Early September weddings are perfect. You start to anticipate fall and fall colors, the weather is generally more mild, and it feels like football and back to school. I met Colette last summer at Katie and Paul's wedding and I was so excited to be able to capture Colette and Arnold's wedding day.

After some prep at the W Lake Shore, Colette and Arnold got married at St. Vincent in River Forest. A quick trip back to Chicago, everyone was ready to let the celebrations begin at Salvatore's in Lincoln Park.

Details of gold accents surely made the day even more beautiful, but Colette and Arnold's sheer happiness and outward love for each other, and their friends and family, made the day perfect.