Warmness of love | Appleton Engagement Photographer

We are kicking off our 2011 wedding season this weekend. I have three weddings in a row this winter and I am so excited to shoot out in the fresh snow! (or whatever Mother Nature decides to throw at me!)

Jenny and Kory had a warm and heartfelt break from their busy lives during our engagement session downtown Appleton last fall. We warmed up with coffee at the Harmony Café - these two have a passion for coffee and it was fun to incorporate it in a way that was true to them.









Here's to the start of a wonderful season of capturing love at it's finest!

It's the New Year!

I am so excited for 2011! I have an amazing group of couples that I cannot wait to photograph. Allie and Jordan are one of those couples...

This adorable pair from Chicago are just too cute for words. Their personal flair, infectious smiles and their adoring love for each other make me so anxious to photograph their wedding at North Shore Golf Club this summer.

Door County Wedding Photographer - Mollie & Matt Fall Engagement

This fall had been so good to me and my engagement couples! The light, colors and temperature have all cooperated so nicely!

Mollie and Matt and I sandwiched this super colorful engagement session between two extremely scattered downpours. I can't wait to photograph their spring wedding in Door County!

Shannon & Kenny | Chicago Engagement Photography

We hit all the cool spots near Millennium Park in Chicago - so much fun! This was the first time I had met Shannon and Kenny in person. They booked me over a year ago over the phone - living out of state and being super busy didn't allow for an in-person meeting.

I am super excited for their wedding this weekend. Kenny is from Ireland and I'm excited to meet his family, see their traditions and most of all hear his fabulous Irish accent. Shannon has a great sense of style and is in school finishing her Graphic Design degree. The Chicago couple is getting married back home in Wisconsin on Saturday, just in time for peak fall colors.

High Cliff State Park Engagement Session

Molly and Brian and I had a fantastic time during their engagement shoot at High Cliff State Park. This park has breathtaking views and is one of our favorite spots to go hiking. High Cliff is also the perfect place for an outdoor wedding ceremony in the Fox Cities. Just don't plan your wedding during the lake fly hatch... lake flies are known to be a nuisance and will stain your white wedding dress!

The park is a special place for the couple...Molly grew up down the road on Fire Lane 1 and Brian did an internship at the park. I bet they wouldn't have guessed they would find themselves strutting in front of a camera years later!

This couple is so in love and very easy to photograph. They booked my wedding package more than almost two years in advance! I'd say they put their wedding photography on the top of their priority list.

Here are some of my favorite shots from the day. The sumac tree shots are my absolute favorite!!!

Enjoy!

Winter Engagement - Wisconsin Wedding Photographer

Tonight I'm meeting with Cortney and Bryant to finalize details of their upcoming wedding. I thought it was ironic that it is so very warm outside today and their engagement shoot was the coldest I've ever shot. The session last December was something like negative 14 degrees with the windchill.

I decided to share some of these wintery engagement photos just to prove how beautiful a session can be even in the cold and snow. Luckily, we were able to take a few breaks from shooting amongst the frigid temps in a cute little coffee shop downtown Appleton.









Don't get me wrong... I love a warm summer day! I am actually looking forward a warm weekend - my last official weekend of maternity leave. I will be returning to work in the studio on June 1 - and I plan to announce some exciting news!!!

Fav from a recent DePere engagement session...

This session was shot in October. We snuck into one of the dorms at St. Norbert College to warm up and make use of this amazing window light! Crystal and Greg will be my first wedding of the 2010 season. Their wedding is going to be jam packed with amazing things!

Erica and Eric - Green Bay Engagement

I first met Erica and Eric last summer at a wedding I photographed at the North Shore Country Club. I spotted them as a great looking couple in love and I pulled them aside for a photo. It was only a few weeks later they became engaged and called me to photograph their wedding.


Their engagement was a hot 94 degrees and started off by their keys getting locked in the car! While we waited for a locksmith to come and save the day we did some photos... it was hard to loosen up at first because of the mishap but in the end Erica and Eric were able to laugh about the whole thing.

I am really looking forward to shooting their late September wedding. Mostly because my good friend Molly Michel of Mthree Studio will be second shooting for me. I also adore the venues the couple has chosen for their celebration. Their ceremony will be at the Country Chapel and their reception will be at Pullmans at Trolley Square.

Here are my favorites from the session...

Tiffani and Scott - Appleton Engagement

Tiffani and Scott are so fun and silly, their laughs were genuine. They are sooo cute and in love and up for all of my crazy suggestions!



These two are die hard Brewers' Fans and a ball park theme ended their engagement session at Appleton Memorial Park.



I cannot wait to photograph their wedding later this summer at the Radisson in Green Bay! Here are my favorites from the session...