{in love} sara + kirk, part II

As promised, here is part II of Sara and Kirk's engagement session. We had so much fun getting the two of them to do all the crazy things. We have the coolest clients evah!

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{in love} lisa + jake, devil's lake, baraboo, wi

We met Lisa and Jake at the house, where we proceeded out to the North Shore at Devil's Lake. We stopped at the rock steps to get a few quick shots of the couple, and of course, the DNR pulled up to check for stickers. Oh, the drama! After the DNR disaster, Rob tried telling the warden that it was our fault for stopping, since you can't go, get the sticker and come back up the hill without leaving the park, but he wouldn't listen to him, we were buying a sticker anyways. I should have gone down with my preggo belly to explain the situation, but my luck I wouldn't have made it in time since I'm just so slow and I've started to waddle, yes people, waddle. Once the sticker had been bought, we proceeded on to the rest of our session.

Other than that, we had an exciting shoot. Lisa and Jake brought their son, Levi-what a little ham! He helped make sure that Lisa and Jake were smiling while getting into a few shots of his own. We walked around the lake a bit to get some shots on the rocks by the water, along with making everyone take thier shoes off for some shots under the concession stand, it's becoming a big favourite of ours. We found out that Jake does a lot of fishing competitions, I'm in awe at people that have that kind of patience, truly the only thing that I have ever caught are snags!

We had a lot of fun getting to know Lisa and Jake, along with Levi and can't wait for their wedding in August. Enjoy the photos:







I couldn't decide which I like better, black and white or color, so I did both!

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{sneak peek} lisa + jake, GTKYS, devil's lake, baraboo

I just wanted to post a little sneak peek from Lisa and Jake's Get to Know You Shoot tonight from the lake. Rob and I had a lot of fun having them do all the crazy things we ask people to do, we're just more fun that way. ;) Enjoy and look for more on the way very soon!

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{in love} kristina + ryan, baraboo, wi

Artistic freedom, these two words totally sum up Stina and Ryan's shoot, possibly to the point that we add it into our contract. I've known Stina since high school and she was willing to do anything for us and our creative ideas. Thank goodness Ryan is so well trained - he'll do anything Stina says. :)

We did their engagement shoot on the 26th of May, and we were a little worried about the weather and although the sky was one huge grey cloud, we didn't get wet at all-well, I didn't get wet, but everyone else waded into Devil's Lake for some sweet shots under the concession stand, I was loving the pillars!

We started out the session down at Lower Ochsner's Park with the super sweet bridge, and the little hill of dandelion fluff. Then we headed out to Devil's Lake, North Shore, where we had Stina and Ryan brave the dead fish and kamikaze sparrows all in the name of artistic freedom. We had so much fun with both of them. Kristina and Ryan are perfect for each other, as soon as they got out of the car, they were holding hands and cuddling, they are so much in love that just being around them makes you feel all gooey inside. Seriously, I could just hug them they are so cute!

We finished up our shoot in downtown Baraboo just as the last of the light was fading, but for once the marquee at the Al Ringling was on while we were shooting, so we had to get a shot of them with the theatre. We had so much fun and totally can't wait for their wedding next April, even if it's only half as exciting as their engagement shoot- we will have a blast!




This shot is my favorite from the entire session, I'm thinking perhaps a new canvas? I love the field of dandelion fluff. The wet backs and two mosquito bites were totally worth it.


I found out tonight that this one is Ryan's favorite:

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{wedding} amanda + aaron - quarry arts building, madison, wi

Well, it's taken me since Amanda and Aaron's wedding, which was on May 9, until now to pick a few of my favourites for the blog post. Now that I figured that out, let me tell you about this awesome wedding:

Rob and I were a little worried when we woke up to cloudy grey skies and sprinkling rain, but the rain stopped and the sun slowly filtered through the clouds for Amanda and Aaron's rooftop ceremony at the amazing Quarry Arts Building in Madison. Seriously, the venue was amazing! Everything was laid out so perfectly, and turret towers - it was the coolest place for a wedding. Amanda looked gorgeous, her champagne colored dress was perfect, the ladies were all wearing the same shade of Christian Dior lipstick, and would you believe that they all rocked it completely different, you could not tell it was the same shade on all those beautiful women!

Mary, the officiant, did a wonderful job, allowing everyone at the ceremony to help fill Amanda and Aaron's grace account full of love. Although the wind picked up during the ceremony and Amanda's veil had a life of its own, it didn't distract from the moving vows that Amanda and Aaron wrote for each other. I don't think that there was a dry eye on the entire balcony after listening to what they wrote for each other, I know that my own were tearing up with the moving words that they spoke to one another. The ceremony concluded with a champagne toast on the rooftop.

Catering was done by Blue Plate Catering, and the food was amazing! It was so good that we were talking about it days later. I know that Rob and our assistant Amanda could not get enough, unfortunately my eating for two means that there is less room than before and baby takes up a lot, so stuffing myself was not an option.

What a night, though. There was dancing and partying, it was such a lively group, and everyone was full of love and laughter. I know that Rob got a lot of envious looks regarding his fedora, which later made the rounds.

This was the first wedding featuring our new engagement Guest book and we got so many compliments, of course I told everyone that it was Amanda and Aaron that totally rocked the book, it was full of shots of them! Love it! Plus, the people liked my new chucks, I may just wear those babies to every wedding because they are so darn comfy!

So, enough about me, take a look at these gorgeous shots:




Seriously sweet venue:

Amanda kept checking out the crowd before her cue to head out.



Isn't her ring gorgeous?

I don't know why, but I love this shot. There's just something about it that makes me feel all tingly inside.


Amanda and her dad during the father-daughter dance, it totally made me tear up!

And then Aaron and his mom totally rocked their own dance.

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{in love} jen + bart - devil's lake, baraboo, wi

You may remember me talking about Jen after the Once Upon a Time Bridal Fair, Jen is the bride that booked with us that day in January. Well, we met up with Jen and Bart at Devil's Lake's South Shore for their engagement session. We had such a blast with them. Bart and Jen are fantastic together, and have such great chemistry. We hit South Shore, which was still nice and quiet, let's give it a month and it will be crazy people filled, got some shots with the lake, the rocks, and let me tell you, I do a lot for photos, but this session takes the cake, because I got pooped on! Yes, a bird pooped on me, thankfully just my jacket and not my camera, it was gross enough. Of all things - Jen assures me that there won't be a repeat of this at the wedding, though.

I did not remember how fabulous Jen looks, but her eyes totally popped, they are gorgeous and blue, love them! We finished off their session on the railroad tracks, what fun, even though it was still a bit chilly. Jen and Bart were amazing troopers, though, and we got some awesome shots on a twisted stump and the rocks, we are definitely blessed with our clients, they'll do almost anything we ask!

Take a look at a few of our favs:

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{in love} heidi + nathan, baraboo, wis

As promised, here is Heidi and Nathan's full post from their engagement shoot!

What a day! Obviously the weather gods had it in for us, it rained almost all day. We met Heidi and Nathan at our house, since it looked like the rain was not going to let up for us. We started out in the studio, but traveled outside once we saw that the rain had stopped. We went down to Circus World and realized that Heidi and I are totally into those buildings! We rocked the circus, then headed over to Ochsner's Park for another setting. We had just gotten down to the river, when the blue sky once again turned grey and rain poured down. Of course, as the weather gods are wont to do, as soon as we hit the house, the sun came out behind the clouds and, I don't believe, it rained any more that night. Whoever was doing the rain dance, seriously had to stop.

Although we didn't have a very long dry window, we got some awesome shots of Heidi and Nathan, those two are up for anything, I love it! I can't wait for their wedding this fall, we are going to have a blast then, too!

Enjoy! And feel free to leave us some comments, we love to hear what you think!

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