Hi, I'm Megan.
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It was Christmas time and I was 7 years old when I was handed my first camera. It was a camera that shot on very small rolls of 110 film. I remember running around the dining room at my grandparents photographing anything and everything. I look back at those messy, childhood photos and I realize it's the first time I ever experienced love for a passion. A passion I still live and breathe to this day.
the summer of 2010 was life changing. - I packed my car and decided with little to no money that I was going to make Chicago my new home. Shockingly my fresh talent, my hustling mindset, and working with a few photographers as a second photographer allowed me to build my business and go full time in 2013. I had fallen in love with being a wedding photographer and documenting one of the most beautiful days of someones life.
Fast forward to 2023, the year I celebrate 10 years of being a full time small business owner. I love what I do and I’m only getting better at it.
Here are some cool things I'm doing outside of photography this year:
+ Rescuing all the animals
+ Volunteering for a non-profit I am a director at
+ Taking a gardening class
+ Gardening like I'm a farmer
+ Furthering my education in herbalism
+ Going on my honeymoon (finally!)
The first time I held a camera might have been when I was 7 but my real journey started in the 6th grade in the smallest, messiest darkroom in my photography elective. It's in middle school when I won my first award for a landscape photo. From that point, I continued to take photography throughout middle school, high school and college. To say photography is apart of me is an understatement. It is me. I don't know differently.
Throughout college I primarily focused on fine art photography on various formats of analog photography. My most loved was my 4x5 view camera. I created magic on that camera. Truthfully, I still would if I had the time. I found a love for photographing people intimately through portraiture and setting up shots. I absolutely had no desire to be a documentary photographer and especially not a wedding photographer. My journey through college was met with a lot of soul searching though like most people in their late teens and early 20s.
I photographed my first wedding while in college for a friend. Her parents paid me $600 and that was the first time I really truly enjoyed “documenting” a moment. Over the next few years I would photograph a few weddings for friends before hopping in my car to change my life completely.
October 30, 2022 was one of the best days of my life and I don't remember it. That is the thing about weddings, the adrenaline is high and it goes by with the blink of an eye. I never thought that would happen to me even after photographing weddings for the last 17 years but it did. I now see photographing weddings in such a different light.
Want advice from a past bride?
Your story is uniquely yours and yours alone so be your own kind of beautiful.
I blinked and my wedding day was over. I remember after the guests had left I walked around my yard in the rain, in my dress and trying to envision everything that just happened.
We were married on late fall Sunday in October on our property in Northern Illinois. The day before Halloween to be exact. It was overcast, the air was dry but chilly. The weather the week prior to our wedding was wet so we had to spread fallen leaves and straw over muddy areas. I spent all morning setting up. While I had planned my whole day out,
This is me on the happiest day of my life.
I'm Megan Saul!
I was a bride recently too!
I run an animal rescue and I quite literally am a real cat lady. Just with a husband.
cats + rescue
I garden like I am a farmer and absolutely love plants.
Garden lover
My husband and I own a stunning A-frame home on 4 acres in Northern Illinois.
A-Frame Home
I grew up in Florida for the first 21 years of my life. I've lived in Illinois for 12.5 years.
Florida Native
Some Facts About Me
My husband & I are creating our own homestead to become more self sustainable.
Homesteader
I'm introverted & extroverted. Most days I'm a homebody but get me out of my shell & I will have a good time.
Ambivert
My grandfather was many things in life but one of the best things he ever did was love me and help guide me. He inspired me to follow my dreams. He was a technical creative himself, majoring in computer science. My grandfather gave me my first real camera. A Canon AE-1 that I used throughout grade school and college. He said growing up he wanted to be a photographer, specifically one in the Navy but the Navy had other plans. While he didn't teach me much about photography itself, he taught me a lot about working hard, showing up, and living my life to its absolute fullest.
The man who made me a photographer
The Man, The Legend
+ Coffee / a white chocolate mocha
+ My husband + our fur kids
+ Chocolate
+ Fine art photography books
+ Nature
+ Regenerative farming
+ Bread making / Sour Dough
+ Herbalism
+ National Parks
+ Mocktails
+ Plants
+ Wild life
+ Concerts + festivals
+ Cats, cats, cats
+ Road trips + traveling
+ Antique shopping
+ Pasta
+ Gardening
+ Gilmore Girls
+ Homesteading
+ History
+ Concerts
+ Sentimental gifts
+ Maximalism
+ Dinner parties
Yep, that is my naked butt on top of a camper van overlooking one of the most breathtaking views I've ever seen.
From epic food to some of the most breathtaking scenery you'll ever encounter. Italy is by far one of my favorite countries.
There is just something about this country is peaceful. Slovenia stole my heart. I cried when I drove out of the country.
I'm all about living a beautiful life surrounded by beauty. Here are just a few inspiring pieces that I love and admire.
We are so damn excited to launch this exciting page this spring. Our wedding resource guide will include blog posts and guides on hot wedding topics from advice, lighting, vendors, elopement ideas, wedding trends, ideas and so much more. In the meantime keep in touch!
The things that mean the most to me
