Avi + Jeff | Elmhurst Art Museum Wedding | Katie Ricard Photography

Avi and Jeff’s wedding day was overflowing with emotions. They let me in to every part of the day and allowed me to capture it all. One of my favorite parts of the day was walking with each of them to their first look location. Their hotel for getting ready was just a few blocks from the river, so I walked Jeff to the spot first, and he was telling me about how excited he was to see Avi, and as I was leaving him he was already starting to tear up just thinking about how soon he would get to see his bride. I headed back to the hotel to grab Avi, and we talked about how surreal the wedding day is… how you plan for so long, and then it’s finally here and it’s weird that it’s actually happening. Seeing Jeff’s reaction as he turned around to see her for the first time as his bride was something that she had been imagining for so long. The actual first look did not disappoint, there were tears, smiles, laughter, and so much love. That theme didn’t stop throughout the entire day. There are a million things I could say, but I’ll let the photos do the talking.