Contact
Email: matt@kuehlstudios.com
Telephone: 847.975.2411
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Northwest Indiana and beyond.
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About Me:

Hello, my name is Matt Kuehl. I
live in Oak Park, Illinois, near Chicago,
and I just got married last October. That's my wife Diana and I above
on our honeymoon in Italy. My background is in civil
engineering, but I’ve
been
passionate about photography since I
got my first SLR camera more than 20 years ago.
I’ve shot for
newspapers, freelanced for private organizations
and assisted professional photographers. In 2005 I shot my first solo
wedding, and in 2008 I opened Kuehl Studios, Inc. In my first
year,
I shot over 20 weddings, in addition to several other events and
portrait sittings. In 2009 I shot another 30 and had
a
fashion shoot featured in Shape Magazine. 2010 is shaping up
to
be another good year for Kuehl Studios.
My style is a contemporary
blend of candid photojournalism and
traditional portraiture. I try my
best to achieve a natural look in my pictures by capturing the real
moments and subtle details that
make your special day unique and memorable. I look for
people’s
genuine character, without
contriving poses or forcing pretentious expressions, and I think it
shows in my work.
I especially love shooting
weddings because they are such a great
venue for candid documentary work. I can be fly on
the
wall, without people noticing me while I capture all the details and
emotions as I tell a story through pictures.
Links:
My photo blog: http://matthewkuehl.blogspot.com/
Matt's
Tips
for the Bride & Groom.
My Youtube
Video.
My photo.net page.
MM #1196652
My
Facebook Photo Page.
Reviews on Yelp.
(Yelp keeps deleting reviews!)
Reviews on weddingwire.
Blaze The Floor
Ballroom and
Latin
Dance
Jeremy Cahnmann,
non-denominational wedding officiant: www.jeremycahnmann.com
My Camera Bag:
Cameras:
Nikon D700
Nikon D90
Holga 120N
Holga 135
Olympus XA
Lomography Fisheye
Lenses:
Nikon 24-70 f/2.8
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR
Nikon 50mm f/1.4
Nikon 85mm f/1.8 (sharp!)
Nikon 15mm Fisheye f/2.8
Nikon 17-35 f/2.8
Nikon 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 VR
Nikon 35mm f/2
Sigma 50mm f/2.8 Macro
Flashes:
Nikon SB-900
Nikon SB-800
Nikon
SB-600
2 x Calumet 200 w/s strobes
Extras:
Manfrotto ballhead tripod
Demb Diffuser
Gary Fong Lightsphere
Stroboframe flash bracket
Calumet reflector
Calumet light stands
3 Muslin backdrops
Testimonials:
My daughter's wedding pics
are posted and to say
they are lovely is the understatement of the century. Matt caught the
beauty and innocence of their youth. The photos are highly stylized and
magazine quality. He took every pic requested with a mix of
traditional, highly stylized and visually interesting. I could not be
more pleased with the photos. I am waiting for my daughter to choose
the pics for her book. Matt was where he was suppose to be, when he was
suppose to be there, no hassle, no fuss, and low maintenance. He has
provided thus far everything and more that was promised. His pricing is
wonderful. I would truly recommend him and will use him again in the
future when daughter number two gets married. Our experience was
wonderful. I will post when we get the book. Thank you Matt. I cannot
find one thing (almost an impossiblity for me) that I was not pleased
with. Bravo!!!!!!!!
- Laurel B.
Dear Matt: Thank you so much for the outstanding
work you did for us! Everyone who has seen our wedding photos are
highly impressed. We went with you because we liked your past work, and
you fit into our budget. Thank you for being so flexible and quick! Our
photos were online five days after the wedding! My good friend was
married in July, and she is STILL waiting for her prints (now March).
If we were to do it all over again, we'd still pick you as a
photographer.
- Jessica M.
I found Matt online and he responded quickly and
courteously to meeting with us to discuss wedding photo options. Matt
is personable and made every effort to ask about our wedding and what
we were looking for in order to capture the event. Matt worked really
well with our guests and got some great pre-, during and post-wedding
pictures. They were up on the web quickly and our guests got to enjoy
them just a week after the wedding. Very happy with the quality and
price and we wish we could have brought him to South Africa for our
second wedding!
- Bethany H.
Matt was great to work with, and the pictures he
took were amazing! Better yet, we had all our edited proofs online
within just over a week of our wedding. Matt worked really well with a
large diverse crowd of people and managed to really capture the
feelings of the day. He was great to work with and even did some
additional editing (color/black & white work) for us.
- Beth B.
Matt did an absolutely fantastic job for our daughters baptism.
He was
professional, completely invinsible but took the most beautiful,
photojournalistic shots of her and her various emotions and expressions
throughout her big day. We are so happy with his work and so is all
our family and friends. We highly recommend him and wish he
was
around
when we got married. Definitely plan to have him take
pictures at
her
first b-day party.
- Maria R.
Our
photos are gorgeous! Matt was flexible with our time and location,
really patient with my husband and I who were not exactly experts at
modeling, and he got the most beautiful candid real moments. He does a
great job capturing movement, laughter, and just getting the best
moments on film. I've had so many guest tell me they are some of the
best photos they've seen. He went to the location before the
event to check out shots/lighting, they were there early set up and
ready to go, it was just a huge part of the wedding day that I didn't
have to worry about at all. They were really reasonably priced, and I
can't imagine better photos. I recommend them as highly as possible to
anyone.
-
Jennifer P.
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