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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: November 2009

emma | senior session | teaser

Eric and I had such a great time shooting Emma’s “extended” senior session.  We shot half of the session in a rural, country setting.  The second half on the second day was done in a downtown, urban setting.  Emma is a photographer herself, so she was extremely easy to work with.  She knew what we...

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ae garage sale

We are cleaning house and have decide to sell some of our equipment since we recently purchased some new stuff
FIRST:      A NEW MacBook!  (about $1100 with tax)
INFO: Last month we bought two new MacBooks so we could each have one for the road.  Turns out we only need one, as I just...

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ae photography - $950

laurenwoods@live.com - how much is the Mac?

“be thankful” and the winner is….

Once again, we really want to thank those of you who entered.  We both loved reading the entries–some of which made me tear up.  We plan to have many more contests, seeing as how much we enjoyed this  one!  The next one will be posted soon!  So those of you who didn’t win (it was...

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Jennifer - That's ok guys! I forgive you for misspelling my name since I won! :) You're entries definitely got me a little teary eyed too!

ae photography - Sorry for spelling your name wrong, Jenn!! I DO know how to spell it, but I can't change it now, because I saved it as a jpg. oops!

Leah - Umm..yours and Eric's paragraphs both made me cry! Congratulations everyone:)

“be thankful” update

Thank you to everyone who entered the contest!  We will be posting the winner along with our paragraphs at 8pm (central time).
-ae

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featured vendor on hot pink brides blog!

We are very excited to be a featured vendor over at the Hot Pink Brides blog!  I found Tabitha’s blog awhile ago when we were featured on Offbeat Bride and have been reading it daily ever since.  Apparently I just can’t get enough of weddings!  I love seeing gorgeous wedding blogs–such an inspiration to me...

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“be thankful” — new additions!

We decided we didn’t want to leave current clients out of the contest, not did we want to leave out clients who have already had their wedding + mini sessions photographed!  Here are our two new additions to the “be thankful” contest:
1) If you are a current client who has us booked for a remaining...

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be thankful :)

Please take advantage of this lovely offer!  I’m very much looking forward to getting to know our followers/fans a bit better!  Keep in mind–even if you are out of state, we can always schedule your session during a time you plan to visit the Illinois area… OR we could come to you!  Mini Sessions available...

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Brook - i'm following you guys on twitter, tweeted about you, shared the contest on facebook, showed some love on the facebook group, and blogged about it! i think people now know i'm a fan of your work! lol

Brook - Here's a link to my blog post about the contest!!!! http://www.brookandjoe.us/ yay!!!! p.s. this is an awesome contest!!!

Justine Stanfa - I shared your contest details ... i know it is the day of, and I apologize. My Be Thankful email will soon follow this one! Thanks :o)

Jody - I check your blog all of the time and am always so excited to see new posts. The photos of Zaq and TG were amazing and quickly made me a follower!

ae photography - Alyssa--sorry about the trouble you are having trying to subscribe. We are looking into it. Has anyone else had this problem? By the way, thank you everyone for your submissions!

Candice - And I subscribed to the blog =) Email for the contest is en route...TY

Candice - I am following on twitter =)

Candice - I became a fan on facebook!

Alyssa and Harry - Have had you as a friend on FB and now on your FB group, we check out your blog all the time for new photos for ideas for our wedding, posted a link to the contest, wrote on your walls. By the way, trying to subscribe to the blog and its not letting us...

Nikki - I'm a follower of the blog, which I subscribed to, a member of the group, and I blogged about your contest!

Amadahy - I also blogged about your contest so check it out! postgradamadahy.blogspot.com

Amadahy - Hello! I followed you and I'm showing you some love! I seen your display at Borders a while back and been visiting your blog since! Keep up the good work

Jennifer - Shared your link and I'm a fan, friend, and twitter contact because you guys are AMAZING and all my friends and family that have seen the pictures think so too!

Lindsay - Posted your contest on my FB page. Can't wait to see who wins! By the way, I love your work =)

kate - I subscribed to the ae blog too!

kate - Shared your contest link on Facebook!

Jordan Leckey - Blogged about it!

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featured on smitten

Horray!  Maggie’s bridal shots were featured on Smitten the blog.  Something to brighten my day  Go there and check them out.
I am deathly ill today. I’v been under the weather for awhile, but it’s awful right now.  Hopefully I will recover soon.  *Please don’t let it be the swine* That said, I’m going...

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ae photography - Thank you for featuring our photos! I stalk your blog daily, so it's great to see some of our work up there : ) I am actually feeling better today!

Smitten - Thank you for the kind words. Maggie's bridals are gorgeous! Hope you are feeling better.

ae photography - update: it's 5:44 and I still haven't went to bed. Too much to do. All nighter. Now that sounds much more like me than heading to bed at 9pm. What was I thinking!?

pete + liz | a backyard wedding

I’m so excited to finally get a chance to post Liz and Pete’s wedding!  You may remember them from their Chicago engagement session posted on the old blog back in July.  Their backyard, country wedding took place during the summer.  They had their reception in September in Chicago–that post will come later.
Liz is extremely...

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ae photography - Aw, Liz. That means so much! I am actually going through your reception photos as we speak. I love how the mood is completely different than that of the ceremony. They are great, and I can't wait to start posting them! I'm trying to get a blog sneak peek ready.

Liz - You can see our Super 8 wedding film here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2AKXAzEM-4

Liz - I can't tell you how many people said the same thing to us: "These are the most beautiful wedding pictures I have ever seen!" You have many admirers!

Real Wedding: Pete and Liz's Backyard Wedding | WedShare * Daily - [...] Ashley & Eric are a young husband and wife team with a fresh photojournalistic style that captured Pete and Liz’s wedding beautifully. Check out more of their fabulous work at their AE Photography Blog. [...]

jason + katie | illinois engagement photographer

Jason and Katie had somewhat of a mini engagement session awhile back.  Here are a few of our picks from the session!

We are trying to catch up on the blog posts : )  If you haven’t seen any images from your session or wedding, don’t worry–they will be up soon.  We are trying our best...

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ae photography - Glad to hear you like them! I know packing and moving is a HUGE task, so there is definitely no rush. They aren't going anywhere! Whenever you are ready just let us know.

KATIE - Thank you so much for the great pictures! We really like them a lot! You are awsome! Once we get moved into our new house, Jason and I will be sitting down to go over which ones we want! Thank You!! Jason and Katie