about the cold as well!!  I seriously can&#8217;t wait to work with these two on their wedding.  Love, love, love them both!!!</p>
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<p>Jennifer made these save the date invitation for the shoot herself.  Isn&#8217;t it awesome!!!</p>
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<p>Make-up by Tran Nguyen</p>


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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, the producer to the morning show You &#38; Me This Morning on WCIU, The U contacted me about wanting to feature some of my work.  I immediately thought of Jenna and Nathan.  Shortly after their e-session, they met with the producer, Dartise, to film their interview.  The interview got featured this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few months ago, the producer to the morning show <a title="You &amp; Me This Morning" href="http://www.wciu.com/youandme_home.php" target="_blank">You &amp; Me This Morning</a> on <a title="WCIU, The U" href="http://www.wciu.com/index.php" target="_blank">WCIU, The U </a>contacted me about wanting to feature some of my work.  I immediately thought of Jenna and Nathan.  Shortly after their <a title="A TV Personality, Rock Star, and Fear Factor Finalist, All Roll Up In One-Jenna and Nathan-ENGAGED!!!" href="http://melissadiep.net/2012/02/a-tv-personality-rock-star-and-fear-factor-finalist-all-rolled-up-in-one/" target="_blank">e-session</a>, they met with the producer, Dartise, to film their interview.  The interview got featured this morning on <a title="You &amp; Me This Morning" href="http://www.wciu.com/youandme_home.php" target="_blank">You &amp; Me This Morning</a>.  If you missed it this morning, you can check out that interview <a title="Jenna and Nathan" href="http://www.wciu.com/youandme.php?assetID=10007717&amp;assets=videos&amp;section=home" target="_blank">here</a>.  Jenna and Nathan, you both were too cuuuute!!!  Love the interview!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[To say I had a blast during Jenna and Nathan&#8217;s e-session is an understatement. I met Nathan for the first time at the shoot. Immediately, we all hit it off. We meaning me, the Giant, and Little G. Lol. Let&#8217;s rewind a little bit. I met Jenna last year when she modeled for me at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To say I had a blast during Jenna and Nathan&#8217;s e-session is an understatement.  I met Nathan for the first time at the shoot.  Immediately, we all hit it off.  We meaning me, the Giant, and Little G.  Lol.  Let&#8217;s rewind a little bit.  I met Jenna last year when she modeled for me at one of my trash the dress get togethers last summer.  You can check that out <a title="Summer Trash the Dress" href="http://melissadiep.net/2010/09/chicago-summer-trash-the-dress-2010/" target="_blank">here</a>.  She was such a blast to work with so I decided to work with her again for this shoot <a title="Jenna Martinelli" href="http://melissadiep.net/2010/11/gorgeous-lighting-and-a-beautiful-model/" target="_blank">here</a>.  Since then, Jenna has become the TV personality to the show <a title="JBTV" href="http://www.jbtvonline.com/" target="_blank">JBTV</a>.  I was so happy for her when she got the part because she&#8217;s just so fun to talk to!  We can never run out of things to talk about.  Well&#8230;when Jenna got engaged late last year, once again, I was ecstatic for her!  Like I had mentioned, I never met Nathan (other than talking on the phone) till the day of the shoot.  We brainstormed some ideas and came up with an urban/modern camping theme less than a week before the shoot.  The stuff that Jenna and Nathan brought to the shoot to transform the camp area was awesome!!!  Their energy and laughter was just so contagious.  During the shoot, I got to know Nathan a bit.  Nathan is the front man of the band <a title="Madina Lake" href="http://www.madinalake.com/" target="_blank">Madina Lake</a>.  Nathan has a twin brother, Matthew, whom is also a vocalist and plays the bass in the band.  Another interesting fact about both Nathan and  Matthew is that they were the finalist to the hit reality show, <a title="Fear Factor" href="http://www.nbc.com/fear-factor/" target="_blank">Fear Factor</a>, back in 2007!!  Isn&#8217;t that so cool!!  Nathan said they ate a cow&#8217;s head with maggots. All of the contestants, Fear Factor staffs, and both Nathan and Matthew ended up in the hospital for eight days!!!  Crazy!  Both Nathan and Matthew won and walked away with half a million dollars. Woo hoo!!</p>
<p>Needless to say, I&#8217;m a big fan of these two love birds and I&#8217;m honored I get to shoot their wedding this coming May.  Here are some of my favorites from this session!</p>
<p><img class="pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter" title="modern urban engagement session" src="http://melissadiep.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/roman-380-Edit.jpg" alt="modern urban engagement session" width="940" height="698" /><img class="pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter" title="modern urban engagement session" src="http://melissadiep.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/roman-408-Edit.jpg" alt="modern urban engagement session" width="940" height="698" /><img class="pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter" title="modern urban engagement session" src="http://melissadiep.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/roman-387-Edit.jpg" alt="modern urban engagement session" width="940" height="698" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5134" title="unique wedding engagement" src="http://melissadiep.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/roman-17-Edit.jpg" alt="unique wedding engagement" width="913" height="776" /><img class="pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter" title="modern urban engagement session" src="http://melissadiep.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/roman-343-Edit.jpg" alt="modern urban engagement session" width="913" height="776" /><img class="pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter" title="modern urban engagement session" src="http://melissadiep.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/roman-308-Edit.jpg" alt="modern urban engagement session" width="632" height="1005" /><img class="pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter" title="modern urban engagement session" src="http://melissadiep.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/roman-265-Edit.jpg" alt="modern urban engagement session" width="940" height="698" /><img class="pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter" title="modern urban engagement session" src="http://melissadiep.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/roman-243-Edit-2.jpg" alt="modern urban engagement session" width="1147" height="1005" /><img class="pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter" title="modern urban engagement session" src="http://melissadiep.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/roman-105-Edit.jpg" alt="modern urban engagement session" width="632" height="1005" /><img class="pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter" title="modern urban engagement session" src="http://melissadiep.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/roman-84-Edit-2.jpg" alt="modern urban engagement session" width="940" height="698" /></p>
<p><img class="pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter" title="unique engagement pictures" src="http://melissadiep.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/roman-34-Edit.jpg" alt="unique engagement pictures" width="940" height="698" /><img class="pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter" title="modern urban engagement session" src="http://melissadiep.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/roman-477-Edit-Edit.jpg" alt="modern urban engagement session" width="940" height="698" /></p>


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		<title>Virgin Gorda and Jost Van Dyke Wedding Engagement &#124; Kim and Josh-ENGAGED!!!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings from Tuscany!! Hope you all had a great 4th! I thought I&#8217;d blog this e-session of Kim and Josh in the British Virgin Islands. I&#8217;ve known Kim for more than, gosh, fifteen years? I haven&#8217;t seen her since high school. I was beyond stoked when she emailed me telling me she got engaged and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Greetings from Tuscany!!  Hope you all had a great 4th!   I thought I&#8217;d blog this e-session of Kim and Josh in the British Virgin Islands.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve known Kim for more than, gosh, fifteen  years?  I haven&#8217;t seen her since high school.  I was beyond stoked when she emailed me telling me she got engaged and wanted me to be their photographer.  They had planned a small destination wedding in the British Virgin Islands and a reception later this fall in Chicago.</p>
<p>Day one of shooting Kim and Josh&#8217;s engagement session took place in The Baths in Virgin Gorda Island.  This was my first time seeing Kim in over fifteen years and she haven&#8217;t changed or aged at all.  I can seriously whip out a photo of her from over fifteen years ago and she&#8217;ll still look the exact same as she does now.  She still has that warm smile that can light up the entire NYC.  We met Josh for the first time on this day and I felt like we&#8217;ve known him forever.  This day turned out to be a holiday so all the ferry schedule was cut short so that left us with basically very little time to shoot.  We had less than 45 minutes to shoot  inside The Baths and I was beyond bummed.  I was so looking forward to shooting there and taking my time.  Shooting inside The Baths is beyond amazing.  It requires a lot of climbing and crawling though I love challenges like that.  The water was super clear and warm.  I seriously could&#8217;ve spent the entire day there!  Day two of the shoot was on Jost Van Dyke Island.  Both islands were just a short ferry ride away from Tortola.  As you can see from the photos, both Kim and Josh are super laid back and fun.  They smiles and laughs are extremely contagious.  I found myself constantly smiling and laughing as I was editing their photos.  It was so, so easy capturing their love and chemistry.  We finished off their shoot day two on their catamaran.  They&#8217;ve been sailing for almost a week around island hoping so we thought why not hope on the boat to document what they&#8217;ve been up to.  The light was just perfect on the catamaran.  I have more to share for Day three (wedding day) so stay tuned.  Love you two!!</p>
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<p>When we got to this part of The Baths with the light beam, it was super crowded.  I had to ask people to leave us for two minutes so I can shoot them here.  I felt like I can&#8217;t leave without having a shot here.  We literally had this spot for maybe two minutes at most.  I was a little bummed after I was done only because I&#8217;ve been planning and dreaming of shooting there.  We had very little time and it was crowded at the same time.  Boo!!</p>
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<p>I saw this hammock while waiting for Kim and Josh to arrive and knew I had to shoot here.  There was actually someone laying on it by the time they arrived so I kindly asked him to let us occupy it for the shoot.  They were more than happy to and let right after that.</p>
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<p>One of my favorites.</p>
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<p>I saw this store (I think it&#8217;s a store) right off the beach and asked the lady that was sweeping the porch if we can shoot there.  This little puppy ran right up to them.  He was the cutest little thing.  After Kim and Josh played with him for a bit, they put him down to continue on with our session.  Little did we all know, you&#8217;ll see in the next photo, that puppy wasn&#8217;t done with them yet.</p>
<p><img class="p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter" title="undefined" src="http://melissadiep.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/tortola-wedding-photographer-713-Edit-Edit.jpg" alt="undefined" width="900" height="746" /><img class="p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter" title="undefined" src="http://melissadiep.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/tortola-wedding-photographer-739-Edit-Edit.jpg" alt="undefined" width="900" height="671" /></p>
<p>This puppy still wanted to be apart of the session and their attention.  Giant&#8217;s heart melted when he saw this photo.</p>
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<p>Thanks Kim and Josh for this amazing opportunity to photograph your love for each other.  And having to do so in such a beautiful setting isn&#8217;t too shabby either.  LOL!  Love you two.  Can&#8217;t wait to show you more!</p>
<p>For friends and families that wants to see more of this gallery, you can pre-register <a title="Kim and Josh's Wedding" href="http://pictage.com/1074901" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>


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		<title>1+1=the Science of Love &#124; Rosemary and Mike-ENGAGED!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reason why I came up with that title for this blog post (actually, the Giant came up with it) is because both Rosemary and Mike are Math and Science teachers for the Chicago Public School.  We went back and forth a few times on where we should shoot their e-session.  It wasn&#8217;t until I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The reason why I came up with that title for this blog post (actually, the Giant came up with it) is because both Rosemary and Mike are Math and Science teachers for the Chicago Public School.  We went back and forth a few times on where we should shoot their e-session.  It wasn&#8217;t until I was with them in the car was when Rosemary informed me she wanted to go to the forest preserved.  I&#8217;m so glad Rosemary changed her mind because it was the perfect pick for them because they&#8217;re both so laid back.  I felt like I was speed around them. LOL!!  The clouds were rolling in (perfect for pictures) and it looked like it was threatening rain.  Thank God it held off!</p>
<p>Thanks Rosemary and Mike for this awesome session.  We can&#8217;t wait to photograph your wedding in August!!!</p>
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<p>I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this photo of Rosemary.  She looks so happy and beautiful!!</p>
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		<title>Vintage Picnic Engagement Session &#124; Mimosa and Will-ENGAGED!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mimosa is one of the easiest bride to work with.  Planning this e-session with her was so much fun.  Every time I came up with an idea, I can feel her excitement over the phone or when reading her emails.  Mimosa and Will learned first hand what I have to go through when planning e-sessions. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mimosa is one of the easiest bride to work with.  Planning this e-session with her was so much fun.  Every time I came up with an idea, I can feel her excitement over the phone or when reading her emails.  Mimosa and Will learned first hand what I have to go through when planning e-sessions.  It&#8217;s not always fun.  It requires a weeks and weeks of lots of research and phone calls.  Thankfully, everything fell through and when it came to the day of the shoot, we all couldn&#8217;t be more excited.  Shakespeare Garden was the perfect backdrop for this vintage theme shoot.  We were thankful it wasn&#8217;t hot nor was it pouring rain.  We were originally supposed to shoot the week before but cancelled a few days prior because the forecast predicted rain.  Boy did it rain and foggy!!</p>
<p>Thanks Mimosa and Will for being patient.  This shoot was tons and fun.  Giant and I had a blast.  We were all laughing non-stop!  So looking forward to shooting your wedding in a few short months.  Can&#8217;t believe we&#8217;re almost there!</p>
<h3>Vintage Styled Engagement</h3>
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		<title>A Harvard Love Story &#124; Sadaf and Dan-ENGAGED!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both Sadaf and Dan met while studying at Harvard.  It was one fateful night while at a dinner party that brought these two love birds together.  I met Dan for the first time at this shoot.  It was probably the hottest day of the year by far.  I felt so bad for Dan because he [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Both Sadaf and Dan met while studying at Harvard.  It was one fateful night while at a dinner party that brought these two love birds together.  I met Dan for the first time at this shoot.  It was probably the hottest day of the year by far.  I felt so bad for Dan because he was in a full suit but every time I asked him how&#8217;s he holding up, he never complains and smiles at me and says he&#8217;s fine.  Heat or no heat, these two were so into each other.  Can&#8217;t wait to document and celebrate your wedding in a few short weeks!</p>
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<p>Thanks Tom Pham for coming all the way downtown to assist.  Totally appreciate it!</p>


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