Bio

Natalie Marionneaux has a natural eye. What she likes about photography is being able to capture a moment in time and hold on to it, revisit it and feel that moment again.

As photographer for high school yearbook (back in 1985), her parents got her a Canon T50. Then with a B.A. in Journalism from Louisiana Tech University, Natalie traveled and worked in Mexico and Guatemala for Habitat for Humanity. Her Canon T50 went with her everywhere. She has showcased her travel photos, mostly black and white with an architectural focus, in various shows in Houston and Chicago.

For Natalie, photographing weddings is a sacred space where as a stranger, she is invited into a private celebration of family and friends. She celebrates these happenings with you capturing all the special moments, the smiles and laughter and even the tears. She experiences it and captures it so you can hold on to it and revisit it and feel those great moments again and again.

Whether it is a playful gesture from a groom to his bride, a heartfelt moment between a bride and her father, or the excitement of it all on a flower girl's face, she sees it. She sees all of it, every detail and doesn't miss it.

She thinks she should have been doing this all along and feels blessed that her work is really like play time. She loves looking for new angles, new slants of light, new eyes to see the world around her. With each new wedding season, Natalie is energized by love - of course, for her photography, but also for the bride and groom, and for "happily ever after."

Natalie lives in Chicago with her two cats Luna and Okie.