Amanda & Joel Are Getting Married!

This engagement shoot almost didn't happen because it looked like a storm was going to roll in right at the time that I had scheduled to meet with A & J. They decided to go through with the shoot despite the possible bad weather and I'm really glad they did. You can't tell from most of these pictures, but apparently there were lightning and funnel clouds all around us during our shoot...but where we were, the weather was actually fantastic! In the end, we had a great time and got some great shots!

Alicia & Jeremy's Engagement Photos

Alicia & Jeremy are getting married this October and we recently went out to get some engagement photos. Just from being with them during their engagement shoot, I can tell already that their wedding is going to be a lot of fun - A & J love each other a lot, they're good at being themselves, and they're laid back and fun - all things that make a photographer's job a little easier :) Here are a few of my favorites from our engagement shoot:

Katrina & Anthony's Love Story Video

Katrina has spent the last few years in Missouri, Anthony in Indiana, now they both live in Minnesota, they're getting married in Illinois, and they came to Wisconsin to make this video - talk about road trips! I'm starting to think I might be making a lot of these videos in the future - as enjoyable as the usual slideshow can be at a wedding reception, a love story video just seems to better apply to a wedding and IMHO, it's just more fun to watch! Katrina & Anthony are getting married this Saturday and I'm really looking forward to working with them again!

Christa & Paul's Love Story Video

I'm pretty excited about this video because it's the first of its kind for me. I've offered the "Love Story" video for quite a while, but Christa and Paul were the first to take me up on the offer. They're planning to show this right before their ceremony and I think it will be a great way to set the stage. C&P - thanks for giving me some great footage - can't wait to get some awesome photos at the wedding!

Amy & Dennis Engagement Photos

Amy and Dennis will be getting married this summer and this last weekend, I took them out for an engagement shoot along with Dennis' two sons, Clay and Chase. As you can see, the four of them make a beautiful family! We had some great weather and some great locations and I'm excited about how their pictures turned out!

These guys were real troopers - Amy was wearing raised-heel shoes with slippery soles and she and Dennis still made it out onto the rocks in the middle of this pond. And the boys, of course, were willing to go anywhere.

Sword-fighting never gets old.

Thanks for the great photo shoot, Dennis & Amy (and Clay & Chase). I'm looking forward to seeing you again at the wedding!

Christa & Paul's Engagement Shoot

Our friendship with Christa and Paul began at Northwestern College where Christa and Kelsey were fellow art majors. Kelsey is actually going to be a bridesmaid in their wedding in September and they've asked me to be their photographer. I am very excited to take pictures for their big day! A couple weeks ago, the four of us headed down to St. Anthony Main in Minneapolis for an engagement photo/video shoot and we had a lot of fun! During the majority of the shoot, I was actually getting video footage for Christa & Paul's "Love Story" video. Kelsey was taking most of the pictures. But there were a few times when I had a photo idea and she was gracious enough to let me steal her camera for a few quick shots!

During the time that I was NOT stealing Kelsey's camera from her, she captured a lot more shots than this and I thought they turned out really well. Check out her pictures of Christa and Paul here.