If you have your people around you, if you have a space where you're comfortable and an outfit that you can hug and dance and embrace it all in, you have everything you need to have that party, to take those photos and to document your memories. They are your memories & they should feel like you, not like the staged stuff we see sometimes, those belong to other people. We're here for the real, the you is the most important piece for peace and fulfillment. 

Memory making & experiences above all else

Welcome to the blog

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If you are a photographer (of any subject!) and haven’t heard about the Shoot and Share Contest, boy, do I have a new obsession for you! Shoot and Share is a site focused on others with the belief that sharing is the heart of it all. It is a business model that I stand by: Shoot […]

Shoot + Share : Winners

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WISCONSIN WINTER WEDDING DAY Gosh, this day! Brides and grooms who pave their own path for their wedding day are always okay in my book. Better than okay, they are awesome. Your wedding day should be a true reflection of you, a day surrounded by your family and friends, and complete in a way that makes you […]

CHRIS + JORDAN

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CELEBRATING FAMILY COMING TOGETHER + AN ENGAGEMENT! Jesse + Jessica are engaged and are planning to have the sweetest summer Sunday wedding to celebrate two (awesome) families joining forces! Without a doubt, these two feel the luckiest to have found one another and even luckier that their families just fit. Having the whole gang at […]

Jesse + Jessica

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THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE KLEIN + HIETPAS FAMILY This “off season” has presented so many different and fun opportunities to learn and grow creatively and as a person. Sure, we are always growing and learning, but these past few months have challenged me to think a little differently and work with other outcomes in […]

Jaden Patrick

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THE PEETERS WEDDING CLIP YOU GUYS. If you loved Derek and Lucy’s wedding photos (you can see their blog post here!) you are just going to fall head over heels in love with this little trailer of their wedding day. Considering that I love making little personal travel and family videos, I knew that this wedding […]

DEREK + LUCY : WEDDING CLIP

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SWEET WINTER ENGAGEMENT SESSION, APPLETON Dan and Tanya are so deserving of all this love and joy. Seriously, SO deserving! I’ve known Tanya for many years, and she’s always been the most kind-hearted and sweetest person ever, no matter how much time passes. She has met her match in Dan, someone who is totally smitten […]

Dan + Tanya

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THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE VAN ABEL + HARTJES CLAN Wilfred Randolph was born on 2/12 and it was such a blessed day! We got a phone call around noon that day, saying that Maggie was at the hospital and their little one would be arriving that day. It was the best phone call ever and […]

Wilfred Randolph

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TRENDY WINTER WEDDING at ST. JOHN’S + FRATELLOS, DOWNTOWN APPLETON If Lucy had it her way, every day would be her wedding day, and she would marry Derek over and over and over again. For obvious reasons, there’s a lot of hype around wedding days. The planning and the pinning, the decorations and the honeymoon […]

Derek + Lucy

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WINTER ANNIVERSARY SESSION at HECKRODT WETLAND RESERVE Josh + Jenny were married last year right around this time. They were wed in a winter wonderland, and wanted to celebrate one year of wedded bliss with an awesome anniversary session (after a visit to Door County and a sleigh ride, of course! So fun!) We laughed and […]

Josh + Jenny