One January morning I went to Stoughton to photograph this lovely family in their beautiful home. There is something about photographing a family in their home that just hits different than when I meet them in a park. I get to capture them in their space, the space they live their daily lives in. Mabel will look back on these images when she grows up and see the art hanging on the walls, the quilts her Mom made draped on the furniture, the sourdough bread her Dad made sitting on the kitchen counter and it all tells a story for her - she will get that warm “feels like home” feeling.

After a pivot in venue Liz & Jordan ended up getting married at a family member’s backyard and it was the best. Liz got ready in her childhood home, her Dad got her to the first look, they had a beautiful ceremony with not a dry eye in the crowd followed by cocktails, a taco truck and dancing. This wedding may have been years ago but I remember is all like it was yesterday. it was a wedding I walked away from so grateful this is my job - I get to witness and document wedding days.

Maddie and Bret got married underneath my favorite tree in Madison and I got to document it and now they have a sweet little one named Wren and a pup in their home and this summer I got to document them in their home. I always say this, but I really love staying connected with my wedding couples and I love when I get invited to photograph their lives.

One of my favorite parts of my job is when I get to continue documenting a family. The couple reaches out when they get engaged, I photograph their wedding and then they contact me when they want photographs with their little ones. This year I got to see so many of my past wedding couples with their little ones and it really brought me so much joy. Earlier this summer Jenny reached out and I got to visit them with my camera when they brought their son Liam home.

Nicole and Matt met in college at UW Madison, they now live in Chicago and last month these two got married in Milwaukee. Their wedding day plans may have changed, the sky may have been spitting rain down on and off all day but this was a good day and I am so glad i got to be apart of it.

Second Photographer: Megan Yanz

Venue: Ivy House

Planning + design: Rosewood Weddings

Floral: Flowers For Dreams

Specialty Rentals: A La Crate

Cake: Miss Molly’s Cafe Milwaukee

Entertainment: Milwaukee Airwaves, Aaron

Catering: Birch + Butcher

It has been a season of family session for me and this year has been such a reunion of past wedding couples! Natalie and Nathan got married back in 2018 and i got to document that wonderful day and this year they welcomed their sweet baby girl, Natalie to their family. I went to visit them earlier this summer and did a distant session of them at their home and it was so wonderful documenting them in this new role as parents.

I’ve been sitting with my computer in my lap trying to figure out how to type out words about these two, their relationship and this session but it’s not easy because this day was pretty magical and not just because we were in this insanely perfect space, we felt humidity in February in Chicago and it was a workday and we got to be outside of the studio and then we got to go eat an amazing meal before coming back to Madison but because I got to witness these two together, outside of work - their humor, the way they bring comfort for each other, the words to which they whisper in order to burst out laughing. Jen and Jesse have been Jen and Jesse for a long time and I really can’t remember a time when they weren’t a pair even though technically I knew them then and I am so grateful they invited me in to capture them and I cannot wait to see these two exchange vows this fall.

Hair and Make up by the ever so talented Alison Drake.

Alexandra reached out in August to tell me about their wedding they were planning for October - at the time, Moose and Alexandra were living in New York, planning a wedding in Milwaukee and then decided soon after the wedding, they would moved to Austin, TX - needless to say, it’s been a last few months for the two of them. I wanted to lay that all out there to say, it would have been easy to feel overwhelmed and pretty stressed the days leading up to and the day of their wedding but all I saw were smiles, excitement and just pure joy when I was with them - this truly was a joyous day filled with so many friends and family who all traveled to be there to witness these two exchange vows at their interfaith ceremony where a Catholic Priest and an Imam worked together to create such a special ceremony. Alex and Moose, congratulations on your marriage, thank you for inviting me to document and to witness your wedding.

4 weeks before Kaylee and Nate’s wedding and they got a call from their wedding venue saying they could no longer host their wedding - that is stressful, yes, maybe even a bit of a nightmare for most, but it all worked out, a wonderful venue happened to have this one date open Bowery Barn - a new and beautiful space. Kaylee and Nate planned a new wedding in just 4 weeks, they exchanged their vows, made everyone cry, had the perfect weather and an epic dance party. When I showed up to start photographing, everything was so calm, everyone was just hanging out and that really was how the whole day felt - not a stress in the world, just two people with their people hanging out and exchanging vows. It was perfect.