Brian and I want to thank Bethany from Maypole Studios for doing an outstanding job of capturing our wedding. From the moment we met Bethany, we knew her calm and caring demeanor would make us feel comfortable when working with her. Both of us felt like we are a bit awkward in front of a camera and wanted to ensure our pictures were not too posed but rather felt natural and captured the fun of our wedding day. After Bethany took our engagement photos at our local bar with our dog Bucky, she was able to get a sense of who we are as people--how to make us laugh, smile, and feel natural in front of the camera. When we saw those pictures, I realized we had chosen the right photographer. Fast forward to our wedding day and Bethany and her teammate John were outstanding. While we have not seen all the photos, the photos from the sneak peek are stunning. Bethany and John captured the joy, laughter, and excitement of the day. Bethany recommended to us that we take photos at a "less typical" location in Chicago and used the backdrop of Ping Tom Memorial Park to capture views of the city and colorful mural backgrounds that would be different than most wedding photos. The photos we have seen look real--no one looks stiff--and when shared already with family and friends' people are saying Bethany's style very much represented us and the big colors that were part of our day. Bethany was also very responsive to our concerns and needs during family photos when parents on one side of the family are divorced and now have other spouses. In addition, when photos between the guys and girls were taken separately, the guys absolutely loved John, who shared his equipment, knowledge of photography and overall exhibited the "chill" vibe they were looking for. We cannot recommend Maypole Studios enough and look forward to seeing all the thousands of photos from our wedding day! read more