• Welcome to the new blog!

    We'd like to officially introduce all of you CG bloggers to our brand new blog. We've been hard at work putting together a blog that will finally display our work to its fullest potential. We'd also like to introduce you to our newly designed Carignan Gallery logo. As we can imagine, 99.9% of everyone reading this has no clue how to pronounce our lastname, Carignan (Carry-en). We take no offense, but for this reason we have designed a contemporary mark that will help you identify us as "CG."

    With all of that said, welcome! We hope you like what you see and hope that you are looking forward to the many forms of art that will be posted here in the near future. We're very excited to share not only our photography, but our fine art and design as well!

    Wade & Stephanie Carignan

Choi Maternity

Chicago, IL

Let’s see… where should we begin with these two? Well, they’re pretty much awesome. If Tesha & Tommy look familiar to you, that’s because they were in one our fun Chicago weddings, Kristen & Craig Aberle’s! Since the wedding, Tesha has openly admitted to stalking our blog, so we couldn’t be happier to now be featuring her baby bump on here. We hope you like what you see… we sure do!

We were happy to get some photos of Tesha in her Grandfather’s hat.:)

We love this shot!

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February 7, 2012 - 12:22 pm

Tesha - You guys are awesome! I LOVE the pictures…you both are so talented and I can’t wait for you to photograph baby Choi when he/she gets here!

Riggs Family

St. Louis, MO

The beautiful Riggs family is back on the blog! Randy, Hannah and Mona welcomed baby Gavin into the world this past December of 2011. We were overwhelmed with joy to hear the news and to see his precious little face.

During our visit to St. Louis, we had a great time photographing their new addition, as well as the whole family. While we were there they took us on a tour of their place of work, World Impact of St. Louis, treated us to one of their favorite BBQ spots, Pappy’s Smokehouse, and then to a tour of the Anheuser Busch Brewery. We had a great time and we can’t wait for our next visit. We love you Riggs family!

Enjoy the teasers!

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January 30, 2012 - 12:46 pm

Angie - You can feel the love between Randy and Hannah and their children instantly. What beautiful pics! Great job!

February 1, 2012 - 10:02 am

Steve Nevins - You capture the emotion so well! Great job Wade and Stephanie

Brown Family

Indianapolis, IN

We can’t believe that Maddux is already a one year old! It seems that time has just flow by since his newborn, 3 month, 6 month & 9 month session. Where does time go? In any event, we’re very happy to have been a part of capturing this little slugger’s first year. The session started off with a few tears, but ended with a happy Maddux.:) Enjoy!

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Merry Christmas!

We hope that everyone has a safe and happy holiday this year, no matter what you celebrate! Merry Christmas everyone!

Jett – Six Months gone by…

Dear Jett,

Today you turned 6 months old. You had a checkup and weighed in at a healthy 20lbs, 3oz. As your daddy and I look back on how our lives have changed since you arrived, we can’t imagine life without you. You are one amazing baby, full of giggles, silly faces, high-pitched squeals, stinky butts, unexpected pee sprays, belly rolls, loud toots, chunky thighs, squinty eyes and the sweetest cuddly personality! You are MORE than we could have ever wished for. The first time we laid eyes on you at the hospital on June 7, 2011, our hearts fell immediately in love with you. We only hope that we will be the best parents you could ever ask for. We’ll always love you, unconditionally, and we want you to do whatever your heart desires when you grow up. Until then, may God keep blessing us with you in our lives and may He bring all the joys of life to you!

We love you dearly, Jett James Carignan.

Love,

Mommy and Daddy

Here’s a few Instagrams…:)

 

A special thanks to Carpenter Photo & Design for the newborn hospital photos & Turtle Pond Photography for our 3 month family photos.

December 8, 2011 - 3:08 pm

Caitlin Sullivan - Such a handsome little guy. Congrats on making super cute babies :) Happy 6 months, Jett!

December 8, 2011 - 3:21 pm

Autumn - I just love my nephew. . .what a sweetheart and cutie pie!

December 8, 2011 - 3:49 pm

Grandpa - Very nice! Brought a tear to my eye. Mom and I love him so much also.

December 8, 2011 - 3:54 pm

Mel Carpenter - He is so precious! Nothing better than parenthood! Happy 6 months, sweet boy!!! xo!

December 8, 2011 - 3:54 pm

Kurtis - Awesome post you two. He’s such a cutie. Gotta love the last photo in santa hat… only made better by the fact that he’s squeezing together some baby cleavage.

December 8, 2011 - 3:58 pm

Jenn - Amazing! So adorable and so lucky to have such great parents!

December 8, 2011 - 4:36 pm

Hannah - Wade & Stephanie,
You’ve done such a great job – you’ve made it 6 months!!! He’s cuter than words can express. Love you 3!

December 8, 2011 - 9:37 pm

Jessica Phelps - Loved all of the pics, and the one of his ‘sad’ face, with his bottom lip puckered out, just made me want to squeeze him and love on him. He is such a handsome little man, and he has two absolutely awesome parents! Happy 6 Months Jett!!!!

December 13, 2011 - 4:58 pm

Angie - LOVE this post!!! LOVE him so much! Amazing to see how he’s grown. He is getting so big, but oh so handsome! 6 months is a milestone! Love you all!-Auntie Angie

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