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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: illinois senior portrait photographer

“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:)

lauren | senior session teaser

Eric photographed the lovely Lauren solo last Friday.  He did a great job, as usual ; )  I was sad I didn’t get to help shoot this session–but it’s always good to know that Eric can totally rock it on his own.  Here is a quick peek at one of the five I edited tonight....

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