Hello Danielle, wonderful to meet you and this sounds like such an amazing surprise for Jordan you have in the making! I am thrilled to have made this connection with you, and am excited to hear more about your plans to celebrate this fall! I invite you to explore my work deeper and ask any questions as we use our opportunity to talk about your upcoming milestone. My goals are for you both to stay present, offer my experiences and guidance to your vision for photography, and continue to collaborate creatively with the great team you assemble every step of the way.
Welcome to
Drake
Social House!
Your time and consideration is greatly appreciated, and any questions are certainly welcomed. If you wish to move forward with the booking process, a 50% deposit confirms your date, with final balance due 30 days prior to the event. Please reach out as soon as possible to ensure your date availability.
Action
We'll start with always working. Constantly reading the room and thinking through the moment or steps ahead. Being conscious of what is happening, and how my presence impacts that environment while still being able to capture it. Understanding when to step back and let the feelings breath, and when to step in and guide the photography. Everyone has different levels of confidence in front of the camera, but I love to learn your playful side and discover the authentic version of you.
method
Being comfortable in your moments and the decisions that got you there. I focus on being your photographic guide through planning and an emotional constant day of, blending in and out to let you live in your day. Treating all parties with equity as we weave through events is the groundwork of a candidly told experience that you will continue to revisit. It is an honor to share these incredibly personal days as a matter of professional routine.
Priorities
What's my Process
Colleen
"KENT'S WORK WILL PULL YOU BACK IN TIME TO EVERY SPECIAL MOMENT
AND ALLOW YOU TO RELIVE YOUR BIG DAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN."
Let's keep it simple. Sometimes all we know at booking is a rough timeline, but the connection is there. We use this base collection to build a customized proposal or add-ons a la carte as the year takes is shape.
$9,000
7 Hours Coverage
Base Collection
The Collections
• 7 hours coverage
• second photographer
• high resolution downloads
• online print + viewing gallery
$11,000
7 Hours Coverage + Album
Custom Collection
•7 hours coverage
• second photographer
• 9x13 album
• high resolution downloads
• online print + viewing gallery
When the party goes late into the night, and that extra bit of entertainment got captured, what better way to preserve the day than a fun editorial style album to showcase the memories from the best night of the year.
• 9 x 13 or 12 x 12
• 30 page spread design
• leather & non-leather covers
• name & date embossing
• medium weight page mounts
$2000
Albums
Setting the Scene
About Kent
On a personal note, I'm married to my High School Sweetheart, and at this point we have spent over half our lives together, which is a fun benchmark to achieve. We have two great kids, both navigating the elementary school life of Evanston, and we keep busy with club soccer and my efforts to turn them into Midwest ski junkies. My business has afforded us the opportunity to be with them on a daily basis since their beginnings, something we would never change.
Not every career can be born from a favor, for this I am lucky. The extent of my formal training is my Dad's camera and a Photo 101 class in the twilight of university. Life brought me to Japan, and with it a new love of photography, documenting our experiences abroad through an inherently natural medium. After relocating to Chicago in 2008, at a friend's request I was photographing my first wedding, and my future couldn't have been more clear.
It has been an amazing journey to this point, working alongside so many talented professionals in landmark buildings and spaces across the country. I didn't see this coming as a kid, and that's just fine, it means I followed my instincts and talents to get here.
