W.C.P. Photography & Videography

Windy City Productions captured our wedding on 5÷7÷16. They were truly a pleasure to work with! We used them for photo and video, as well as our DJ, who happens to be Katie’s Husband :) I must say that having the DJ and Photo/​Video crew know each other and work together really helped make the reception flow nicely. They were completely in sync and work together to make everything perfect. Katie is so creative and has such an eye for wedding photography. My husband and I aren’t models and are not use to posing for so many pictures but they really made it not feel awkward at all. Katie even brought over a day of wedding present, so thoughtful!
Katie came armed with cameras, my Pinterest wedding photo board printed out in hand, and even some cute chunky gold glitter to throw in pictures (which came out so cute!). We are very happy with our choice to go with Windy City and I would recommend them to any of my friends getting married. They are affordable, professional, and fun! I can’t wait to get our album in the mail to display on the coffee table in our living room… its a surprisingly chic and beautiful album too with our names on the cover and initials embossed on the inside of the covers.

I love Katie! She did a wonderful job at our wedding and our wedding pictures are beautiful. She perfectly depicted our experience and we couldn’t be happier. She was always on time, so helpful, and we had a great time taking pictures with her. She had creative ideas but was never pushy. Katie was not only our photographer but also a positive player in our wedding experience. She kept things light when I was stressed and went way beyond what we were paying her to do to make sure the event went smoothly. We were sad to see her go at the end of the night. I highly recommend Windy City Productions. You will not be disappointed.

We had 3 months to pull off a wedding and Windy City was everything we expected and more! They listened and produced! They were extremely easy to work with — It was obvious they were knowledgeable and we were grateful and beyond pleased! Don’t look any further — they are the real deal and you won’t be disappointed!

What an amazing addition to our wedding day! Throughout the whole wedding planning Katie was extremely helpful, kind, and thoughtful. She ensured that we had all of the shots we wanted and many we didn’t even know we wanted! She arrived early, to our already early morning wedding, and immediately jumped into our crazy group of people. She kept our wedding party on track and organized, which isn’t too easy with a group of 27! Katie helped fend off some of my bridal nerves and ensured that our day ran smoothly. There are several pictures that she took, that I didn’t even notice her taking. She blended into the day and caught several great candid photos, as well as some absolutely amazing shots of my husband and I at sunset. She even went so far as to look at my wedding board on Pinterest to get the pictures that we wanted. Our wedding day would not have been the same without Katie there. She went above and beyond, and we are very grateful for her and all of the work she put into our day. Our photos are beautiful and we are so, so happy to have them to remember our wedding day forever. Thank you so much, Windy City Production!

Katie laughed the whole way through she made me feel so at ease!
Katie arrived the bridal suite before the ceremony. Our wedding was at one pm. After the wedding ceremony we spent no less than 4 hours doing a photography shoot on a trolley and at the Lincoln park Zoo. Then she came with us to the reception and was there until after 11pm. Katie and Kathy had a long intense day with an emotional bride a bumbling wedding party and the sheer hours that they put in for us! They were a nice team and I couldnt have been more thrilled with their (seeming) attention to detail on our wedding day!
****edit: A few problems. When I was shown the video of my photos I had to sign a release form in order to receive them. I hated the editing but let’s face it… I can’t go back in time and get new photos from the wedding day so obviously I wanted whatever Katie had. Im handy with photo editing myself so I thought … No problem I’ll just ask for the raw files rather than the edited photos and I’ll edit myself. Katie said that was fine. Flash forward to six months after the wedding I had to badger and beg texting her once a week for the photos before she finally sent them. … The files are Locked. F*ck. Still trying to work this out but thankful to have the raw files (the edited photos were very pink and she changed the colors of everyone’s clothing… Clothing I meticulously took a year choosing. So even the locked raw files are still wayyyyyyy better than the edited photos)
Flash forward to 7 and a half months after our wedding… Still haven received the photo album that came with the package we bought. I suppose that’s not coming.
Note:
–tons of photos of my dad who I told her I wasn’t close to and didn’t wish lots of photos of him.
–zero photos of me and my mother who raised me. Very few of her in general. Sob.
–zero candid photos of my girls getting dressed in the bridal suite even though Katie was there early. Sob double sob.
–very few pretty photos of the girls at all. (So many fab photos of all the boys in ALL 4 locations we went to through the day — Yet the photos of the girls are all taken in ONE of the locations wtf) sob sob sob.
–very few shots of the Lincoln park zoo even though we were there for hours. Hardly any candid trolley shots of the group while everyone was having fun.
Pretty much a bummer at the end seeing the photos because Katie, her assistant, and her husband were all such great people. They were so lovely to deal with on the actual wedding day. I’m just a bit disappointed.
I feel like most of my issues could have been solved 2 months before the wedding if she would have gone over what I wanted or expected from the family/​friend shots. If she would have asked beforehand the style of editing I preferred. Instead of waiting until the day of the wedding when stress anxiety and excitement were high– not to mention I was getting married! (She was trying to have me bring up my Pinterest wedding board literally an hour after the ceremony … I shouldn’t have to bring out my phone on my wedding day! So I didn’t and the photos… Didn’t)

We hired Windy City Productions to film our ceremony. It was a great surprise that they also took the time to capture the beautiful venue, a few moments during our cocktail hour and even some footage of me taking pictures with my bridesmaids. We’re very pleased with the product — and we’re thrilled that we decided to have a videographer (originally, we weren’t sure we wanted one). Now, we’re looking forward to making it a tradition to watch our awesome wedding video every anniversary. :-)

We hired Windy City Production after watching one of my peer’s wedding videos. It was one of the easiest decisions we made; we never even met with Katie or Sam! It seemed to be a no-​brainer. We trusted them from the very beginning just based on the quality of their posted videos, my peer’s recommendation and the initial phone conversation. The quality and value was exceptional!
The morning of my wedding, I was informed it would be Kathy shooting our video. Which wasn’t what I expected, but she was very sweet and did a great job capturing our day! She caught every special moment. (Thank you Kathy!)
My only advise would be to be clear if there are certain moments you want included in your video and/​or highlight video. (But that goes with every vendor. Be clear and don’t second guess yourself or your vendor.)
My husband and I are both SO pleased with Windy City Production! We almost went without a wedding video due to budget. I must insist, GET THE VIDEO! Its the only way you can truly re-​live the moments, pictures just don’t capture your special day’s true emotion. Make this an easy decision, don’t think twice. Get the video, and get it from Windy City Production.
*I give a 4.5 out of 5 just because of the last minute videographer change and that my video took longer to get than I anticipated, but in the end, it was fantastic*
THANK YOU KATHY AND KATIE– Job well done!

Wow– I cannot say enough good things about Windy City Production. My fiancé and I hired them to shoot (video) our wedding this past June in Chicago. I had already booked a photographer and decided afterwards that I wanted a video. If I had not already booked my photographer, I would have had Windy City Production do both my photos and video. Their work is AMAZING!
From the very first meeting with Katie, I knew that we were in great hands. Katie was not pushy and really wanted to know what we wanted out of our wedding video. She did not try to push a larger package or try to get us to get something we did not want. After reviewing the videography packages, we decided to go with the Gold package so that we could get the raw footage. Katie made the entire process very convenient and even drove to me to receive payment. About a week prior to the wedding, Sam, our main videographer, contacted me to make sure that he knew exactly what we wanted captured on our big day. I emailed Sam a list of details that I wanted captured that day and he ensured that every detail would be. On the day of our wedding Sam and Kathy showed up on time, and were very unobtrusive. Both Sam and Katy were very personable and a pleasure to have around that day. Kathy even took the lead in staging the suite with the bridal bags and shoes to get some great shots for the video. I was so happy that she did this because my photographer had no idea what he was doing. As I mentioned earlier, I wish I had booked Windy City Production to also do my photos.
A few days after the wedding we received a link for our «teaser» video. The short video was great and we were so excited to get our other videos. Sam and Katie contacted me to find out what songs we would like in our videos. My fiancé and I are not good at picking stuff like that out so we left that up to Windy City Production. A short time later, we received a link to our cinematic film to view and request edits. The video was absolutely wonderful. Sam and Kathy captured EVERY detail that I wanted captured. This made me happy because my photographer missed a lot of details that I asked him to capture. I wanted a few things changed in the cinematic video, nothing major just minor edits. Sam was happy to make the edits and set up a time for me to come view the full length video in their studio. When I went to view my full length video, Sam had already made the edits to my cinematic film! Sam ensured that the videos were everything that I wanted and even made a shorter condensed version of the cinematic film to include with my DVD. Sam also showed me how I could take snapshots of the video and turn them into photographs since my photographer did not capture a lot of the details of the day.
It is evident through their work that Sam and Katie really have passion and talent for their work. I HIGHLY recommend Windy City Production for anyone looking for wedding videographer. This was probably the best decision we made for our wedding. We spent over a year planning the wedding and it went by so fast. In the end you have a memory and some photos, and if you are smart an incredible video from Windy City Production.
Here is a link to our cinematic film:

Hi Katie– I don’t think making a slam video of your client and posting it on the internet is taking the high road. Perhaps instead of filming your client’s emails to you, you could have called me to rectify the situation. When I sent you those emails I was simply communicating with you to try to make your job, of delivering what your client wants, as easy as possible. I was genuinely trying to fix the situation. Your video proves my point that your emails were indeed nasty. It is now clear that my suspicions were correct, you were trying to be mean instead of helping your client.
I wrote the review because I wish someone had warned me before I hired you. You bully brides into taking down their unfavorable reviews. You went so far as to tell a wedding website that you never worked with me to try and get them to take my review down. I had to send in multiple examples of proof that you worked with us to have it put back up. Why not call me instead and ask me to take down my review, or better yet to see what you could do to rectify the issues we were having? I sincerely want to help brides so they know what they are getting themselves into because this is supposed to be such a special time in a Bride’s life. She shouldn’t have to deal with bullies in the beginning of her marriage.
Please re-​read the first sentence of my review. I never said you ruined my wedding. I said you almost ruined my wedding and you did ruin our wedding video. Your lack of attention to detail is definitely displayed in the fact that your slam video is incorrectly titled due to your oversight. There are many other mistakes and miscommunication throughout your slam video. Please feel free to call me, as I have yet to receive a single call from you, to clear this matter up. I’d love a chance to chat. Thanks and have a great day!