Chicago & Travel
Wedding Photography and Super 8 Film Based in Chicago, Illinois
Focusing on the beautiful in-between moments. Working with a mix of film photography, digital photography, and super 8 film, we create stories that last a lifetime. Capturing the candid moments with a documentary eye, we are here to encapsulate your forever memories on film.
Documenting Your Love Story… On Film
Real Life on Reel Film
Weddings & Elopements
This is a monumental moment in your relationship. Among all the hustle and bustle, prepping and planning, it is also a day that can easily get away from you once it has finally arrived! At Studio Z, we don’t want couples to look back and feel like they were pulled in too many directions to really be present with their partner on their special day. So, let our team make YOUR day about YOU—say yes to what you want! The day doesn’t need to be a posed photoshoot if that’s not your style—and Studio Z’s creative philosophy results in a day centered around you and your partner, filled with love, hugs, and laughter, all with the people you care about most surrounding you.
Our team works through a documentary lens, capturing candid moments for the majority of your day. Of course, we’ll still set aside time to focus on family and wedding party photos as well as your beautiful couple portraits, and we will help walk everyone through those sections of the day so they feel effortless and natural. We keep your goals and vision in mind to make sure your important moments are covered, and hang back to let everything else happen naturally.
We are available for large weddings, intimate weddings and elopements. Whatever your perfect wedding looks like, we are there to capture it with warmth and life.
Engagements & Couples
Engaged? Milestone anniversary? Just celebrating being madly in love? Anything goes! You don’t need to book us for your wedding to have us capture lifelong memories! Sometimes you just need to take your partner to a crazy-gorgeous location, run around, and laugh until the sun goes down. These are the moments we will capture for you.
We love to work with all couples! Traveling to new and exciting locations is always a fun way to make the day memorable. We have lots of photography destinations near the Chicago-area that we’d love to recommend for your photos. Get in touch so we can chat about your vision!
Hello…
We are Studio Z!
Welcome to our world! Filled with vintage cameras, laughter, family and beautifully captured moments—we are a family-business that loves working with amazing couples in locations near and far.
Our team genuinely loves working together and values having the opportunity to capture life’s most precious moments from each of our different perspectives. Some of us have had cameras in our hands for over fifteen years, others have been behind the lens directing, and one of us found a joy in photography just a few years ago. It is with this diverse background of experiences that the vision of Studio Z comes to life.
Our team was inspired by newly-discovered family Super 8 footage that dated back to the late 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s — and it was with this inspiration that we founded Studio Z.
With our team’s combined experience and deep passion for capturing life from behind the lens, we hope to spend our time with couples and their families on some of life’s most important days, memorializing every precious moment.
Our team would be honored to document your day.
Emma & Sophia
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