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Chicago Fine Art Wedding Photographers

The best kept secret for downtown Chicago wedding photography, Crane's Wedding Photography is proud to be one of the premiere wedding photographers in Chicago. The quality and creativity of our wedding photographers equals or exceeds those of boutique wedding photography studios in Chicago, but our prices do not.

Beginning the moment you put on your veil, until you steal away on your honeymoon - Crane's will be there to capture all the magic and romance of your wedding day. We offer both photojournalism and traditional style images. Together, they will ensure that every precious memory will be captured and cherished for a lifetime.

Whether your dreams of a perfect wedding day look photojournalistic, traditional, romantic, creative, or just plain fun, we promise a unique and specialized experience only available from Crane's creative group of professional photographers. We are located in Lake Zurich, IL, just 30 minutes from Chicago and neighbor to Long Grove, Barrington, Kildeer and Hawthorn Woods. We will show you actual proof books from recent weddings and newly completed albums. Contact Betty Crane at (847) 726-0400

The Chicago wedding photographers journal:  May 30, 2009  - Wedding photography in Chicago is fabulous.  I have shot weddings in many cities like New York, Washington, DC, Cancun, Los Angeles, Vail, and others,  but there is no other city in the world where a photographer can photograph a bride and groom in nine to ten places in less than three hours between the ceremony and reception!  Today we started at the Belden Stratford Hotel, then the ceremony at St. Clements Catholic Church and then photographed at Wrigley Field, the Lincoln Park Conservatory, the Lincoln Park Zoo, Cafe Brauer, The Chicago Water Tower, Hancock Building, Wrigley Building, Chicago River, Navy Pier, Millenium Park, The Art Institute, Planetarium Point and finally at Notebaert Nature Museum.  All in three hours!

Chicago wedding photographer Harold Crane specializes in photojournalistic, documentary and portraiture style photography. Crane's Chicago Wedding Photography is available for wedding photography, children photography, baby sessions, engagement photos, trash the dress, special events and corporate parties. Our photojournalistic Chicago wedding photography style mixes classic wedding portraiture with photojournalism for an artistic, unobtrusive and documentary coverage of your wedding day. Offering
service in Chicago and available for destination weddings.

• Here is a list of some unique wedding ceremony and reception sites in and around CHICAGO, ILLINOIS where I have photographed weddings: The Drake Hotel, The Ritz-Carlton Chicago, The Inter-Continental Hotel Chicago, The Fairmont Hotel, The Four Seasons Chicago, The Peninsula Hotel, The Newberry Library, The Chicago Botanic Garden, The Park Hyatt, The Field Museum, A New Leaf, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Sofitel, The Pump Room, The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), The Chicago Cultural Center, Millenium Park, Cafe Brauer Wedding Pictures, Prairie Production, The Omni Ambassador East, Adler Planetarium Wedding Photography, West Loop Studio, Garfield Park Conservatory, Shedd Aquarium, The Chicago Hilton and Towers, The Odyssey Golf Club, The Harvard Club of Chicago, The Chicago Athletic Club, The Union League Club, Onwensia Country Club, The Midday Club at Chase Tower, The Swiss Hotel Wedding Pictures, The Mayfair Hotel, The Allerton Hotel Tiptop Room, The Palmer House Hotel, South Shore Country Club,
• Assumption Catholic Church Chicago
• Omni Chicago Hotel
• Wrigley Field - Water Tower - Millennium Park - Planetarium - Chicago Illinois
• St Gilberts Church - Grayslake Illinois - Wedding Photos
• The Glen Club - Glenview Illinois
• Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Chicago Illinois Wedding Pictures
• Concorde Banquet Kildeer Illinois
• Barrington Hills Country Club, Barrington Illinois Wedding Pictures
• Biltmore Country Club Wedding Pictures
• Boulder Ridge Country Club - St. Anne Church, Barrington Illinois
• Cantigny Park Wheaton IL - The Abbington Glen Ellyn, Illinois
• St. Francis De Sales, Lake Zurich, Illinois - Chevy Chase Country Club, Wheeling, Illinois
• Carmel Church Glencoe, Illinois
• Glencoe Beach Illinois Wedding Photos
• US CELLULAR FIELD WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY, White Sox Park

• The University Club of Chicago, The Signature Room at 95th, The Field Museum, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Danada House, Chateau Del Mar, Esplanade Lakes
  
• Harold Washington Library, Adventure Sea Tours, Bobak's Signature Event at Seven Bridges, Boulder Ridge Country Club, Braeloch Golf Club, Cafe La Cave,
• Carriage Greens, Columbia Yacht Club, Silver Lake Country Club, Silver Lake Country Club, The Marriott Chicago,T
• THE METROPOLITAN CLUB AT WILLIS TOWER

• Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel, Ruffled Feathers Golf Club, Murphy Auditorium, The Allerton Hotel Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago - Bon Appetit, The Ballroom at 12 East Erie,
• Ballroom at the School of the Art Institute, Carnivale, The Crystal Garden at Navy Pier, Ditka's Chicago, Fulton's on the River, Galleria Marchetti, Germania Place,
• Gibsons Steakhouse, Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, Hotel Allegro Chicago, Hotel Monaco Chicago, InterContinental Chicago, The James Hotel, Omni Chicago Hotel
  
• Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Wedding Photos, Spiaggia, The Stadium Club, The Tower Club, Trump International Hotel and Tower, Wyndham Chicago Hotel, Avenue Hotel Chicago
  
• The Blackstone, A Renaissance Hotel, The Congress Plaza Hotel, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Mystic Blue Cruises Navy Pier, Odyssey Cruises Navy Pier
  
• Spirit of Chicago Navy Pier, Armour House, Cuneo Museum and Gardens, The Glen Club, InterContinental Chicago O'hare, The Westin Chicago North Shore,
• The Woman's Club of Evanston, Hyatt Deerfield, Valley Lo Club Association, The Byron Colby Barn, Bartlett Hills Golf Club and Banquets, Boulder Ridge Country Club
  
• Bull Valley Golf Club, Casa Royale Banquets, Chevy Chase Country Club, Concorde Banquets, Fountain Blue Banquets, The Heritage Ballroom, Itasca Country Club
  
• Kemper Lakes Golf Club, Manzo's Banquets,
• MESON SABIKA - Naperville

• The Stonegate, Westin Chicago Northwest, The Barn of Barrington, Chandler's Golf Course Banquets of Schaumburg
  
• The Hemmens Cultural Cente, Highlands of Elgin Clubhouse, Hyatt Rosemont, Hyatt Regency O'Hare,
• Makray Memorial Golf Club Crane's Wedding Photography invites you to a picturesque view of our beautiful 18 hole championship golf course. A professional wedding consultant will be available to assist in designing a celebration that is perfect for you.

• Concorde Center Woodstock Wedding Pictures,
• Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center, Biltmore Country Club,
• WYNSTONE COUNTRY CLUB

• Royal Melbourne Country Club, Barrington Hills County Club
• and Medinah Golf Club, Hawthorne Woods Country Club, Highland Park Country Club
• These are the great chuches where we have photographed in the past thirty years in and around Chicagoland: St. Aloysius,
• ST. ALPHONSUS

• St. Andrew, St. Anthony, Assumption, St. Benedict, St. Cajetin, St. Clement, St. Constance, St. Cornelius, St. Engene, St. Ferdinand, St. Francis of Assissi, St. Francis of Assissi/Our Lady of the Angels, St. Francis Borgia, St. Genevieve, St. George, St. Gertrude, St. Gregory the Great, St. Hedwig, St. Helen, St. Henry, St. Hilary, Holy Angels, Holy Family, Holy Innocence, Holy Name Cathedral, St. Hyacinth Basilica, St. Ignasius, Immaculate Conception, Immaculate Heart of Mary, St. James, St. Jerome, St. John Bosco, St. John Cantius, St. Josaphat, St. Joseph, St Julian, St. Ladislaus, St. Maria Addolorata, St. Mark, Old St. Mary's, St. Mary of the Angels, St. Mary of the Woods, Maternity B.V.M., St. Matthias, St. Michael, St. Monica, Our Lady of Grace, Our Lady of Lourdes, Our Lady of Mercy, Our Lady Mother of the Church, Our Mother of Mount Carmel, St. Pascal, Old St. Patrick's, St. Paul, St. Peter, SS. Peter and Paul, St. Priscilla, Provident of God, Queen of All Saints Basilica, St. Robert Bellarmine, St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr, St. Stanislaus Koska, St. Tarcissus, St. Theresa of Avila, St. Thecia, St.Thomas the Apostle, St. Thomas of Canterbury, St.Thomas More, St.Timothy, Transfiguration of our Lord, St. Viator, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Weneslaus, St. William,

• St. Anne's of Barrington


• St. Frances de Sales of Lake Zurich, St. Theresa's of Palatine, St. James of Arlington Heights, St. Michael of Barrington.
• We have also photographed in these towns photographs events in the following cities: Chicago, Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Skokie, Evanston, Niles, Naperville, Oak Brook, Lisle, Geneva, Lake Forest, Wheaton, Downers Grove, Hindsdale, Oak Lawn, and Downers Grove, Highland Park, Glenview, North Shore, Northwest Suburbs, Algonquin, Antioch, Arlington Heights, Aurora, Barrington, Bartlett, Batavia, Bedford Park, Bensenville, Bloomingdale, Blue Island, Bolingbrook, Bourbonnais, Bridgeview, Brookfield, Buffalo Grove, Burbank, Burr Ridge, Calumet Park, Carol Stream, Cedar Lake, Chicago, Chicago Heights, Chicago Ridge, Cicero, Crestwood, Crystal Lake, Deer Park, Deerfield, Des Plaines, Dolton, Downers Grove, East Chicago, Elgin, Elk Grove Village, Elmhurst, Evanston, Evergreen Park, Forest Park,Fort Sheridan, Frankfort, Gary, Geneva, Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights, Glenview, Grayslake, Gurnee, Hammond, Harvey, Highland, Highland Park, Hillside, Hinsdale, Hobart, Hoffman Estates, Homewood, Hoopeston, Huntley, Itasca, Joliet, Kankakee, La Grange, Lake Forest, Lake Villa, Lake Zurich, Lansing, Lemont, Libertyville, Lincolnshire, Lincolnwood, Lisle, Lockport, Lombard, Markham, Matteson, McCook, McHenry, Melrose Park, Merrillville, Metteson, Midlothian, Mokena, Monee, Morris, Mount Prospect, Mundelein, Naperville, New Lenox, Niles, Norridge, North Riverside, Northbrook, Northlake, Oak Brook, Oak Lawn, Oak Park, Oakbrook Terrace, Orland Park, Oswego, Palatine, Park Forest, Plainfield, Portage, River Forest, Riverdale, Riverwoods, Rolling Meadows, Romeoville, Rosemont, Round Lake, Schaumburg, Schererville, Schereville, Schiller Park, Skokie, South Elgin, South Holland, South Hollnd, St. Charles, Streamwood, Sugar Grove, Third Lake, Tinley Park, Vernon Hills, Villa Park, Warrenville, Waukegan, West Chicago, West Dundee, Western Springs, Westmont, Wheaton, Wheeling, Willowbrook, Wilmette, Winfield, Wood Dale, Woodridge, Woodstock.