Dependably Extraordinary
&
Uniquely Transparent
-Since 2012
Hello! We’re Sam & Katie, Chicago’s #1 most-reviewed husband-and-wife photography team. We’ve checked, and there’s no other husband-and-wife team in Chicagoland with more reviews than us!
For over 12 years, we’ve proven that we’re a one-of-a-kind company. You won’t find another team that offers the same incredible guaranteed delivery times, international awards, featured publications, hybrid shooting, and Same Day Edit Premiere capabilities. It’s a bold claim, but we have the receipts—and we invite you to see the proof: our resume, recent real weddings, and latest awards.
What truly sets us apart is our uniquely transparent approach, including simple, straightforward pricing. There’s no “pricing starts at” teaser or “schedule a consultation for pricing” nonsense. We respect your time, believe in the value we offer, and have no problem being upfront about it.
We’re honored that you’ve considered us. Even if you decide we’re not the right fit, we hope you’ll find value, insight, and inspiration as you explore our website.
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Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Pricing Through April 30th 2026
One of the biggest challenges couples face today is sorting through countless vendors to find “the best of the best.” While many photographers or videographers can capture a handful of great shots, only the truly exceptional can document your entire wedding day in a way that allows you to relive your love story for a lifetime.
That’s our ultimate goal: to capture and retell your wedding day with more detail, emotion, and artistry than any other photographer or videographer.
Jr Associate Photo Package
- 8Hrs Continuous Coverage
- Sam & Katie Overseen Edit
- Personal Gallery
- 4-12 Week Delivery
Jr Associate Video Package
- 8Hrs Continuous Coverage
- Sam & Katie Overseen Edit
- 1-2 Minute Teaser Film
- 4-6 Minute Cinema
- All Proxy Raw Footage delivered digitally
- 4-12 Week Delivery
Frequently Asked Questions!
The short Answer is NO! We understand the immense importance of your wedding day, and we take our commitment to you very seriously. We have never missed a wedding. To ensure this, we have backup plans in place for every situation, from equipment malfunctions to personal emergencies. You can trust that we will be there, ready to capture every moment.
However, if you were willing to invest a few minutes to hear how we almost lost a Wedding Project, watching the video below, and more importantly hearing what actions we took to rectify the issue. I believe few if any other companies would have went as far as we did to ensure the absolute best outcome for a client.
Truth be told, Sam and I have personally edited EVERY wedding for the past five years—whether it was captured by us or one of our Associate team members. Every photo and cinema is carefully and meticulously edited to highlight the heart and soul of your wedding day, with a style that’s authentic, emotional, and timeless.
By handling the editing ourselves, we ensure that the quality and style of the final images and films match our personal artistic standards and align with the Windy City Production (WCP) brand we’ve developed over the past 12 years. When you choose us as your wedding photographer or videographer, you’re getting more than just photos or videos; you’re receiving our personal commitment to quality. We understand that your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life, and by personally editing your Wedding Day Love Story, we guarantee that the images and films you receive are just as special as the moments we captured.
Your wedding day memories deserve to be treated with the care, attention, and passion of an award-winning team. As long as we lead this company, Sam and I will ALWAYS oversee each and every Wedding Day Love Story edit to ensure it meets our expectations. Let’s work together to create and preserve the moments that mean the most to you.
Sam & Katie’s Photography Editing Style
Our approach to wedding photography is all about authenticity, emotion, and timeless beauty. We blend photojournalism with a fine-art touch to create images that reflect not only how your wedding day looked but how it felt. Our style is defined by powerful, emotional imagery that captures moments full of feeling.
We want you to relive every emotion when you look back at your wedding photos. Our editing is built on timeless coloring and meticulous attention to detail, giving each image a sense of elegance and permanence. By avoiding trendy filters and overly stylized looks, we focus on creating classic, authentic photos—ones that will feel as meaningful years from now as they do today.
No moment goes unnoticed. From the delicate lace of your gown to the expressions on your loved ones’ faces, every detail is captured in its best light. Each photograph is crafted to highlight the beauty, emotion, and personality of your wedding, ensuring you have a collection of memories as timeless as your love.
Sam & Katie’s Videography Editing Style
We bring the same passion into our wedding videography. We don’t just film your wedding—we craft a cinematic experience that captures the raw emotion and beauty of every moment. Our editing style combines cinematic grandeur with heartfelt storytelling, ensuring that each frame feels as powerful as the love story it represents.
With a keen eye for detail, we capture spontaneous, emotional moments—tear-filled vows, laughter among friends, stolen glances—using cinematic techniques like dramatic angles, seamless transitions, and rich color grading to bring your story to life. Every wedding film we create feels like a breathtaking movie, where you and your loved ones are the stars.
Your wedding day is an epic love story, and our goal is to ensure you can relive it with all the emotion and cinematic brilliance it deserves.
The majority of our talented team of associate photographers and videographers have grown alongside us over the past decade. In our earlier days, many of our Associate Team members were personally recruited through our Windy City Production internships at NIU and Columbia. It’s incredible to look back at how far we’ve come—from a group of ambitious, unknown photographers determined to conquer the wedding world, to being internationally ranked and awarded. Along the way, we’ve also brought on exceptionally talented industry veterans after working alongside them and recognizing they shared our core Windy City Production principles: 1) Shoot like your life depends on it, 2) Relentlessly grow and refine your skillset, and 3) Be the best at adding value.
What Sets Our Associate Team Apart from Other Wedding Photography and Videography Studios?
- Personal Involvement: Katie and I work closely with each Windy City Production associate at multiple weddings each year.
- Extensive Experience: Every current associate team member has shot no fewer than 50 weddings with Windy City Production.
- Quality Control: Over the past five years, Katie and I have personally edited every wedding captured by our associates.
In short, the WCP Associates have been dependably extraordinary for Windy City Production and the clients we’ve been fortunate to serve.
Our clients can rest assured knowing the price they see is the price they pay. The ONLY 2 additional Wedding Day fees we may run into is:
1 – A Travel Fee for any Weddings outside our FREE 50 Mile Travel Radius -and/or-
2 – Additional Coverage Fee in The Event You Request We Stay Beyond the 8hrs of Contracted Coverage. Should You Request Any Additional Coverage We Can Gladly Accommodate at $200 Per Additional Hour Per Service. We’ll discuss all the details with you upfront to ensure complete transparency.
You can expect to receive your fully edited wedding photos and/or videos within 4-12 weeks after your wedding day. This timeline allows us to carefully review, edit, and perfect each image and/or video, ensuring you receive a beautifully curated gallery and/or cinema that tells the story of your day.
We carefully curate the best images from your day, removing any duplicates, test shots, or photos where eyes are closed. Every photo you receive will be high-quality and ready to print or share.
Yes! We understand how precious your wedding photos and/or videos are, so we maintain multiple backups for several months after your wedding. We highly recommend downloading and saving your photos and/or videos immediately after receiving them to ensure you always have a copy.
We understand that life can be unpredictable, and sometimes wedding dates need to be moved. If you need to reschedule, please contact us as soon as possible. We’ll do our best to accommodate your new date, depending on our availability.
If you reschedule within a reasonable timeframe and we’re available on your new date, there’s NO additional fee for the change. However, if the reschedule happens close to the original date and ultimately we are unable to refill the date we would unfortunately keep your retainer. For perspective we have only kept 1 retainer throughout our entire 12 year history, which was a last minute cancelation. We’ll discuss all the details with you upfront to ensure transparency.
If we’re unavailable for your new wedding date, we’ll work closely with you to find a solution.
If we are available on your rescheduled date, your original retainer will automatically be applied to the new date.
Rescheduling is easy! Simply contact us via email or phone, and we’ll confirm the availability of your new date. We’ll provide an updated agreement reflecting the new date and details, and once signed, your wedding services will be officially rescheduled.
If you wanted real proof of our commitment to work with past clients rescheduling or outright canceling our services many have been so very kind to leave honest reviews of the process.
For anyone with concerns about cancellations – Our event was cancelled and Windy City Production fully refunded our deposit without any delays or hassles. – Jim Czajka (Google Review)
Katie and Sam were amazing to work with! Unfortunately, my fiancé and I had to postpone our wedding due to unforeseen circumstances, they were very understanding and made sure to refund us. During this stressful time it was very nice to actually have a vendor that was so nice and understanding. We can’t wait to work with them in the future when we get married. – Michaela Hacaga (Google Review)
So i originally hired WCP as my wedding photography for my wedding next year. Put the deposit down and everything. My fiancé and I then decided that we were changing our whole wedding vision/theme and were wanting a more moody style of photography. I talked with Katie and let her know my situation and she was super understanding. She even offered to refund my deposit back even though in the contract it said that the deposit was non-refundable. Even though I ended up not going with Sam and Katie, Katie has been nothing short of professional and for all of the other brides looking at this right now, know that you’ll be in good hands with them! 🙂 – Ashley Kinzel (Google Review)
Real Wedding Feedback!
I wanted to send a MILLION thank you’s to Sam and Jaime. Words cannot even describe how amazing of a job you both did shooting our wedding on Friday. Drew and I felt so at ease, and truly felt that you captured the joy and emotion of our special day. Members of the wedding party, who have been in multiple weddings across the country, said that you were hands down the best they have ever worked with. Though I have never been in a wedding before, I can’t imagine anyone being better!
– Natalie & Drew
Ashley & Robert
Ashley & Robert’s Bluestem Farm Wedding
What an unforgettable night full of love & emotion. We started the day off with some photos of Ashley and her lovely bridesmaids getting ready. Oh I still can’t get enough of Ashley’s natural beauty!
The lovebirds, Ashley & Robert, had a cute, endearing first look. The ceremony was a roller-coaster of emotion, applause, laughter, tears, laughter, and yes a little rain.
The reception festivities were a ton of fun for us to capture as well, including some memorable toasts, and a picture perfect sunset. This is the kind of wedding we were made for and we enjoyed every moment, every tear, and every frame. CLICK HERE TO VIEW GALLERY
Amber & Tyler
Amber & Tyler’s Lincoln Farmstead Wedding
Wow where do you even begin? I absolutely loved having the privilege of capturing this adoring couple’s wedding day, and we could most definitely sense the strong bond between them! Amber stole the show in her stunning wedding dress, while hubby Tyler looked quite handsome.
Their wedding day was filled with lots of great moments: some exciting, some sweet, and all memorable. I can’t get enough of these two love birds romantic photos. We had such a hard time picking the photos for this Gallery because there are just SO MANY that we love! CLICK HERE TO VIEW GALLERY
Elizabeth & Scott
Elizabeth & Scott’s The Venue at Goebberts Wedding
From the beginning of the wedding day with Elizabeth and the girls looking beautiful, and Scott and the men hanging out and relaxing, through the end of the celebration, there wasn’t a shortage of moments for us to capture. And can I just say that Elizabeth could not possibly have picked a better dress?
Their ceremony was sweet, and I think captured the essence of their relationship together.
I hope this Wedding Gallery Teaser brings you all back to the roller-coaster of emotion that very day: applause, laughter, tears, and smiles throughout Elizabeth & Scott’s Wedding Day! CLICK HERE TO VIEW GALLERY
About Us!
Hello! We’re Sam & Katie, a husband-and-wife wedding photography and videography team. Twelve years ago, we turned our passion for wedding photography and videography into a full-time career. Through hard work and dedication, we’ve built Windy City Production into one of the most exciting, award-winning wedding photography and videography companies around.
Mike & Paige
There’s something truly special about witnessing two people commit their lives to one another, and we had the honor of capturing every magical moment of Mike & Paige’s wedding day love story.
We’re thrilled to have been part of such a special day and to have had the chance to create a wedding film that they can treasure forever. This video isn’t just a documentation of the day; it’s a way for them to relive every smile, every tear, and every moment of joy for years to come.