Photographer

Jody Coss will be your primary photographer. Her team at weddings will consist of: a second photographer and one or two assistants to photograph your wedding. She has gone through extensive testing and is a Certified Professional Photographer through the National Professional Photographers of America (PPA) Association. She is active with her state and regional Chicago PPA chapters. We are also proud to be members of the following organizations:
– Professional Photographers of America
– Wedding and Portrait Photographers International
– Association of Professional Photographers of Illinois
– Professional Photographers of Northern Illinois

We stay committed to our craft, are always passionate in our work, and we seek opportunities to share our vision with each wedding couple we work with. Through our years of experience, we have compiled a list of core values that have become the basis of Hillside Studio today.

Our Passion:
Your wedding is so much more than a photojournalistic news event! It's about the way he looks at you and makes you feel like the most important person alive. It's the way he makes you laugh and the way he touches you when others are looking. It's about how you first met, dated, became engaged, and the lifelong promises you are making to each other. Every couple has a story to tell. Your wedding day is about that story, your relationship and the story of your love.

Our Style:
Some weddings have a formal style and others have a light–hearted and playful style. Many are in between. Your colors, décor, dresses and detail provide the clues. In order to successfully provide full coverage at a wedding, we have found that you need a mixture of photojournalism, details, artistic shots, and formals. The purpose of formals is to portray your family and bridal party comfortably and naturally with complementary lighting and backgrounds. The formals are photographed briefly and efficiently, allowing us to spend the majority of time capturing the range of emotions throughout the day.

Our Bookings:
We photograph no more than 10–12 weddings per year and no more than one wedding per weekend. This ensures that we are capable of giving our best at every wedding we attend. We regard each wedding event with genuine passion. It is not a day of work for us. We realize that these are memories that you and your family will always cherish.

Because we limit our bookings, we have time to make an important personal connection with you. We are here if you need help preparing your photography timeline or selecting images for your album. We can offer advice on what we think makes a wedding fun and unique. This comes from our years of experience attending weddings and seeing what works and what may not.