Oshkosh Church Wedding – Oshkosh Wedding Photographer – Justin & Tralese
This June will mark one year since Justin and Tralese's wedding day! Justin has been a friend of my family through having gone to church together years ago and I got to meet Tralese for the first time when we sat down for their wedding consultation. Justin and Tralese make a great team and after shooting their engagement photos I was super excited for their wedding day! Their wedding took place at New Life Church where Justin's family have been longtime members, and where I also attended with my...
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...
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...
Neenah Engagement Session – Doty Park & Kimberly Point Park – Justin & Tralese
Justin and Tralese reached out to me to be their wedding photographer earlier this year and I was so excited I was available. I've known Justin for years as we were at the same church as Justin and his family for my early growing up years and he even coached my Pee Wee Bible Quiz team. I got to meet Tralese for the first time and realized her sister was in my small group through Chi Alpha Campus ministry while I attended UW Oshkosh! I was so glad...
Appleton Maternity Session – Apple Blossom Orchard – Stephen & Christina
This post is especially fun for me to share as this is the 3rd time I've gotten to photograph Stephen & Christina! Last winter I got to take their engagement photos, last summer I photographed their wedding, and this spring I got to take some maternity photos to capture their anticipation of their little one coming in July. I was particularly thrilled when I found out Stephen & Christina were expecting as I was pregnant at the time and could already picture our little babies being friends. Christina...
Our Maternity Session – Spencer Lake, Waupaca
I'm a little late in posting these as our little girl is already 4 weeks! The delay wasn't because I was waiting on our photos, (our photographer got them to us the same weekend!), but rather because I took a while to write this post. Trying to capture the emotions of pregnancy and now the anticipation of being a mom in a few short words was trickier than I thought. Sam wisely pointed out that is hasn't really been just the two of us for quite a while. Being...
Appleton Engagement Session – Lawrence University – Stephen & Christina
My husband had known Stephen and his family for years as he is the younger brother of one of his best friends. We met Christina for the first time at an informal swing dance lesson she and Stephen hosted one summer on her parent's lawn while Sam and I were engaged. I had photographed Stephen's older brother Tim's wedding as my first ever wedding as a lead photographer and I was so honored when Stephen and Christina asked me to be their wedding photographer! Christina wanted me to...
Neenah Engagement Session – Timshel Cafe and Doty Park – Isaiah & Bobbi
Today marks one year since I had the privilege of taking Bobbi & Isaiah's engagement photos! Bobbi and I met during my freshman year at UW Oshkosh where she was already a sophomore and very involved in the campus ministry that some good friends of mine led. We were introduced during one of the first campus events during welcome week and Bobbi took me under her wing, introducing me to other girls who were involved in the campus ministry, and eventually gathering a group to catch lunch and...