I Luv Photo

We LOVED working with Luis and Clarissa! We loved their photographs and style on their website. Moreover, they were easy to work with, down to earth, and didn’t mind being attacked by mosquitos in order to capture some fantastic shots at the Morton Arboretum. We received our pictures about 4 weeks after our wedding. They captured so many wonderful moments and we love looking at them to relive the day. Would highly recommend this fantastic couple!

Our wedding was Juky 11^th at Loft on Lake. Haven’t received our wedding photos yet but we LOVED Luis and Clarissa. Everyone loved our engagement photos. They give a little artistic edge to your photos with a photo journalistic perspective. I’m so anxious to see our photos and I know it’s only been a few weeks. I reached out to them and to ease my curiosity they posted a few great ones on Instagram. This is just an example of how attentive they are– they always responded quickly and thoughtfully to my emails/​questions. Also, they were early to all events– initial meeting, engagement and the wedding. Highly recommend!

I was visiting from out of town and had a last-​minute idea of doing a photoshoot with my wife. So I looked around Unilocal and found I Luv Photo. I visited their website, as one would do, and browsed through their Engagement photos. What I liked about their photos was that they told stories and kept me interested, be it the filtering, angles, cropping, etc. So I spoke to Clarissa, gave her my vision, and she executed with finesse. She was able to work with our specific needs. And she delivered the photos earlier than expected. They came out fantastic — exactly how I envisioned and more. Couldn’t be happier with the decision to go through them. They know what they are doing and we’ll definitely be hiring them in the future.

We had Luis and Clarissa photograph our wedding in June 2014. They are not only awesome photographers but incredibly responsive and organized! I was a little stressed about how to make all of different types of locations I was envisioning work out, but Luis laid out the time line perfectly and when they arrived to start photographing all the stress went away (I think they were more organized than I was!). He let me know what was realistic and was flexible when I asked to add a little time to the wedding day photos. They were really good with direction even though we opted to not do an engagement session. And obviously, the variety of pictures, locations, and details turned out fabulously!

I met the I luv photo duo about 7 years ago when they did my friend’s wedding photography. They did such an outstanding job that I asked them to take pictures of my family. Since then we have had a photo shoot with them every year to help capture our lives in photo. We are a busy family that rarely gets good pictures together. Luis and Clarissa take their time and are extremely patient with my children. They are confident and the results show it. Their pictures always capture the moment and are beautiful.
I have also used them to take professional pictures of my office and their skills with architectural photography are just as fantastic. They did a wonderful job showcasing my office and making the pictures really stand out.
I can not express enough what a great job the two of them do. If you are looking for reliability, accuracy and beauty in your photos and photographers you can have it with I Luv Photo.

The problem with the wedding photography industry is there are shots you need to get, and then a pretty cookie cutter formula for the rest. Add in digital cameras that let you take a million pictures, you can send out most anyone that can depress a shutter release and they’ll get enough good picks to take your check and not feel guilty about it. As someone who used to be a semi-​pro photographer, that wasn’t going to cut it. Luckily, I stumbled across iluvphoto.
When I was looking for photographers I made a point to look at portfolios before prices. When I hit the iluvphoto portfolio I was just about instantly sold. The composition was fantastic, lighting is spot on, and there were only a handful of places where I thought I would make this photo a little cooler/​warmer. I could not say that for most others.
I was impressed by their portfolio, which was tied for most important thing in a photographer for me, the second was that I would be confident I wouldn’t notice them during the wedding. That of course is a harder thing to determine. What sold me when meeting them was how they discussed their experience in photojournalism and how they valued being discreet.
Everything sounded good, so we booked them. Included in the price was an engagement session, which was really nice because we got to work with them once before the wedding. I was a little intimidated being on the other side of the lens, but they did a great job and I felt confident they would go on to do a great job at the wedding.
Wedding day, they were on time, they had a plan, and they executed. I barely knew they were there once we were done with the portraits. I literally had no idea they were there for the ceremony. Perfect. Even for the reception, I didn’t really notice short of the flash going off. Before they left, they came and asked if we needed any other pictures. It was exactly what I needed, just didn’t have to worry.
Six weeks later our photos were delivered to us via Dropbox. The quality was exactly what I was expecting. Plus, we got to keep them all (minus duplicates, out of focus, etc), and we can print wherever we want. Though they do give us a printing credit. Literally the only thing I wish they would have picked up on is that towards the end of portraits I (and my wife) were so tired of smiling that we really just weren’t smiling anymore and needed a little nudge. But that is a really minor gripe, especially since at that particular moment things were starting to get panicky because grandparents who were needed for portraits were very late.
So you might be asking yourself what does such great service cost? Well, it isn’t cheap — and it shouldn’t be. Pricing changes so head over to their website and you can see for yourself. It isn’t cheap but it’s worth the price. Not only do you get two stellar photographers, but you get to keep the photos, you get the engagement session and you get a print credit. You can get sub $ 1000 photographers, but they come with all sorts of strings attached (can’t keep the photos, have to order prints through them, they really just gave a high school kid a camera and said take as many pictures as the memory card can hold…).
Even if you are on a tight budget though, if photography is important to you on your wedding day, you need to consider Luis and Clarissa.

There are not enough superlatives to describe how amazing Luis and Clarissa of iluvphoto are. We hired them for our wedding this May, and from our first contact until they sent us our photos they were the absolute best. I am not going to feign an intricate understanding of photography, but the pictures came out beautifully. They use a photojournalist style, which you can get a feel for from the portfolios on their website. They have great eyes and caught several priceless images. They’re always up for experimenting with different cameras and conditions as well if you ask them. They are much more sophisticated than your typical wedding photographers.
They were also a pleasure to work with. They responded back to our emails really quickly and always had everything perfectly organized for us. They’re really nice and professional businesspeople. The cost was also very fair compared with other photographers that we considered. I think they’re gaining an awesome reputation, so the prices might have gone up, but you are going to get amazing photos.

Luis and Clarissa of iluvphoto should be your next photographer! I have been working with them for a variety of projects at Catalyst Ranch, mostly marketing photo shoots to showcase our event space. Being a very colorful and creative venue with lots of eclectic décor, it is necessary to capture our different rooms and features in the best light, from many challenging angles. iluvphoto has always been able to find the perfect shot every time and pretty quickly too. They are great to work with: super easy, friendly, high attention to detail, prompt and creative. Luis has also shot some of our events in action and the photos are always gorgeous. I look forward to working with them again and again!

Luis and Clarissa were absolutely amazing to work with from start to finish! Finding a wedding photographer isn’t the simplest of tasks, but meeting them made the decision easy. They are both extremely talented and the fact that they are both laid back while still being professional makes the experience that much better. Everything turned out beautifully, our engagement photos, wedding photos, and the wedding album that we purchased are all spectacular. We couldn’t have been happier with using I Luv Photo for our June 2012 wedding and we would definitely use them again!

We booked Luis and Clarissa for our wedding in July 2012. They were an absolute pleasure to work with and probably our best vendor from the wedding. They also did our engagement shots. They were reliable, consistent, communicative, and the photos came out beautifully. With all the other vendors we had to coordinate, it was such a relief not to have to worry about our photographers! They were such a fun team to work with that my bridal party commented they wished they were friends with Luis and Clarissa.
For our engagement photos, we shot them on a windy, dreary day in Wicker Park when it was half raining the entire time. We were not expecting much out of these photos because the weather was terrible, but they came out moody and edgy!
On our wedding day they captured all the critical moments. And they made very good use of the interesting, unique spaces in the venue we chose. The photos came out very artistic. My only regret is that I didn’t do a «first look» because we had slightly fewer shots of just my husband and me than I would have liked — we had only an hour between the ceremony and the reception to take photos, and many of these were with the entire wedding party. If I could do it again I would have tried to take more bride+groom shots.
All in all, we loved the photos. All our friends thought they looked fantastic too and we got many compliments. I’m recommending them to all my friends!

Luis and Clarissa were such an incredible pleasure to work with for our May 2012 wedding! They are extremely professional and are both very talented photographers — they’re just as great at responding to emails as they are at thinking of creative photo angles and locations. They endured record high temperatures without any fatigue and struck the perfect balance between leading the bridal party when necessary and blending right into the wedding when shooting candids. Luis took our groomsmen shenanigans in stride, and Clarissa was a huge help all day in adjusting the bride’s wedding dress for photos. They are both extremely nice and very approachable, and everyone in our bridal party thought they were awesome. Compared to other wedding vendors, you actually end up spending a lot of time with your photographer, and we couldn’t have been more comfortable working with Clarissa and Luis.
Following the wedding, they quickly turned our photos around to us, and they all looked fabulous and captured everything we wanted them to and more. For example, we never talked about taking posed photos of guests during cocktail hour, but we discovered after the wedding that what seemed like all of our friends and family posed for photos during cocktail hour. We are so happy now to have these photos because it was so hectic trying to spend time with everyone right after the ceremony.
Clarissa and Luis did an amazing job with our engagement and wedding photos, and we’re so happy with the job they did. Even though the wedding is just one day, our photos will last forever, and we’re so glad we found such incredible people to capture the occasion. Luis and Clarissa are a fantastic team, and we highly, highly recommend them!

Very positive experience with this husband and wife team who know what they are doing, so all you have to do is smile and have a good time! Luis and Clarissa were punctual (this is important!), professional, and very easy to work with. I’m the groom, and I have very little patience for the formalities that surround wedding photography: there is something about the pomp and circumstance that I thought would draw out the non-​fun parts of my wedding day. I was pleasantly surprised to find that our time with Luis and Clarissa flew by! They were never pushy or demanding, and they must have had a lot of experience dealing with grumpy people, because I felt both excited and energized when our time with them was over (and this was after a couple of forays outdoors in 20 degree weather!).
Negatives? You will deal with people in the future who are not as easy to work with.
They are the opposite of every horror story you hear about what can go wrong at a wedding. Highly, highly recommended!
(p.s. If your phone rings on your wedding day and you see a number from Florida, don’t kick it to voicemail… it’s them!)

I havent even seen the wedding photos year and I am still so glad we used Luis and Clarissa. Organized, detailed, kind, creative, teamwork, proactive, diligent. These guys made my life so much easier on my wedding day and in the week before. I hope the people I refer to them use them. No regrets.