A few weeks back I had planned a photoshoot with Anna Marie & Andrew in the Milwaukee area, there was a 50% chance of rain and we couldn't decide if we should just go for it or reschedule - we ended up going for it and it ended up raining 20 minutes into the shoot but it was perfect, beautiful and so much fun. Anna Marie & Andrew will be getting married the summer on 2015, and they are quite lovely.

A few weeks back I travelled to Missoula, Montana to spend a week with my dear friends Abi & Christopher and celebrate with them at their wedding. The day after I got in we took a trip up the mountain to the spot where these two were going to say their vows, a beautiful little hike into a quiet little spot. I am so thankful for these two and feel so honored to have been able to be there on their wedding day -- I love you guys and I am missing you dearly.

Caroline and Peter will be getting married in 6 days! The 3 of us have been trying to set up an engagement session for months, and we finally got together last week. Their wedding ceremony will be in Caroline's mothers backyard followed by a reception at High Noon Salo0n.  

Last week I drove up to Hilbert, Wi for an early morning shoot with Christopher, Hannah and their beautiful son, Silas who just turned 1 a few weeks ago. I've known Christopher for well over 10 years now and until these two asked me to photograph their wedding in August, I had only met Hannah Darling (yes, that is her real last name) once, so it was wonderful to get to know her a little more and to meet their son who stole my heart just a little bit. I am so happy for this little family and I am beyond excited to be apart of their wedding day.

I love when I get to be introduced to friends when I book weddings, these two I like and I am so excited to photograph their wedding in June!  Chris plays in a few bands in town and Adria works for Planet Propaganda and together they run a screen printing and letterpress company in their basement called Radish & Clover Press. A few weekends back I met them at their home to take some photographs of them making their wedding invites as well as play me some tunes. We then ventured to BB Clark to a certain bench where in the beginning of their story when they lived in different cities these two spent an afternoon talking, neither one wanted to get up because it would mean that Adria would have to leave to go home - a sweet beginning to a lovely story. And a big thanks to Adria who designed my poster for my upcoming Gallery show that you should all come to!

A few weeks ago I took a trip up to Neenah to hang out with Brady and Virginia and meet their 2 cute (and big) dogs. We spent the afternoon enjoying the 50 degree day. These two will be getting married this coming July!  

On the day before the wedding I went over to Isak and Clara's place to help bake 150+ buns for their wedding dinner. In Sweden it seems to be a popular tradition for the couple and family to make the dinner for their wedding guests, something I find amazing and such a personal touch to a wedding, a community coming together to create a meal is one of my favorite things ever and I was so happy to be apart of it.  when my hands weren't filled with flour and dough, I grabbed some photographs of Isak and Clara's teamwork to get the meal prepared -- and I never did get an image of the end result due to my dedication, I turned baker instead of photographer and forgot about my camera, a very rare occasion.

  On my first full day in Sweden, Isak and Clara wanted to take me on a little adventure and we turned our adventure into a little engagement session - Enjoy.

A few weeks back I traveled to Sweden to photograph Clara and Isak's wedding. I came a few days early to adjust to the time difference and also to spend time getting to know Clara and Isak a little better before their wedding. I arrived on a Wednesday afternoon in Gothenburg, they picked me and and we drove an hour or so through the countryside to a lovely little town called Horred, where they live and where the wedding was going to be. We went straight to Clara's home for fika, which means taking a break in your day for coffee and usually with something sweet, something I have decided should happen here everyday as well. Then we were able to spend time with a barn full of puppies followed by an evening dinner & wedding prep at Isak's place --- A day of avoiding a nap so I can get on Sweden time was a success and here are a few images from that day.

I was so glad to finally meet Amber and Matt for we have had to reschedule our shoot 3 times because we always managed to set a date to a rainy day. Even though we planned to do a fall session, having the snow on the ground and the chill in the air was quite beautiful - these two spend a lot of time outdoors, even in the winter so the 9 degree day we picked didn't bother them at all. I drove up and over to Shiocton, Wi to Matt's parents home where on June 7th, their ceremony will be held under a beautiful willow tree - we went into their woods to explore and do the session  -- here are just a few of my favorite images from that day.

A few weeks back I got together with Joleen and Brendan for a coffee to talk about their wedding coming up in July and get to know them a bit -- I learned that Brendan did the Peace Corps in El Salvador, they both attended Law School here in Madison and in just a few days they will be moving to D.C for work. Their wedding is going to be wonderful, a guest list of 70, outdoors at Olin park here in Madison followed by a fabulous meal and some dancing to end the night-- I can't wait. With the moving coming up so soon, we had to get together once again to do an engagement session - the day we picked was not the warmest winter day so our locations were limited to indoors (with maybe a 10 minutes session outdoors which I think we all hated). I met these two the day of our shoot at their cute apartment on Sherman Ave (available for sublease now until August if anyone is looking!) followed by a quick walked through Tenney and then to warm up at  Mickeys with a Hot Toddy -- here is the photo story of our adventure.

A few days days after Christmas I met up with Larissa and Jake for some coffee, story time and an engagement session. These two have been together for over 10 years, they  met in a small Wisconsin town, went to college in Madison and now live and work in Chicago. I had such a wonderful time getting to know these two and hearing about their recent adventure, where they drove an Auto Rickshaw 3000km across India - if you would like to see their adventure through Jake's video series, visit his youtube page here - pretty incredible. These two will be getting married this coming August and I am very much so looking forward to documenting it.

A few weeks back I met up with Kate and Jeph to photograph their engagement photographs - hopefully you wont be able to tell in the photographs but this day was freezing and windy - these two rocked it though. Kate & Jeph were engaged the day they closed on a home on the westside and to celebrate they adopted a puppy - these two will be getting married this summer and I hope it is much warmer! Congrats Kate and Jeph - I had a blast being freezing with you two.  

A few weeks ago I got together with an old friend, Lindsay to meet her best friend and take photographs of them being adorable. These two live in Iowa together, they run a farm together and they are marrying each other on February 1st and I get to be there to document that.

Laura, Patrick and I met at the UW Arboretum on a chilly fall afternoon back in October for their engagement photographs. I had so much fun getting to know these two, and I just love how comfortable they were in front of my camera and with each other, they really are the best of friends.

Laura and Aaron will be getting married this coming April here in Madison. A few months back we met at Bradburry's to meet and plan engagement photographs and talk about their wedding - and a few weeks ago I met them at their apartment to spend the afternoon documenting their cuteness - I can't wait to spend another day photographing their love - enjoy!

I met up with Ashley and Josh last Tuesday at the little market in the Willy St. neighborhood to do some shopping followed by a session at Tenney Park. It was really great to spend some time with these two and hear about how they met, what they do and more about their wedding day.

Last Monday I got together with Mike and Kate who live in Philadelphia but were in Wisconsin just for a few days to get some wedding planning done. We met in Milwaukee in the Third Ward and finished our shoot in the fog by the lake, it was quite magical. These two are lovely and were so much fun to work with, they truly are best friends and I can't wait for their wedding next May.