Brilliant Fall Colors Wedding in Chicago

If you’re a lover of pretty blooms, fall foliage, and candlelit decor, then you’re about to be obsessed with today’s feature! With burgundy and navy colors standing out against the perfect autumn hues, we’re loving everything about this elegant design. The talented StudioThisIs was behind the lens of this magical day! Keep scrolling for all the fall wedding inspo!

Vibrant fall Chicago Wedding captured by StudioThisIs. See more fall wedding inspiration at CHItheeWED.com!

Written and photographed by Nancy, of StudioThisIs:

The one predictable thing about the weather in Chicago is that it's entirely unpredictable. That goes for the brilliant autumn colors the trees in the city display for all of what feels like two days each year. Vanessa and Rob planned their wedding for the last weekend in October hoping for some vibrant foliage for pictures that would match the rich colors of their wedding decor, that could easily have been a week too early with still-green trees or a week too late with dead and a doornail brown branches. But they were right on point with their date -the trees in Millennium Park and around the Art Institute were at the peak of their most colorful.

Before stopping off for portraits at Lincoln Park and then Millennium Park, we began the day with getting ready at the Ambassador Hotel. The rooftop at the Ambassador is one of our very favorite spots to photograph a first look in the city. It's a small, intimate rooftop with a gorgeous view of the skyline. The cloudy weather provided us with beautiful soft light and we couldn't help but continue with a few portraits there.

Envisioning a relaxed ceremony, the couple opted to get married in the courtyard of their venue rather than a church and incorporate the traditions and religious touches that were important to them. The tented courtyard ceremony transitioned into cocktail hour in the bright indoor space at Chicago Illuminating Company and then back outdoors to the tented candle-light reception. Soft cascading floral arrangements in autumn colors played into the romantic and relaxed yet elegant style of the day. After dinner and toasts by their closest loved ones, the guests moved back inside where the band was waiting to lead them in dancing late into the night!