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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

 

Category Archives: featured

katie daisy

I just took a look at Katie Daisy’s new website–the artist who designed the various logos you see on the blog (as well as a childhood friend!) and I just had to share it with you!  It’s fresh, cute and sunny… it just makes you happy looking through her portfolio!  You can also see more...

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Sarah - so cool! she is really good, there are a couple things in her etsy shop that I probably have to have! thanks for sharing :)

Jessica - I was just looking at her page the other day. I LOVE it. I absolutely love her style! and I am quite partial to the turtle on her homepage, it's my desktop background! :)

inspiration post | miss avacado’s etsy cake toppers

When I planned on doing these “inspiration posts”, I immediately thought of all the amazing stuff I’ve been inspired by on Etsy.  I stumbled upon these toppers quite awhile ago while searching for unique things to have in the shop part of our studio. I thought they were quite adorable, and definitely not your typical...

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Rock 'n Roll Bride · Thursday Treats – 14th Jan 2010 - [...] Do you miss the Summer? ♥ Table ideas to inspire and intrigue ♥ These are quite possibly the cutest cake toppers I’ve ever seen ♥ Bowie Bride kicks ass with her laid back, Rock n Roll attitude! I want to be one of her [...]

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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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!?

offbeat bride | feature | zaq + amber

Exciting news for us tonight : )  We just heard that Zaq + Amber’s wedding was featured on Offbeat Bride!  Great site, and we’re very excited to have some photos up there.  It’s a tough place to be featured–so horray!  Thanks, Zaq + Amber, for being so offbeat ; )

Apparently one image was featured a...

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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 :)

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 :)