HIYA, I’M MARLY! YOUR GO-TO MIDWEST PHOTOGRAPHER FOR elopements & Micro weddings.


Let me paint a picture.

It’s a random Tuesday, three years from now. You’re scrolling back through your camera roll and you land on a photo from your wedding day and it hits you. Not in a “wow we looked good” kind of way (though yes, you absolutely did), but in a oh my gosh I remember exactly how that felt kind of way.

The nerves. The way your partner squeezed your hand and the wind in your hair outside City Hall or the little smirk you tried to hide on the rooftop of your apartment that lead to laughing so hard your sides hurt.


That’s what I capture.


Photos that feel like you in this exact season of your life. The kind your grandma would proudly hang on her wall and the kind you’ll post everywhere because they just capture you & your lover so well.


I photograph intimate weddings and elopements for couples who care more about meaning than spectacle. The lovers who want their day captured so well that they catch themselves staring at the photos again and again....


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What my clients are saying

What my clients are saying

Tianna & Adam

I could not imagine a better person to third wheel our elopement in Chicago! Since we were traveling to Chicago from out of town we leaned on her a lot, and she was our rockstar! Especially considering my husband and I looped her into the plan basically week of. I am definitely not comfortable in front of the camera but she made me feel at ease and posed us naturally to hit our best angles. I cannot put into words how appreciative we are of Marly and our wedding day memories she so beautifully captured...

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Available for hire in the Chicago, midwest and beyond. Frequently traveling to New York, Georgia, and Michigan.

Contact me

agirlandherdocsphotography@gmail.com