Joe Molleck Photography

Name: Joe Molleck Photography
Address: Chillicothe, IL, US
Telephone: +13092532622

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Wedding photographer serving Central Illinois and beyond. Out of area, destination weddings can be accomodated.

Visit my website www.joemolleck.com for prices and a quote for out of area services. Wedding and portrait photography located in Chillicothe, Illinois. For pricing and packages please visit my web page at www.joemolleckphotography.com or email me at [email protected]

08/07/2026

Sneak peek 3 of Abby and Carter Grieco. Details and the party getting started😎🎉

08/07/2026

Sneak peek 2 of Abby and Carter Grieco. No words, the images say so much more than I could ever come up with

08/07/2026

Sneak peek 1 of Abby and Carter’s amazing wedding on Saturday. It was at the always amazing The Warehouse on State on a drizzly/rainy day. But that’s good luck and I like a challenge. This wedding had so much emotion and laughter. Two amazing families combined to celebrate two vibrant personalities. I can’t say enough about how smoothly the day went, how fun the day and evening was, and how effortless this was to capture. Thank you for trusting Shellie (Everly and Bloom) and I to capture one of life’s biggest days. Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Grieco!

06/29/2026

Some of my gorgeous wife’s work. Book your family, newborn and senior sessions through her at Everly and Bloom

06/24/2026

Madison and Tyler Rinaldo wedding sneak peek number 2! I just can’t say enough about how much fun this was to shoot and how proud I am of the final product so far. Everly and Bloom

06/24/2026

Saturday Shellie (Everly and Bloom) and I had the pleasure of working with Madison and Tyler Rinaldo. They were married a few years ago via courthouse wedding, but due to deployment they waited to have their dream wedding to celebrate with all their friends and family. A celebration it was! There was an outpouring of love, support and energy between these two and their wedding party. This was an all star level of vendors as well. Including Mission BBQ for catering, Shelby Kitis at SK Upstyles did the hair, Kira’s Floral for the abundance of floral arrangements, the cake was from Le Bakery, and the party was bump’n thanks to Joe at Eros Glow Premier Dj’s. Thank you Mr & Mrs Rinaldo for allowing us to be a part of your monumental day!!

05/10/2026

I recently got to work with a gorgeous young couple Abby and Carter. Shellie has been taking pictures of Carter since he was a little guy. But we’re old and now we’re excited to work with them at their wedding this August. This young love was pure energy and a blast to capture. Thank you Abby and Carter for trusting us with your huge milestone, we can’t wait for August!

04/19/2026

Happy birthday to my partner in crime, my best friend, my right hand in life, my beautiful wife Shellie. I wouldn’t be where I am in this amazing career without you. I’m crazy about you pretty girl!!

04/11/2026

This is an educational post and the picture is just for attention.

The world of photography is always evolving. Trends change; photographers come and go. But there is one constant that I notice in my 14 years of doing this. The passion a photographer HAS to have to keep going. Photography isn’t manual labor, but it is difficult. To be in the creative headspace while providing service/ and customer interaction requires a patience and a love for this art form to keep doing it.

It’s exciting on this side of the camera when new software is developed, larger memory cards/hard drives, better computers with faster processors. While exciting it also comes at a cost. These tools however can enable those with bad intentions. Something the client may not be familiar with that photographers know all too well; is theft of someone else’s work being advertised as their own. When you’re starting out as a painter, musician, actor, photographer, any type of art form you start as a fan. A fan of someone or something and you try and create that yourself. Mimicking isn’t theft, let me be clear on that. But taking my images or anyone else’s and putting it on your social media pages, website etc to attract a client is wrong. This has always been an unfortunate reality that artists are always protective of. Those that take this all seriously wouldn’t do that because there is an unspoken honor system most abide by.

Now I’m finding out that people that are new to photography are using or hypothetically could use Ai generated images as portfolio pieces. They don’t trace back to an original artist, and nobody could accuse theft. To make it worse, you can buy RAW images (the format of unedited photos directly out of camera) and when you edit them there is what’s called META DATA that watermarks them as your own within the file data.

I say all that to say this. This hasn’t happened to me or anyone I know, but the threat does exist. Your wedding day is one of your most important days of your life. Please when shopping vendors, do thorough research. Go through their website and look for consistency in edits, composition, etc. Find reviews, look for transparency in pricing, packages etc. If you don’t hire me, there are a ton of talented photographers in our area or any area for that matter. Just please PLEASE do your research. If the price is too good to be true, it is.

I’m not posting this to pat myself on the back or to steer you in any direction. It’s wedding season, and there are always stories this time of year where someone stopped answering emails, delivered a different product than as advertised, hidden costs associated with digitals etc. I love photography. I love working with people that are as excited about it as we are.

9 times out of 10 you’re gonna have a good experience and be happy… but it just takes once. This is an investment that I and all the other talented photographers take seriously. Please be vigilant, it’s hard to trust what you see these days.

04/06/2026

Sneak peek 2 of 2 of the Lewis/Bray wedding!

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http://www.joemolleck.com/

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