About Ben
Ben Elsass Photography takes a creative and artistic approach to your family and your wedding photography. You will get photos that capture memories you will want to display in your home, to put in albums for the coffee table, and to pass down for generations.
Addicted to:
- Ohio State football and basketball
- Ropert Capa Photography
- Great movie scores
- Tennis (playing it not watching it)
- A good thunderstorm
- The Caribbean
- Foo Fighters
- The Rocky Mountains
- World War II history
- Eating at random restaurants
- Even numbers
- Spur of the moment road trips
- Documentaries
- Anything with coconut
- Legendary quotes
- Grilling on a Sunday night
- Anything Steve Jobs creates
Avoid like the plague:
- Bad fortune cookies
- Cabbage
- Smog
- Procrastination
- Bad clichés
- Counting my chickens before they hatch
- Losing things
- Crowded elevators
- Odd numbers
- The entire Full House cast (except Aunt Becky—she’s cool)
- Traffic
- The plague
Fun facts:
- Last name is pronounced L-SASS \el-'sas\
- Born on March 2nd in Columbus, OH
- Graduate of Miami University in Oxford, OH
- Once had a job as an NBC Page for The Tonight Show in Burbank (à la Kenneth from 30 Rock)
- Not so secretly loves Diet Coke and York Peppermint Patties—together
- Favorite movie is Saving Private Ryan
- Favorite Chicago bar is Burwood Tap
- Favorite Chicago restaurant is Cozy Noodle & Rice
- Favorite meal to make at home is Trader Joe’s Pizza
- Got into photography because I love the feeling I get when I capture that moment, and I know it will mean something special to a family forever
- My equipment is only Nikon’s finest
- Spare time is spent with my wonderful wife Christina exploring all the wonderful things the city of Chicago has to offer