High Cliff State Park Engagement Session

Molly and Brian and I had a fantastic time during their engagement shoot at High Cliff State Park. This park has breathtaking views and is one of our favorite spots to go hiking. High Cliff is also the perfect place for an outdoor wedding ceremony in the Fox Cities. Just don't plan your wedding during the lake fly hatch... lake flies are known to be a nuisance and will stain your white wedding dress!

The park is a special place for the couple...Molly grew up down the road on Fire Lane 1 and Brian did an internship at the park. I bet they wouldn't have guessed they would find themselves strutting in front of a camera years later!

This couple is so in love and very easy to photograph. They booked my wedding package more than almost two years in advance! I'd say they put their wedding photography on the top of their priority list.

Here are some of my favorite shots from the day. The sumac tree shots are my absolute favorite!!!

Enjoy!

Winter Engagement - Wisconsin Wedding Photographer

Tonight I'm meeting with Cortney and Bryant to finalize details of their upcoming wedding. I thought it was ironic that it is so very warm outside today and their engagement shoot was the coldest I've ever shot. The session last December was something like negative 14 degrees with the windchill.

I decided to share some of these wintery engagement photos just to prove how beautiful a session can be even in the cold and snow. Luckily, we were able to take a few breaks from shooting amongst the frigid temps in a cute little coffee shop downtown Appleton.









Don't get me wrong... I love a warm summer day! I am actually looking forward a warm weekend - my last official weekend of maternity leave. I will be returning to work in the studio on June 1 - and I plan to announce some exciting news!!!

Fav from a recent DePere engagement session...

This session was shot in October. We snuck into one of the dorms at St. Norbert College to warm up and make use of this amazing window light! Crystal and Greg will be my first wedding of the 2010 season. Their wedding is going to be jam packed with amazing things!

Erica and Eric - Green Bay Engagement

I first met Erica and Eric last summer at a wedding I photographed at the North Shore Country Club. I spotted them as a great looking couple in love and I pulled them aside for a photo. It was only a few weeks later they became engaged and called me to photograph their wedding.


Their engagement was a hot 94 degrees and started off by their keys getting locked in the car! While we waited for a locksmith to come and save the day we did some photos... it was hard to loosen up at first because of the mishap but in the end Erica and Eric were able to laugh about the whole thing.

I am really looking forward to shooting their late September wedding. Mostly because my good friend Molly Michel of Mthree Studio will be second shooting for me. I also adore the venues the couple has chosen for their celebration. Their ceremony will be at the Country Chapel and their reception will be at Pullmans at Trolley Square.

Here are my favorites from the session...

Tiffani and Scott - Appleton Engagement

Tiffani and Scott are so fun and silly, their laughs were genuine. They are sooo cute and in love and up for all of my crazy suggestions!



These two are die hard Brewers' Fans and a ball park theme ended their engagement session at Appleton Memorial Park.



I cannot wait to photograph their wedding later this summer at the Radisson in Green Bay! Here are my favorites from the session...

Tricia and Bob - Green Bay Engagement

The greenery at the Green Bay Botanical Garden is an ideal spot for a lovely engagement session. This has become one of my favorite parks to photograph sessions. Tricia and Bob were a blast to photograph... they were up for anything and had a lot of fun in front of the camera. They are sooo in love and it really shows in their images.


Shortly after this shot was taken, Bob spun Tricia right into the bush! It was sooo funny and I'm really sorry I wasn't able to capture the exact moment that he landed in the shrub...



Their love just shines in the way they relate to each other. I cannot wait to photograph their wedding reception at the Green Bay Country Club in August.



This was the first time I ever shot in the Children's Garden... there are several patina colored winged chairs in the garden. I had a vision of setting Tricia slightly in front of this chair to make it appear she was wearing angel wings. I just love the fun loving expression on her face as she looks into Bob's eyes.


This image was created shooting through one of the metal chairs. I love the way it frames the couple in the background.

I'm sooo looking forward to shooting this wedding. I am having Kate, a shooter with Artist's Eyes photography in Slinger second shoot for me. And an added bonus... the ceremony is right down the street from my house - I could literally walk.... hmmm, maybe I will and be green that day. I feel another blog post coming on ;-)

my little brother...

Isn't so little anymore. In fact, he is turning 30, buying a house and getting married to an amazing girl all this year!

Nic and Jenny live in Michigan where they are working on their advanced degrees in Art Education and Law, respectively. Seeing them together back home in Wisconsin is rare... their 8+ hour drive from Michigan is quite long and draining on both the couple and their bank accounts.

But I am very proud of my lil' bro. Especially this week. He and Jenny are closing on their first home. This is no ordinary home... it is the home that my father grew up in. It was even built by our family, and now it will stay in the family.

Over Memorial Day weekend I was able to have a bit of fun with Nic and Jenny at our cottage in Pickerel Lake, WI. My mom wanted an innocent headshot to send to the local paper... but alas, I couldn't stop taking fabulous photos of them!

Here are a few of my favorites!

Their wedding is on October 3, 2009 at the beautiful and historic Old St. Joseph Church on the campus of St. Norbert College. Their reception will be at Lambeau Field's Atrium and their wedding photographer is my friend and colleague MiaS Photography in West Bend, WI.

Tracy and Tim :: Engaged!

Tracy and Tim picked the perfect spot for their fall engagement session. They chose Green Park in Green Bay where they frequently go to walk their dog. The location was perfect! Amazing fall color, a winding path, a great bridge, a wooden boardwalk - everything about it was perfect.

I am soooo excited with this couple. They were willing to get dizzy for a shot on a merry-go-round that ended up landing over 3,700 views, 160 comments and 493 favs on my Flickr page. The shot landed me the front page of Flickr's Explore and skyrocketed in popularity past all of my images. This image has been one of the most stunning images of the entire year.

In addition to the merry-go-round shot there were a bunch of unique and amazing images. For these shots in the tall grass Tracy and Tim risked getting their shoes totally wet. I'm so happy that the shot turned out so stunning!

Here are some more favorites of mine. Enjoy!

Naomi and Ryan :: Engaged!

Naomi and Ryan are a fun funky couple living in Milwaukee. Their August 8, 2008 wedding will be held at the Astor Hotel in Milwaukee.

I had a blast doing their engagement session in the Third Ward and on the grounds of the famous Santiago Calatrava addition of the Milwaukee Art Museum on the lake front.

This couple is all about style. You can see from the outfits they put together to the shoes on their feet...

I can't wait to photograph their wedding next summer!

Enjoy!