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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: weddings

good things

I don’t care what anyone says about Martha, I’m a fan–always have been always will be.  The fact that she went to jail just makes her even cooler.  If we ever get a “Martha Stewart” inspired wedding, I will flip.  Fresh, clean, simple….it’s exactly how I would do my wedding.  Here are some lovelies to...

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katie daisy - Ooooh, you know I'm on board! Martha Stewart is practically my guru. Well, her designers are ;)

Dana - ooohhh! I too am a closet martha fan! She is just so very creative and sets a lovely table. I would love to do that more often... Your wedding ideas are great. We are doing only independant and local vendors ourselves and feel it is the only way to go- can't wait to see what you come up with, it sounds amazing already. Your style is always inspiring.... post more... our wedding is only 6 weeks away :)

Candice - Ooh love these =) I can't even look~ I don't have time for more projects...ha

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ae wedding post

This may be a four-in-one; Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun. post.  This weekend is extremely busy for us, and I will not be around to post.  Because of that, I’m mixing our “ae weddings” post with our “thoughtful post” and try to make it a  little extra special until I’m back around on Monday.
First off, this...

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ae photography - Amber--I don't even count you... you were a perfect bride and have been perfect even after the wedding day :) You were definitely one of the most willing, most easy to work with couples who really understood our style. : ) Sorry you ripped your dress! Hope the photos were worth it!

Amber Zrust - Most willing bride - i dunno... I did rip my dress climbing onto that old swing, haha

Darcy Johnson - Ashley & Eric, Love the photos of Brittany & Brock, can't wait to see the rest of them! You did a beautiful job! Thank you so much! Darcy Johnson

Susan Johnson - to add to your list of limos...don't forget the F-150 15-Passenger Extended Cab Limo :) I think that was my favorite :)

“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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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!

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maggie | bridal | illinois wedding photographer

We haven’t edited much of Jake and Maggie’s wedding yet, but I wanted to share some of the bridal shots we just posted to their gallery a few days ago.  We just loved the style of their wedding.  I absolutely LOVE her dress and headpiece–totally something I would pick for my wedding.  We will do...

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Rebecca - love the pleats!

ae | photography - These photos were taken at the lovely historical Dillon Home in Sterling, Illinois.

thank-yous | jake + maggie

Jake and Maggie had made up a thank you sign to hold shortly after their ceremony took place.  They wanted us to get a shot of it for their Thank You Postcards.  Here is what we came up with!  We think everyone should do this : )

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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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