Marmalade Photography is currently evolving. We are hand-crafting a new digital experience to reflect 20+ years of family legacy. Some areas are still being polished, but our heart (and calendar) is open.
MARMALADE PHOTOGRAPHY • LUXURY CHICAGO FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER • SINCE 2005
Chicago Family and Child Photographer
WELCOME
This site is more than just a portfolio – it’s a visual and text filled love letter to every single family who has welcomed us into their lives.
They’ve trusted us to capture what matters most.
Professional artistry for more than 20 years!
SINCE 2005
Since 2005, we’ve served as a premier Chicago family photographer, transforming fleeting moments into heirloom artwork.
Our portraits don’t just sit on hard drives; they live on your walls as a daily reminder of your family’s unique story.
WE COME TO YOU…
…or you come to us.
Whether we meet in the iconic streets of the Gold Coast or at one of our curated forest locations in the Southwest Suburbs – our goal remains the same: to capture the soulful, ‘in-between’ (I call the THRESHOLD MOMENTS) of your real life.
Chicago Family Photographer | Marmalade Photography
You deserve beautiful imagery to cherish for a lifetime and you’ve come to the right place to create it.
Marmalade Photography is a luxury Chicago family photographer specializing in senior portraits, family photography, maternity sessions, and newborn photography throughout Chicago and the suburbs.
Since 2005, we’ve been creating memorable moments with clients and their families – from location and clothing selection assistance to design of albums and wall displays to assisting clients in installation of their custom art pieces. We love the whole journey – from the first consultation to the moment your artwork goes up on the wall. This is what we mean by luxury – the art of creating family photographs that honor those in the image while focusing on heirloom printed images to last a lifetime (or several).
Serving families in Chicago, Naperville, Hinsdale, Evanston, Wilmette, Winnetka, Glencoe, Northbrook, Lake Forest, and surrounding communities, our goal remains the same as it was in 2005: to create artwork for your home and for your heart
THE WAYS IN WHICH PHOTOGRAPHY FOSTERS A SENSE OF BELONGING
You may be very surprised at how much displayed photography in a home setting matters and how it can play a pivotal role in grounding a child in family history and inclusion in a family unit…
FROM THREE MONTHS…TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR
Photographing N has been one of the highlights of my 20+ year career.
This is what Photography For Life looks like.
WHAT DO SOME OF OUR CLIENTS SAY?
If our long list of repeat clients doesn’t resonate – here are a few brief testimonials.
GROWING UP MARMALADE
OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES, BABIES AND SENIORS
Hi! My name is Marianne – you can call me Mare. Many of the people that you see on the pages within this giant “love letter” have been in front of our camera numerous times – others just once in awhile – still others just on one or two occasions.
But every face makes up the plotline of the story of Marmalade Photography – “For life.” My clients cherish our creations together in their daily lives: cherishing beautiful imagery on the walls in their homes, in the albums on their console tables and in the memories we’ve created together.
My logo shows the lotus flower, its ‘face’, upside-down: still pushing through, still growing, still emerging.
Persisting.
The graphic serves as a deconstructed heart – which for years served as MP’s symbol – this honored both my roots as an ICU nurse and was explicit in the the love that started me on the photography path.
The 2023 symbol represents my journey from CVICU RN pre-2005: documenting life’s fragility, as a witness to illness…to documenting and celebrating life’s beauty, as a photographer.
It also sort of forms the letter M for Marmalade.
More than twenty years of photographing families, not just moments, but entire lives. This is my life.
Marmalade. Photography For Life.
Marmalade Photography. For Life.
Luxury Chicago Family Photographer: serving Chicagoland and beyond since 2005
Contact Marmalade
You come to one of our curated locations…or we come to you
Luxury Chicago Family Photographer – On Location: Photographing Children, Babies, Maternity, High School Seniors
We Are Location Specialists
Luxury Chicago family photographer – Marmalade Photography – specializes in on-location photography throughout Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. We’ll travel to your home, a meaningful outdoor location of your choosing, or you can meet us at one of our hand-selected Marmalade Locations in the Southwest suburbs – curated spots that offer beautiful, varied settings for your session.
Chicago neighborhoods: Lincoln Park, Gold Coast, Lakeview, River North, West Loop, Roscoe Village, Bucktown, West Town, Old Town
North Shore & Northern Suburbs: Winnetka, Wilmette, Glencoe, Lake Forest, Highland Park, Evanston, Northbrook, Kenilworth, Deerfield, LaGrange
Western Suburbs: Hinsdale, Western Springs, Naperville, Elmhurst, Oak Brook, Barrington, Glenview, Inverness, River Forest
Southwest Suburbs: Frankfort, Orland Park, Lemont, Plainfield, New Lenox, Shorewood, Channahon – home to our exclusive Marmalade Locations
Visiting Chicago from out of state? We’d love to be your Chicago family photographer of choice for your visit in our beautiful city.
