homes for our troops

March 31, 2009 | Categories: events
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I am going to be volunteering some time over the next few months with a nation-wide organization called Homes for Our Troops. They are a non-profit organization that builds houses for Servicemen and women who return home severely injured. Think Extreme Home Makeover for disabled veterans. I’m honored to be the photographer on a local project they are working on.

They are preparing to build a house here in Waukesha for Army SPC Jason Schulz. Jason’s truck was struck by an IED in Mosul, Iraq and he lost both of his legs. The house they will be building with be handicap accessible and help meet his specialized needs.

If you are interested, they are looking for a variety of volunteers and donations – from skilled tradesmen, people helping with meals, community communication teams, materials and monetary donations, etc. The house will be built over a 3 day weekend a few months from now (why take 7 days when you can do it in 3? Take that Extreme Home Makeover!) Anyway, if you are inclined to help or donate in anyway, you can visit their site for more info (link).

They just finished building a house in Sun Prairie for another injured vet. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote a nice article about it which can be read here.

Here are some photos from the registration/information meeting they held this week.

milwaukee, wisconsin wedding photographer: homes for our troops

jen + ben’s waukesha engagement photography

March 26, 2009 | Categories: couples, engagement
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Jen and Ben are getting married in less than two months! I look forward to their weddings because they’ve really chosen to do something unique that fits who they are. It should be a great time!

Our engagement session the other day was in downtown Waukesha which offered a lot of fun locations. Here’s some of my favorites from the shoot:

milwaukee, wisconsin wedding photographer: jen + bens waukesha engagement photography

teia’s cedarburg senior photos

March 23, 2009 | Categories: portrait, seniors
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Spring is here, the weather is warmer and the sun is hanging around a bit longer. That means I’m finally ready to get out to start doing some photo sessions (I guess I’m more like a brown bear than a polar bear in winter…)

These shots are from Teia’s Senior Photos session. We shot up in Cedarburg and had a beautiful March morning and a great time. Teia is thinking about studying photography in school and so we got to talk cameras a lot of the time, which is a blast and always makes time fly.

milwaukee, wisconsin wedding photographer: teias cedarburg senior photos