lauren + peter’s waukesha wedding

July 10, 2010 | Categories: couples, events, weddings
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Lauren + Peter’s wedding was one of those days where everything just fell into place. Everything just flowed right along nicely from one event to the next, people and places where ready on time, the sky was a perfectly cloudy (giving beautiful soft light everywhere) and everyone was having a great time! It’s day like this that I absolutely love my job! These two are a pretty laid back couple and a pleasure to be around. I really enjoyed hanging out with them and their friends all day.

The ceremony and reception where both held at the Waukesha Rotunda, which not only is a lovely venue, the food prepared by Chef Jack’s is always amazingly delicious. Because they held everything in one place, we had the luxury of enjoying the party more as we didn’t have to drive around to different locations for photos. In fact, because they saw each other before hand for photos together (which I think makes for great photos and memories!) they were able to hang out with their guest more after the wedding.

Thanks to you both for having me out to enjoy your day with you. I had a blast!

milwaukee, wisconsin wedding photographer: lauren + peters waukesha wedding

alicia + ben’s dubuque wedding

July 7, 2010 | Categories: couples, events, travel, weddings
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Well, the wedding season is in full gear (which explains my delay in updating the blog!) It started this year in Dubuque, Iowa with Alicia+Ben’s wedding. It was going to be an outdoor wedding, but thanks to some rain (and boy did it rain) we headed inside for the main event. Everyone adjusted well and the day went beautifully. Alicia+Ben had opted to see each other beforehand for photos (which I recommend for many reasons!) and we were able to beat the rain for some wonderful portraits outside – including some with their dog Riley (you might remember him from their engagement session).

The wedding and reception were held at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium which was a wonderfully unique and fun location for their celebration. I didn’t get to tour the whole place, but there is something about eating dinner a few feet from a huge catfish swimming by you that does make for an enjoyable evening.

Anyway, here’s a smattering of the photos from the day. I’m working on five other weddings and hope to have those up soon too ;-)

milwaukee, wisconsin wedding photographer: alicia + bens dubuque wedding

melissa + doug’s waukesha wedding photography

December 1, 2009 | Categories: couples, events, weddings
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When Melissa, Doug and I sat down to chat about their wedding photography, we connected over a very important item: Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now.” That’s right, we connected over a song. We’ll, I think we connected on a lot of levels, that’s just one thing that I will remember about these guys – the joy of Queen. The song is a pure party song and that’s what their wedding day was like – a fun ride from start to finish. The last song played before I left the reception? That’s right, you guess it. I ended my time with them that day photographing them dancing and singing with Freddy (and I wasn’t too shy with singing myself…)

Thanks for letting me be part of your day guys! Many blessings you in your marriage!

milwaukee, wisconsin wedding photographer: melissa + dougs waukesha wedding photography

gma at your house

May 19, 2009 | Categories: events, news
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A few weeks ago, Mike and Kelly Schmitt, a couple from here in Waukesha, were surprised when the crew from Good Morning America showed up to host from their house! They had been picked to help showcase what life is like on “Main Street” throughout America. I thought it a good reason to go and take some photos ;-)

The filming started at about 5:30am and it wasn’t quite warm yet…

milwaukee, wisconsin wedding photographer: gma at your house