We can't say enough about Tricia and her pictures! She captured so many moments with our little one, from birth to his first birthday. The photo album is a beautiful compilation of our sessions and will be treasured forever. Even during covid, she found a way to keep us safe and take the best pictures. I look forward to capturing more special occasions through her lens. Thank you! read more

Chicago Photo Art - Event Photography Near Me

We discovered Tricia's work when we became the winning bidder of a senior portraits package at a charity event, and when I saw her portfolios online, I was so excited to get my stepson's senior pictures taken there. Tricia captured his smile and personality so well. We were so pleased with not only the outcome, but her customer service and attention to detail too. So, of course, when we decided to get married, I called Tricia again. We had a small wedding in the city, and Tricia traveled with us in the limousine and took amazing photos of the ceremony and from the planetarium with the cityscape in the background, as well as urban shots on the Franklin Street bridge. The pictures from the 95th floor of the Hancock Tower where we had dinner were spectacular. My favorites, however, were the candid shots of our guests having a great time. Tricia has an art of capturing people's emotion through photography. Call her if you have an important life event that you want to have photographed! read more

For our wedding, we decided to spend a little extra on getting a really good photographer, since they are the ones who are capturing the memories for you. We looked at the photography chains where they hire a bunch of subcontractors and rake in as many weddings as they can. We'd heard some nightmare stories, with it taking months to get proofs. Plus, those chains own the rights to your photos, so you are forced to pay for each copy you want. After quite a bit of searching and interviewing, we met Tricia and were immediately impressed. She's a professional with a ton of great photos to show for it. Our engagement photos (included in the price) were incredible, and she made us feel comfortable the whole time, so we knew we were on the right track. (Someone told my wife that our engagement photos look like they belong in a fashion magazine--she liked that!) At the wedding, Tricia was again a true professional. She was able to corral the family in a friendly, but firm manner--even my dad gave her props for doing that! Her assistant was great: we were so comfortable with her that even when she rode with us in the limo to take photos, she blended right in. Oh, and the pictures? INCREDIBLE. Tricia put the photos up on a website, and the whole family was blown away. There was something in there for everyone. She worked with us to narrow down our photos from nearly 1000 good photos to the top 100, which was pretty hard. Then, she helped us layout the album, which is only the best of the best. Being an amateur photographer, I know that if someone can get 80-100 ready-to-frame, keep-forever, amazing photos in 8 hours, that's pretty incredible. For all the money spent on a wedding, we felt like it was worth it to not cut corners and choose to work with someone who is professional, takes amazing photos, and will have something at the end that captures the whole thing incredibly well. Tricia is a self-employed small business person whose art background, photographic skill, and fantastic service put all the big Walmart-type studios to shame. read more

I desperately needed some new head shots for my website but was putting off getting them taken. You see, I'm not a very photogenic person and I don't like the process of waiting for proofs, paying too much, etc. Finally, I made an appointment with Tricia because she gets great reviews here. My experience was awesome! Tricia was prepared, professional, and put me at ease. She took great head shots, and I received the digital files the very same day. So easy! Also, her pricing was very reasonable. I would definitely go back to her and recommend her to others. read more

Tricia is AMAZING!!! My now-husband and I met with her for an initial consultation (referred by several of my mothers' friends whose daughters had hired her), and both walked away loving her work and her calm, confident demeanor. We booked her as our wedding photographer, and I could not be more thrilled with her work. We went for an all-day package for our wedding day, and she was there to snap my photo when I got out of the cab from the salon (downtown Chicago wedding). She shot separately with the groom and me before the ceremony, and got some fun posed shots and amazing candids. We told her we wanted the formal family wedding party portraits to be pretty quick, and she got us through that part of the evening really smoothly, with beautiful portraits I just love. She really shines during the ceremony- we dubbed her "the ninja photographer" because she seemed to be everywhere (and nowhere) at once. :) When one of our groups of friends would get together for a photo, she'd swoop in, take the photo a friend was setting up, and then move on to the next one before the civilian camera was turned on. She talked to us beforehand about what/who we really wanted photos of, and was sure to get them. She moved all over the room throughout dinner and dancing- I think we had at least a couple pictures of everyone, and we had a good-sized guest list. We had a very active dance floor, and she captured photos that make me grin and giggle. After the wedding, she sent proofs very promptly- we had a ton to review! We met with her to put together our album, and it was really cool to see her suggestions on how to put together our favorite pictures. The album is gorgeous; it's the absolute perfect way to show off our special day! Um yes, so, I really really love Tricia Koning and her work. read more

Tricia is a true master at photography. She captured wonderful moments on my wedding day from the cultural tea ceremony to the reception that went into the wee hours of the morning. Tricia is a pleasure to work with; she's a great listener, and it's amazing to see how she can intuitively know what's a good shot. She has an incredible eye, and she's stealth at getting those magical moments. I can't say enough great things about her photography! Family and friends are always impressed by the photo book that was created from our wedding photos too. I would highly, highly recommend Tricia! read more

Tricia has done my two daughters Bat Mitzvah's and we couldn't be happier. She was easy to work with beforehand and during the events and afterwards. Once we got the final results we couldn't happier. she captured ever moment and didn't miss anything. These were important events that we want to savory for a lifetime and you want to make sure you handing it over to someone trustworthy and Tricia came through both times with flying colors. Thank you so much Tricia for everything!!! read more

Working with Tricia was a wonderful experience! We were referred to her by numerous friends and family, and they were totally right! We started working with Tricia about 6 months before our wedding. She was always available when we needed her, whether it was to go over timeline or answer my many nervous bride questions. She was always pleasant and helpful. When the day of our wedding arrived, I felt comfortable and at ease from the moment she arrived. Tricia is efficient and clear, as well as flexible and caring. Even during some hectic moments throughout the day, she handled them well and made it so I didn't have to worry about a thing. Since our wedding, we have had a great time working with Tricia! We got our digital photos about three weeks after the wedding, and we are now working on preparing our photo album, and our parents' albums. We truly could not be happier with the results - both the quality of the photos and the process as a whole. We highly recommend Tricia for your wedding, and I hope we have a chance to use her services again in the future! read more

Have utilized Tricia's photography services both professionally as well as personally for over 7 years and each time she does an amazing job of creatively and professionally capturing the moment be it individuals, groups, spaces or events. She has an eye for setting the scene and in particular taking photos that document a moment but from a fresh and unique perspective. She has flexibility and patience working with people of all ages. Would definitely recommend Tricia. read more

Tricia did our wedding in September of 2011. She exceeded our every expectation. Our package with her included an engagement session which was equally as gorgeous as the wedding photos. Tricia is extremely professional, she has a fabulous eye and finds very creative and interesting angles for our photos. She was always on time, very easy to work with and very down to earth. She feels like a friend is taking your pictures because she makes you feel so at ease. With all of the stresses of our wedding it was wonderful to work with her because we never had to worry about her work, which we couldn't say for other vendors. Our pictures turned our beautifully. Both the portraits and the candid shots were perfectly done. She was extremenly unobtrusive at the wedding and she gave us shots we had no idea she had even captured. In addition, she had an assistant photographer with her. He was a younger man, and we were concerned at first that he didn't have the necessary experience, but his pictures turned out fabulous as well. We would highly recomend Tricia for anyone needing professional photography. You will not regret hiring her. read more

Tricia did a beautiful job of capturing our daughter's bat mitzvah!! She took fabulous photographs - we couldn't be happier with how they turned out. She really knew the location well and got all the angles and people that we wanted. She was great to work with and super responsive! Definitely recommend. read more

Tricia is absolutely wonderful! She first photographed my oldest son when he was about 18 months old, and over the past 7 years I've continued to bring my boys back for studio pictures. She has captured beautiful images of my (crazy!) boys with natural smiles and great light. She's super easy to work with and her sitting and print fees are very reasonable. I no longer live in the city but will continue to visit her studio - she's great! read more

Tricia saved the day with a last minute booking for our Christmas cards. Covid living meant we had no casual shots to use! I never thought to take pictures of us sitting around in out jammies Tricia is easy going and even offered to include our pup when I showed up with her. I have so many photos to choose from now - A good problem to have! Also, I really enjoy the website Tricia uses to share images with clients, it was easy to navigate. read more

We used Tricia as our wedding photographer - she was great to work with and made me feel extremely comfortable. All the photos turned out great! read more

I've now worked with Tricia and Emily for a couple events and they are truly wonderful to work with. They are extremely professional and provide high quality work. Both Tricia and Emily really know how to capture special moments. The pictures they took for my engagement party and baby shower were AMAZING! They take their job incredibly seriously and work hard to provide you with quality pictures by not only capturing special moments, but also capturing all details from cakes to table decor. They also get the pictures back to you in a timely manner and respond to emails quickly. I cannot recommend them enough! read more

Tricia is great! She has taken engagement, wedding, maternity and baby pictures for my family. I'm always pleased with the way the photos turn out! read more

Tricia Koning is one of the most patient, talented and reliable photographers. Her prices are reasonable and the work is impeccable. We used her for two family functions and we cannot recommend her or her work any more strongly. read more

We are so excited that we booked with Tricia! From the very start, she has been very professional and organized. She has a wonderful studio that made it easy for us to see that she has tons of experience and takes incredible pictures. On our wedding day, she was very good at organizing our group when we needed to be, but otherwise was very behind the scenes. When it started to rain on location, she was ready and had umbrellas for us- a disappointment in the weather turned into a great photo opportunity! None of our friends or family believed us when we told them that we had gotten the proofs from our wedding just one week later! The website that the proofs are posted on is very easy to use and excellent quality. It was also very easy for us to share our pictures with friends and family- she even has a link for how to upload it to facebook! After spending hours this past week looking over the pictures, we can't believe our good luck. We have pictures that will last a lifetime and that truly captured every aspect of our wedding day. We highly recommend Tricia and can't wait to see the final wedding album she creates for us! read more

I went to Tricia to take formal head shots that I needed to use for LinkedIn etc. The whole process was painless and quick. Tricia took about 50plus pictures, helped me narrow down and made some quick tweaks on photoshop - all within a 45 minute window. The pricing was well worth the end result. I highly recommend Tricia if you're looking to take professional headshots. read more

We used Tricia as our wedding photographer and everything was perfect and so professional from start to finish! She shot our engagement photos and wedding day and after both sessions we received a ton of great shots to choose from online. She really knows how to make everyone comfortable and all of my bridesmaids loved her because of her shooting style. Everyone looked great and natural in the pictures. When our photos were in we were able to sit down at her studio and compile our final photo books with her. She has an eye for arranging the books to tell the story of the wedding and we loved the formats she created. We highly recommend without hesitation!! read more

Tricia shot our daughter's Bat Mitzvah last November, we cannot say enough great things about her. Our experience with her from the initial contact to creating the final album has been seamless and professional. She definitely cares and will go the extra mile. I would highly recommend Tricia for any event! read more

Tricia and Jose are wonderful to work with! They photographed our wedding in June 2014. Both of them were so easy-going and pleasant which is exactly what I hoped for on our big day. Tricia was open to our photo/location ideas and brought some of her own. We were able to view our proofs very soon after the wedding and our pictures turned out beautiful! Had the disc in hand soon after and the album shortly after that, which was just the other day. We're super excited to share our album with our family and friends. I also recall Tricia's package pricing making our financial decision really easy. Can't go wrong with Tricia! read more

We wife and I are from Chicago and were getting married in Chicago, but currently living many time zones away. We chose Tricia based on her wonderful work and many other glowing reviews. We were not disappointed. She was very professional from the beginning, working with us to do phone calls outside of business hours and meeting with us when we were in town for planning. As for her performance on the big day, we loved it. Tricia and her assistant, Jose, did a fantastic job of capturing the formal and candid moments before the wedding, during the wedding, after the wedding, and during the reception. Tricia was very professional throughout the day, guiding and directing us and our guests so that we were able to get all of the formal shots that we wanted during the time available. She was full of great ideas for posed photos around our venue, all of which turned out looking very dramatic and wall-worthy. As for her flexibility, Tricia swapped out an engagement shoot (which we had already done earlier) for a 1 hour shoot downtown a couple days after the wedding. Once again, she was fantastic to work with and we were very happy to be able to do a downtown shoot. She had everything lightly edited and uploaded to an online gallery 2-3 weeks after our wedding, and we received a USB drive with all of the images a week after that. As evidence of her attention to detail, the USB drive arrived in a foam case with pictures of us from our wedding day printed on the front and back. We absolutely love all the photos from our wedding and the downtown shoot, they're all beautiful! The hardest part might be deciding which photos we'll use for the album in our package. I wouldn't think twice about working with Tricia again for any photography in the Chicagoland area in the future or recommending her to friends and family. We really can't say enough great things about her! read more

Tricia is an amazing photographer. (She took my profile shot, which I am not entirely sure how I ended up with a profile on Yelp, but I digress). We first used Tricia in 1997 (I kid you not, for the above aforementioned wedding). This weekend Tricia shot our second mitzvah and she will be the very first person I call for the third (and final) one. Over the years, we have used Tricia for all of our family portraits as well. If you want the best, Tricia Koning it is. read more

I had such an amazing experience with Tricia. She took some professional head shots that I wanted to use for LinkedIn. I felt so comfortable, and she made the experience super easy and actually fun! Highly recommend. read more

Tricia photographed my son's bar mitzvah. She was very flexible and easy to work with. Her photos were beautiful and we got the photos quickly. We will definitely use her again! read more

Tricia Koning is a life-saver! Of the million things one has to do to organize a bar-mitzvah, the one thing that fell off my list was getting a photographer. So with only 3 weeks advance notice, after calling a half dozen photographers who were all booked, I luckily got to Tricia. She too was booked, but took the time to source an excellent young photographer who she prepped for the event in advance. He took great photos, posed and candid. Shortly after the event, Tricia sent us a flash drive with all the photos, housed in a beautiful case printed with bar mitzvah photos, suitable for keeping on a bookshelf. She then put extraordinary effort into sorting through all photos and organizing them into an album, and was patient and responsive as I asked for 5 sets of alterations...sometimes not getting back to her for months. She gave me some very gentle nudges along the way to get me back on task. And when I finally wrote back, she responded the same day with the changes I'd requested. She has excellent aesthetic judgement (I say this as a designer), and couldn't be more responsive, helpful and understanding. And to boot, I found her prices completely reasonable, relative to the other photographers I spoke to. Highly recommended. read more

Needed a great headshot for my new business website and found Tricia through Yelp. She was fabulous. She responded to my inquiry immediately and set up an appointment for the following day. She took numerous photos of me in her studio and let me choose my favorites. She then worked her magic with her laptop, created a fantastic headshot for me, and sent me 3 versions of the photo via email within half an hour. You can see the photo at www.freemanlegalconsulting.com. I could not be happier with Tricia and would recommend her to everyone. read more

Tricia was my wedding photographer. She is an artist and a master at capturing moments. She was a pleasure to work with. We loved her personality, approach and overall style. She did a great job of managing our family wedding shots involving a lot of people and kids. Our wedding photos are stunning! She managed to capture everything yet we never really noticed her, due to her unobtrusive style. We had a link to our wedding photos less than two weeks after the wedding. She was so easy to work with--responsive, organized, and prompt. I highly recommend her if you are looking for a wedding photographer! read more

Tricia was our wedding photographer back in 1997. Warm and creative, she did a wonderful job capturing the day. Her candid photos were my favorite by far, and they mean even more after all of these years. Since our wedding, we have used Tricia to photograph our kids when they were babies, for family portraits and we have some of her artwork on display in our house. Recently, we had a family portrait done with our now pre-teen kids (when Tricia made a trip out to Naperville!). As always, the pictures are beautiful and we used them for our Christmas card. We have gotten rave reviews with people asking "who is your photographer!" I hope she is able to photograph my daughter's wedding some day! read more

We cannot say enough about Tricia. I found her two years ago (via Yelp) when we were looking for someone to photograph our son's bar mitzvah. Tricia was so helpful and easy to work with AND affordable. We have since recommended her to numerous family and friends who have been equally impressed. What finally prompted me to write this review however was that last week we decided to have an outdoor family portrait done that included our aging dog. Once again we went to Tricia and we were wowed! She managed to capture such beautiful and impromptu moments. read more

We hired Tricia (plus her assistant Amelia) for our wedding and couldn't have asked for better photographers or photos. I completely agree with what all the other reviewers have stated. Tricia was highly recommended by a friend who said "the best decision we made was to hire Tricia"--that pretty much sums it up! We met with her and were immediately sold as soon as she showed examples of her work. An engagement session was included in the package, but we weren't really that interested. She recommended we do it even if we didn't order photos so that she can get a better understanding of who we were as a couple. She did a fantastic job and, of course, we ordered quite a few. In prepping for the wedding, she listened to everything we wanted and executed perfectly. She and Amelia wore so many 'different hats' during the entire day, but they were always kind and professional. We attribute our wedding to going as smoothly as it did because of them, not the wedding planner! They were accommodating yet gave strong direction when need be. We were thrilled when we got the digital proofs back so quickly and couldn't believe how perfectly they captured everything that happened throughout the day. Each photo was better than the next! She even gave us 'veto power' before she sent the link to view the photos to everyone else. You will NOT regret hiring them--they are the BEST! read more

Quite simply - the best experience! I never had a professional family photo taken (husband and 2 small kids) until I worked with Tricia. I was nervous at the prospect of trying to get a natural looking/not too posed picture of everyone outside in the fall. Although sounds easy enough, trying to get 2 kids focused and smiling at the same time while trying to have my husband and I looking at the camera was not a simple task. Tricia was amazing - she was so relaxed and I am still in awe of her ability to make the kids feel at ease and natural so quickly. She was fast, gave direction and great advice and made the entire process enjoyable. The photos she took were out of this world incredible. I still look at the photos and am in awe that she was able to capture such precious moments. Jose was also so very helpful and professional. The entire process from my first call to receiving the pictures couldn't have been more smooth or pleasant. Thank you so much!!!! read more

Tricia did an excellent job on our engagement and wedding photos. First, in regards to our engagement photos, when our initial plans for specific landmarks to include in the photos did not work out, Tricia had several alternative sites. We were very happy with their outcome and several of our family members and friends commented on the quality of the photos and the engagement book. For the wedding day, Tricia and her assistant, Matt, were very timely and were mindful of our tight time schedule. My husband and I had our wedding photos to select for our album within ~ 2 weeks. The photos turned out very well and one photo in particular was featured in a Chicago magazine. As part of the package that we purchased, both sets of parents would receive a smaller wedding album. My mother wanted to include some of her favorite engagement photos in with the wedding photos. Tricia was more than willing to accommodate my mother's request. Based on the fantastic work and work ethnic, I highly recommend Tricia Koning Photography!! Thanks again Tricia! read more