Kristen McGinnis Photography
I'm Kristen McGinnis, a wedding and portrait photographer based in the Fox Valley and photographing weddings across Wisconsin. I LOVE marriage and capturing all the joy of your wedding day. I'm a firm believer that wedding days should be fun, joy-filled, and only the beginning of a beautiful marriage. I'm SO glad you're here and I can't wait to meet you!
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Rosemary’s First Year

As a break in the normal pattern of wedding and engagement photos, I wanted to commemorate this week as May 4th was my daughter Rosemary's birthday. It has been such a special year to witness all of her "firsts" and we are amazed at how big and independent our now toddler daughter has become. I have taken so many photos over the last year that I wanted to share some of my favorites of her first year of life outside of the womb!   We tease that she may grow...

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Appleton Engagement Session – Lawrence University – Josh & Katie

Josh and Katie are a super sweet and talented couple that met while pursuing music at Lawrence University in Appleton.  Katie found me through a friend of ours who had attended Lawrence University with Katie and whose wedding I photographed the previous summer. Then we found out that we had another connection through the Pastors that did Sam and my premarital counseling, as it was friends of their performed Josh and Katie's wedding ceremony! When talking to Katie about where to take their engagement photos, it seemed only...

Milwaukee Engagement Session – Lion’s Den Gorge – Jared & Emmy

This was my first time visiting Lion's Den Gorge Nature Preserve so I arrived early to scout out locations for Jared and Emmy's session with my husband Sam and 1 month old baby in tagging along. Emmy had been very kind about working with my due date when scheduling their engagement session and was sure to let me know baby Rosemary was welcome. It was a perfect spring evening, with a cool breeze coming off of the lake, GORGEOUS blue-green water, and so many beautiful pinky purple flowers...

Appleton Memorial Park Engagement Session – Carl & Katie

We had the perfect late spring evening for Katie & Carl's engagement session. The setting was was golden, many flowers were in full bloom, and Katie and Carl made my job so easy. I got to know Katie back when we were both in youth group together and it was so special to reconnect when she and Carl got engaged and she started looking for a wedding photographer. Katie is such a sweetheart and I knew would be a joy to work with and I was excited to...