Desmond { 2 yrs }

Erica emailed me about doing some photos of your little man Desmond, and of course I said a huge YES! Erica was in my sisters class in High School, and her sister was a year above me. So we had some history, and it was great to meet Desmond. They drove down from Green Bay, and I took them to a field near Waupaca, Wisconsin. 

Meet Squishy....Desmonds best friend :)

Thank you Desmond you were a blast! And Thank You Stindt Family!

The Skweres {Family Session}

This family session had lots of build up due to the awesome voice-mail, and emails I received from Andrea Skwere! {The voice-mail is still saved I think....it makes me gleam every time I listen to it.}So when the day got closer I just got more and more excited! And when they day finally came I a was stoked!

We met at Andrea's parents home in Wild Rose Wisconsin, and I couldn't have asked for a better spot for this session. It's beautiful!

The first place we headed was to the beautiful sun soaked field of tall grass. 

The kids loved to just run around, I loved just watching them play and just plain be kids!

Little Louisa just watching it all go on - she was the best baby every! Not a single cry all morning! :)

Brynn loved the flowers and was pretty determined to pick them all and share the beauty with us all!

Back at the house with the great barn and silo, we had some fun with the frames I brought!

Andrea and Jim got their moments with just them too!

Can't leave without getting one with the Grandparents! {Or the awesome old tractor!}

Andrea & Jim asked me to try and recreate a photo from their wedding day....hope I got it!

Thank you Skwere Family! You were awesome!

Calm before the storm {Stylized Session}

The day of this shoot started about beautiful, I was ex-tactic about the beautiful blue skies. But....when it came time for the fun session I had planned for Katie, the storm clouds were rolling in. So when we got to out location I jumped out of the truck, and said, "we are going to do this as fast as we can"....and we did! I pulled everything out of the back of the truck, and placed them so we could go from station to station. 

This is what happened before the storm rolled in with a roar.....

 

 This photo will make me smile every time...Katie is laughing at my boyfriend being silly :)

 

Katie rocked my new couch!

One of my favorites from the day!

A huge thanks to Katie for coming out, and dealing with the wind, and on coming storm.

This is also the debut of my editing style! I found it while editing this session, I wanted something that stood out but still stayed natural. I like what I see, and the softness of the skin was achieved without skin smoothing.

Please let me know what you think of my editing style, and leave comments for the beautiful Katie, let her know how great she did!

Mr & Mrs Hedtke {Classic Love}

This had to be the best wedding to do for my first solo! I'm not going to lie my nerves were running wild, but this wonderful couple and their families were so warm and extremely happy they made it easy. This day was made beautiful by the everyone, because the weather wasn't so beautiful. But no one seemed to mind the sprinkling, they were just so happy to be there for their special day.

Despite the wind and rain, Chad and Nichole got married underneath the family apple tree. They were surrounded by close family. Nichole's best friend Amy walked her down to the isle, as Chad looked on with a glowing smile. He looked down at little Brandon, and they shared a bonding smile.

Instead of just the bride and groom just lighting their unity candle, the families lit a unity candle also. Signifying the unity of two families.

I loved how closely this little guy watched.

Chad held his beautiful bride tight while wonderful words are spoken.

Nichole was wearing cowgirl boots too!

These photos are why I loved this wedding so much!

They wanted an American Gothic portrait.....

...Nichole had a hard time not smiling :)

Her flowers were just gorgeous!

The rings....swoon!

During their first dance, I couldn't stop smiling! They were so happy, and in love!

 

Thank you so much for letting me be part of your day! My face literally hurt for 2 days from smiling and laughing so much with your family! I am wishing you lots of love for many years to come!


ps....I encourage comments for this post, this was my 1st solo wedding and couldn't have been happier!