Staci and Ben have this awesome mutual respect for each other. They're both fun and ready to laugh at the drop of a hat. Needless to say, their engagement session was so easy because they smiled at each other the whole time!

One of my favorite things about being a photographer is taking pictures of people in their space. Doing a session in a park is fantastic, but you can just tell so much about a person's story when you photograph them doing something they love. Staci and her dad have been coming to the West Side Market since she was a little girl, and both she and Ben like to cook, so photographing them in their element—at the West Side Market—was a no-brainer.

Since we started out super early to avoid the crowds that build up at the market, we took advantage of the golden morning light ...