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welcome to the ae blog.

ae photography is Eric and Ashley Hintzsche.  We are a husband and wife team based in Northern Illinois.  We've been up and running since 2002 and love it more as each year passes.  Our style is fun, expressive and natural.  We have three young kids, a new studio, and each other : ) We are excited to get the new blog going! Browse, follow, stalk, whatever!

recent applause:

shootsac blog post with photo of Ashley shooting Eric's senior session 

chicago RedEye (tribune) feature of Pete and Liz's backyard wedding & Chicago reception

offbeat mama post with featured photo of our little rockstar Finn

rock 'n roll bride feature of Pete + Liz's backyard wedding

smitten the blog feature for Pete + Liz's backyard wedding

wed*share daily feature for Pete + Liz's backyard wedding

smitten the blog feature for Maggie's fashion bridal shots

offbeat bride feature for Zaq + Amber's wedding 

featured display at Cypress House in Rochelle, IL for 9.11.09 open house

photography exhibit up at borders in DeKalb, IL for the month of August

featured on Brides Bliss blog for Zaq + Amber's wedding in 7.09

exclusive featured photographer for Cypress House in Rochelle, IL

 

Monthly Archives: September 2009

how low can you go?

Sorry I missed last nights post.  I have been feeling a little under the weather.  Tonight’s post made me laugh when I stumbled upon it while sorting Troy + Brynn’s wedding.
I bet that guy was hurtin the next morning…

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things we love

panera hot chocolate   :  )    yum…..

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brides bliss | featured

We were featured on the brides bliss blog a little while ago for coverage of Zaq + Amber’s wedding.  Since then we’ve enjoyed going back again and again to look at her lovely postings–very inspiring!  Be sure to visit her blog if you’re planning your wedding.  She is full of ideas + tips and she...

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Katie Beverley - Beautiful new blog, guys! Congratulations and keep up the good work :)

jenn | illinois fashion bridal photographer

Here we have our favorite images from our session with the gorgeous Jenn.  We  want to thank the Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum for graciously letting us shoot a large part of our session there!  It worked out great.  We shot there, around Briggs Mansion, CRU(wine + cheese shop–thank you, as well!) and in the streets and...

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5.21.2011 | The Countdown Begins

Eric and I will have been married for 6 years in December… but we first became a couple on May 21st 1996–in 6th grade.  We had our times “apart” but we were never actually apart.  May 21st 2011 will be our 15 year anniversary–pretty crazy considering we will only be 27!
Big announcement #1:
We have decided...

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Joan - AWESOME!

Amber Zrust - omg, ill be your florist in exchange for some prints from our wedding :)

Erica Strausberger - That's so exciting! You guys totally deserve it!

garrett + susan | sneak peek | illinois engagement photographer

Here is a brief but adorable peek of Garrett + Susan’s engagement session in August.  We shot their loveshoot back in January, and those photos never made it up on the old blog.  Maybe I will throw some of those in when I post the rest of their session favorites within the next week!  They...

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jenn | sneak peek | illinois fashion bridal photographer

Here is a quick sneak peek of the fashion bridal session we shot for Jenn awhile back.  There are so many great ones–she was very easy to photograph : )  We will have our favorites form the session posted on Friday.  We already photographed Jenn + Bill’s wedding in July.  Photos to come sometime in...

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the new blog + peek of borders display

Yes!  We finally got a new blog!  I’m so happy to get it up and running.  We have tons of stuff to post, so hopefully we will be able to find the time to post it all : )  We are extremely busy this month and next, so we’ll see.  We want to give Katie...

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Lesley - Congratulations on the Borders display - your photos are fantastic & I'm excited for your new blog!

Amber Zrust - Thanks so much guys for including us... of all the photos you had to choose from, I feel pretty special to have made the cut :) I snagged a photo to put up on OUR blog, and Ill link it back here :)