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Misha Media's life and photos as a chicago wedding photographer

:: my passion ::

Hi there! Thank you for stopping by and checking out my work. My
name is Michele Rivera and photography is my passion. I have a loving
husband and a 3 year old daughter. They are the love of my life and I
can't imagine life without them. I am a kid at heart and a mocha
frappucino / jamoca almond fudge kind of gal. I love my reality tv
shows! And a close second is Guitar Hero =D I have always loved the
arts by expressing myself through drawing and painting. Five years ago,
I discovered the art of photography and started shooting weddings.
Photography allows me to express my creativity and artistic flare and
enables others to view the world through my eyes.

Thank you for allowing me to share my passion... I love what I do, so I do what I love!

Enough about me... how 'bout you? Send me an email, call or text! I would love to hear from you!

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winter in chicago

02.23.10

I have to temporarily interrupt Robilyn & Darell’s blog updates to share a little bit of what I did yesterday… Yesterday, I shot for myself =D As a photographer, sometimes you just gotta go out there and shoot… anything and anywhere… so I picked up my camera and had a photo drive (usually called a photo ‘walk’) but in the midst of winter, I persuaded Andy to drive me around our neighborhood… It was so beautiful after the snowfall we had overnight from Sunday to Monday. I was so inspired to get the shots because I knew that the beauty wouldn’t last too long… So with frozen fingers and toes, I shot these images for my winter 2010 collections… Photographer’s note: All images shot w/ my Nikon D3 and Nikor 85mm f1.4. Yup, I’m a Nikon girl, and darn proud of it!

I wasn’t as lucky last year with the newly fallen snow look. But if you want to check out images from last winter, click here.

’til next time… Michele =)

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the Knot Best of Weddings 2010

01.21.10

We have been selected as one of the Knot’s Best of Weddings 2010! It’s truly an honor and a blessing to be chosen for this award. We thank all the brides, grooms, and fans who have voted for us. Without you guys, this would not have been possible. Thank you so much for your support! This is such a huge motivator for us to keep going! Thank you! It was kinda like winning the lotto, not that I’ve had any personal experience or anything, but I had to look multiple times to make sure that our name was really there… =D

Thank you! Michele & Andy

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:: chicago smugmug : misha media ::

11.17.09

I have been invited by Daniel Gin to speak at this month’s Chicago SmugMug meeting which will be tonight at 7pm. I have never had any formal talks about photography, aside from the shoot we hosted last March… so when Dan asked me to speak about something that I am very passionate about, of course I agreed!! But agreeing also came with a good dose of nervousness… I hope you all can stop by and say hello… I will try my hardest… I promise I will!

Chicago Smugmug Meeting

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

7 pm to 9 pm

Daniel Gin’s Studio

1000 W. Monroe

Chicago, IL 60607

This is an open invitation and you do not need to RSVP. However, if you’d like to RSVP via Facebook, here’s the invite.

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:: clark family ::

11.02.09

We had the honor and privilege to photograph the Clark family! Desmond Clark plays tight end for the Chicago Bears, #88. As a huge Bears fan, you can imagine my nervousness and excitement when we first spoke on the phone. I think I spent the first 3 minutes (ok maybe just 2 minutes) telling him how big of a fan I am of the Chicago Bears :) It was truly a pleasure to meet his wife, Denise, along with their twin girls “A” and “G”.

Also, congratulations on the win yesterday! As faithful Bears fans, we were watching like many other Chicagoans!

It was really chilly when we first started our photo session, so we started out with jumping jacks to get us all warmed up! Thank you for braving the winds!

We heard “fuzzy pickles and fuzzy pizzas, and fuzzy anything you can think of…” all day from the girls “A” and “G” — which made it so much fun! They were coming up with some really creative nouns.

The girls being silly :)

Denise and Desmond, thank you so much for allowing us to capture you and your family! We look forward to our night shoot with the both of you!

Michele and Andy

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:: fall 2009 ::

10.29.09

This is for all of our families and friends who cannot experience the beautiful season of Fall, simply because of their geographic locations… this is through my eyes, with the company of my family sharing the love for photography… Happy Fall to all! For my fellow Chicagoans and Midwesterners, it’s not too late to capture the beauty… go out there and shoot! It’s not going to last much longer… See behind the scene photos here.

Camera : Nikon D3

Lenses: 50mm & 105mm

The beauty about not having to drive… I shot this through the window of our car en route to Starved Rock. The rays of sunlight was amazing!

Again, through the window of our car… Power lines that look like Pokemon…

Real life Farmville… lol… Thanks Mari for the heads up!

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There were sooo many lady bugs!

It actually rained for about 10 minutes right when we arrived… passing rain, perfect for water droplets on the leaves…

My 9 year old niece, Maddie, found this little snake (about the size of a large earthworm) in the grass… how she found him, I have no idea… I “burned” the edges just to make him pop out a little bit in the photo. Otherwise, the color of this snake helps to camouflage him against the grass, sticks, and dried leaves.

We wanted to travel light and did not bring a tripod, but I really wanted to slow my shutter down to capture the motion of the waterfall. Held my breath, wedged myself right against the rocks and squeezed my shutter.

f 14, 1/5 s, with continuous shutter release of my camera.