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City Hall Events Wedding Day in Chicago, Illinois | Stephanie & Dan

Happy dancing because Stephanie and Dan’s spring City Hall Events wedding day is here!

You probably remember Steph and Dan from their engagement photos last summer. These two are the most kind, incredible people and everyone that loves them is lucky to have them in their life! We adore this couple and feel honored to share their wedding day on the blog...

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Welcome to the Kara Evans Photographer blog where I share all the things – from love stories and family photography moments to behind the scenes photos and personal life notes & stories. Pour a glass of bubbly and stay awhile - I’m so glad you’re here!

Hey, I’m Kara!
Hey, I’m Kara! A wedding and family photographer based in Kankakee, Illinois! Whether I’m photographing your wedding day or everyday milestones and memories as a family, this job is my joy.

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Happy December!  It’s hard to believe that it’s the last month of 2017! This past month has flown by… Professionally, the month hosted many sessions as my 2017 season starts to wrap up, and Kyle and I photographed two weddings this past month, too. I loved welcoming new brides to our bride tribe and planning […]

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October was soooo good to us! I’m going to try to remember it all for this recap, and I know I’ll be sad if I miss anything! The month started out with a hilarious evening… I convinced Kyle to go to a local hot yoga class with me – little did he realize that it […]

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Goodbye September, hello October! Gosh, I know I sound like a broken record, but… How can we already be in Q4 of 2017! Here’s a quick recap of our September 🙂 The month of September started off with a double wedding weekend followed by celebrating Kyle’s birthday on Labor Day! Then, just one week later, […]

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August was one for the books! The past month FLEW by. And yes, I know today is the second Monday of the new month and my recap is a week late, but with last week’s holiday and my hubby’s bday I made an exception to push this post back 🙂 We started the month of […]

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This year just keeps FLYING by! Am I right? I’ll be honest, July was a busy one, but it was full of so much fun! The month started out with a fun concert at Wrigley with Kyle and some of our friends then it was the 4th of July which I celebrated by photographing a […]

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Chicagoland wedding & family photographer based in Kankakee, Illinois

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