Team Celebration | Naperville, IL Event Photographer

I unofficially became the team photographer for Alpha Omega Math Club.  :)

Because of that, I got to take pictures of the awards ceremony held after the ICTM State Competition. The students had a great year, and really enjoyed the friendships, math, competitions, and celebrations.  Enjoy these images of awards and celebration! 

Regina, the leader of Alpha Omega.

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Christine

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Simply Chocolate

Time for some yumminess.  I made this awesome chocolate cake for the Alpha Omega Math Club, which represented itself well at the ICTM state tournament and was ready for a year-end celebration.

I wish I could say it looks better than it tasted.  But I'd be wrong.

Mmm...


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Christine

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Beautiful and Blue

There's something about spring flowers.  Just something very special.

Brunnera (Siberian bugloss).

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Christine

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The Millenium Carillon

May 3.

Although I had been to the Millenium Carillon last year with Jacob's college music class, I got to go again this year with Danny's music class.  How fun!

The Riverwalk in Naperville is truly a beautiful place to wander around!

The view from partway up.

One of the carillon bells.

Looking west along the river.

Our guide played the carillon for us.

The view from the top.

Tree on the lawn below.

A misty, dreamy landscape.

Downtown Naperville.

 Sts. Peter & Paul Church.

Martin Mitchell Museum at Naper Settlement.

The smaller bells.

Riverwalk and the (empty) Centennial Beach.

Last year, some Canada geese obligingly let me take their photo.  This year, it was a squirrel.  It absolutely did not care that I kept getting closer and closer, finally about three feet away.  It was concentrating on its dinner.

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Christine

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Spring Wedding

I am not a wedding photographer.

I always make sure I say that when I post wedding pictures.  Having said that, however, I do love event photography--capturing the various things all happening around me.  Whether I'm a participant who happens to have brought her camera, or the actual event photographer, I have fun either way!  Enjoy these few images from a recent wedding we attended.

FYI--All these images were taken using my "kit" lens, a 17-85mm telephoto.  It's a very basic Canon lens, but still produces nice images.  A lower F-stop and a sharper image and this would be my go-to lens for practically everything.  But of course, that would cost me, and so I continue to use this lens.  :)

There's something about little girls at weddings--they're all dressed up and are beaming with prettiness and excitement.

Some of the adults had to make sure the bubbles worked before the couple exited the church.  :)

It was so hard to capture the happy couple with all those bubbles floating everywhere!

Okay--I seriously got lucky.  I almost deleted the below image right from the camera, without even downloading.  I thought it was ruined.  I'm so glad I didn't.  I think it's just cool that I captured Rosalinda's face in that bubble!

This last photo was pretty contrast-y, but really lent itself well to a black and white image.  I love how it turned out.

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Christine

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