Please visit our new vendor listing on the WedDepot.com.
Out of the Box Bridal in Chicago
Ocken Photography is once again proud to help produce the Out of the Box Bridal show in Chicago. The next show will be on February 19, 2009, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and we are excited to be a part of it. Please join us! Stop by our area to talk and meet some truly great vendors in the Chicago area. And oh, did I mention the show is way cool, at the MCA, and completely free? See you there.
Evan Robert Ocken
Emilie Utigard & Mark Golitko’s Engagement
OP Chicago in the news
Chris was quoted on June 2, 2008, in Crain’s Chicago Business for an article about how the economy is impacting the wedding industry. However, we’re fortunate to have great clients who continue to get married despite the high price of gas. Thank you! Click here to check out the article if you’d like.
Volunteer of the Year – Jenn Ocken
Jenn Ocken rules! Not only did she spend an amazing weekend photographing the 24th Annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN, and visiting with her “blues family,” she was honored with the Blues Foundation’s Volunteer of the Year Award. “I was so honored and speechless,” Jenn says. “I just love the Blues Foundation and its mission. No matter how long blues artists have been in the music industry, they all benefit from the organization. I want to thank Joe and the Blues Foundation for such a great honor — and I will see you at the Blues Music Awards in May!”
Medinah Temple “Pre-Wedding” Event
We are participating in Bloomingdale’s “Pre-Wedding” Party event on March 6, 2008, at the Home & Furniture Store at Medinah Temple in Chicago.
Please come by and visit us!
Marion Davis & Harry Jacob, MD
Chris was fantastic. He immediately became part of the family. No one knew he was the photographer. Best of all, our pictures are breathtaking…. They capture each expression, each emotion. Our friends and families all say they are the best photographs they have ever seen. Chris will be part of us forever.
— Long Island, NY (married in Chicago, December 2007)
Ocken Photography on the Campaign Trail
Chicago-based Ocken Photographer Chris has long been a political junkie, and he’s pleased to be on the run with the presidential candidates once again.
Although Chris covered Bill Clinton’s campaigns in the 1990s for the Associated Press, this time around, he’s chasing Mike Huckabee — a continuation of a project he started in graduate school.
Much has changed since then, as you’ll note from Chris’s 1998 photo of Huckabee campaigning for governor during a boat trip down the Arkansas River (above), which contrasts quite starkly with his photo of a much-thinner Huckabee amidst the microphones on his 2008 Iowa Caucus campaign bus (below).
More pictures coming soon… as long as Huckabee keeps performing well.
Out of the Box Bridal Show
Attention Chicago Area brides to be! Join us for a fun, relaxed afternoon that will actually help in the planning of your wedding. And mix and mingle with an intimate assortment of Chicago’s hippest wedding vendors—in a crazy cool location—without fighting a crowd of thousands!
Out of the Box Bridal show at Catalyst Ranch
on Sunday, October 21, 2007 from 12pm to 4pm.
Chicago Bloomingdales Wedding Party
Please visit come and visit with us at the Wedding Party at Bloomingdale’s Home & Furniture Store at Medinah Temple in downtown Chicago on Tuesday, October 16 from 6 – 8pm.
Oakbrook Bloomingdales Wedding Party
Please visit come and visit with us at the Wedding Party at Bloomingdale’s Home & Furniture Store in Oakbrook Center on Wednesday, October 17 from 6 – 8pm.