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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Holiday Winter Elopement – Wisconsin Wedding Photographer – Mitch & Olivia

Mitch and Olivia have been friends since middle school, and then were high school sweethearts. Then, in June of this past year Mitch proposed to Olivia this past June at Carl Traeger Middle School where they first met! When Olivia first contacted me, she asked about my availability for New Year's Eve 2021, but after she and Mitch talked more, they decided what was really wanted was an intimate wedding day with their immediate families. So when Olivia asked if I was available THIS New Year's Eve instead,...

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Clintonville Fall Wedding – Wisconsin Wedding Photographer – Aaron and Ann

After knowing Ann for several years I was so excited when she got engaged and even more excited when she asked me to be her wedding photographer!!!   Aaron and Ann had a beautiful November wedding day. It was a chilly afternoon but there was a joy and peace surrounding both Aaron and Ann as the got ready for this highly anticipated day. Ann walked down to the strains of a live quartet (3 of whom happen to be my family) and their wedding ceremony was sweet and very meaningful,...

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Blue and Yellow Summer Wedding – Oshkosh Wedding Photography – Carl & Katie

Carl and Katie's wedding day may have had to happen a few months later than planned, but it was the perfect day and I was so honored to be apart of it! Katie had such a fun group of girls surrounding her to get ready in the morning and Carl was surrounded by his best guys. It turned out to be a beautiful late August day and everyone was so thrilled for these two to start their lives as husband and wife.   Even in the little moments I got...

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Becket’s Oshkosh Wedding – Sarah & Zach

I first met Zach and Sarah for their engagement session HERE and we hit it off right away. Zach and Sarah are such fun, kind people to be around our time flew by! I was so excited to see these two get married. Unfortunately, like many others, they had to move their wedding that was originally scheduled for June, to a new date in August. But they both were very gracious about the added stresses in their wedding planning, and their new date in August dawned absolutely perfect!   Sarah...

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Parker Run Vineyard – Windsor Illinois Wedding – Michael & Emily

All weddings are special, but this wedding was particularly special to me as Michael is my husband’s brother and Emily is one of my dearest friends and now SISTER! Mike and Emily met while he was going to school down in Davenport, IA while attending the same church, (also where Sam and I attended). Mike admired Emily for a while and I got to have a front row seat as that admiration grew on both of their parts and August of 2018 they started they relationship. August 2019...

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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...

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