We travel often for sessions and weddings! For work that is located within 40 miles of Union, Illinois then there are no travel fees which includes Chicago weddings only (not sessions). Anything outside of that radius will have a fee per mile outside that radius!

If the drive is 2 or more hours, we require a hotel accommodation for the night of the wedding or session. 

For weddings outside the Midwest or international we require airfare and travel accommodations. Inquire for our full list of travel fees and requirements.

We work on a first come, first serve basis. If you’re looking for more info or wanting to see if we are available for your date or concept - Fill out out inquiry form. It is the easiest way to get in touch. 

Booking process:

- Discovery call 
- Proposal Offer - Select your collection, add-ons, sign the contract, pay the 50% retainer. Your remaining balance will be due 60 days prior to your wedding or session date. 
- You're booked!

We promise we are not the type of photographers to hold your photographs hostage. We deliver a wide variation of photographs from our weddings and sessions. On average, an 8 hour wedding may have 1,000 images delivered. Engagement sessions may have around 100 images. Of course, there are NO guarantees. We do guarantee roughly 60-80 photographs an hour. Our photographic style and delivery depends on a few factors like hour coverage, guest count, and number of events during the day.

As a small business our top priority is delivering your photographs but life does happen. In 2021 the most important person in my world passed away making life stop because of that it taught me about transparency, setting expectations and planning for a disaster. I (Megan) hand touch every wedding that comes through Artists & Stories. That said, while we have increased delivery times in our contract, we always attempt to delivery early. We will always be in communication about your photos and where you are in our queue.

We guarantee delivery of your complete online gallery within 12-16 weeks of your wedding or 8 weeks of your session. 

While I spent the last 10 years living in Chicago, I have settled down in a beautiful A-frame home in Union, Illinois with my husband which is located about 1.25 hours north of Chicago. 

We travel often for weddings. We serve all Chicagoland areas, Illinois, surrounding midwest states and every where in between. You want us to document our story somewhere, we'll be there.

Myself and our entire team carries equipment and liability insurance. If your venue needs it, I am more than happy to provide that for them within reasonable notice.

So much factors into a wedding story. Your vision, flow, how non-traditional you want to be. Some weddings may have multiple parts to their story like a pre-ceremony, ceremony. For many couples, 8 hours is ideal. We can go more into details about your timeline during our discovery call. I do recommend booking a minimum amount of coverage you may need. Then you can upgrade later to the specific amount of hours needed.

Unpopular opinion: I love photographing weddings alone. 

But to be honest, a second photographer is great. It helps me, help you. I am able to relax a bit more on a wedding day and approach scenes more slowly knowing that I have an extra set of eyes on your day and have a built in assistant. Having a second photographer is an alternative perspective on your wedding day that can add to your story both documentary wise and creatively. They are able to be in locations that I'm not like multiple getting ready locations or cocktail hour while I'm snapping family portraits. Ideally with a second photographer added to your collection you get more photos, more details, more moments. And who doesn't want that?!

Second photographers can be added as a 5 hour minimum up to full day coverage.

We primarily photograph on all Canon professional cameras, flashes and lenses for our weddings and sessions. 

While we primarily photograph utilizing natural and ambient light, we also use various lighting equipment and occasionally will document certain moments of a wedding or session on film cameras.