Jake Rohde | Valo Photography

2009 has been such a great year, and 2010 is going to be even better. 2010 is the year to “Go BIG or go home”… I don’t want to “go home” just yet, so I think I will go big. 2010 will be an interesting year for Valo. It is already shaping up that way, and I can’t wait. Keep your eyes peeled here on my blog and on Simon’s blog…

So, the first blog post of the year is a big one. The super fun wedding of Cassie and Shawn. Simon and I shot their wedding last year at the Eisner Museum, in the Historic Third Ward of Milwaukee Wisconsin. I knew their wedding was going to be fun after shooting an engagement session with them… Just all around fun, easy going, fashionable and good looking people…

So here are some images, Chuck Taylors and all…

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We met up with Dana and Nick at the Orpheum early on a Saturday morning. We went from there and ran around Madison’s State St making some photographs of the two of them. Tons of fun to work with, check out some of the photos from the day:

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Krista and Matt got married at the Milwaukee War Memorial right next to the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM). It was a great setting, a great day, and a lot of fun. I was lucky enough to be there shooting with my man Mr Simon McConico. I love photographing weddings, check out some of the pictures I made:

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OK, so I could not resist, there are a ton of photos below, I just could not hold myself back. Christina and Rob’s Villa Terrace wedding was amazing! Beautiful weather, beautiful people, handmade everything (even the flowers were handmade paper flowers), and to top it all off… a DeLorean DMC, decked out in all the trimmings, including a “functional” Flux Capacitor. I knew this was going to be an amazing wedding when Simon and I met with Christina and Rob a couple months ago at the Villa Terrace. We walked around, chatted about their day, walked down to the gardens, and then Christina tip-toed back to tell us about her surprise DeLorean gift; when she told us that, we knew this was going to be a special wedding. She had the car pull up during the wedding ceremony, and he saw it for the first time right before they left for the reception.

So anyways, enough of my talking, check out some images from the Villa Terrace Wedding:

Don’t forget to take a look at Simon’s photos from the day over on his blog…

Check out the Villa Terrace as well. Amazing place for a wedding ceremony.

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The very fun Ms Shanon – future nurse – high school senior:

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Abby and Andrew Cont…

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I often think about fortune, about what it means; is it just a monetary value? To me it is not. To me fortune has nothing to do with money, wealth, material possessions, vanity, or anything of the sort. When I really think about it, fortune is happiness. Fortune is something different to everyone, since happiness comes in so many different forms. I do think, however, that Abby and Andrew have found their fortune in each other. Their love is obvious, infectious, and fun. They are so happy around each other, so free, so open. It was an amazing day, and because it was so amazing, I am going to have to make a 2 part post. I could not pick just a few photos to share from this day.

Another reason this 2 part post is so long is that I got to spend almost the whole day with Abby and Andrew, which is a treat. I usually do not get the luxury to spend a whole day with a couple. Yes, it is more work, but since there is more time spent, there are many more opportunities to create a photograph. It also allows a more complete story to be captured, from the nervous looks and sighs while getting ready right down to the dancing at the end of the night…

Thank you Abby and Andrew for letting me be a part of your day. Here are a few of my favorites:

(Check out part 2 here)

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Simon and I woke up very early to meet Kerry and Ben down by the Calatrava addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum. We wanted to catch the morning light, and it was so worth getting up a few minutes earlier than normal…

I really love when I am going through proofs and making my selections, when it is really hard to narrow things down because there are so many good shots. That is what happened here. I think it was because of the light as well as the willingness of Kerry and Ben to relax and have fun… It made for some fantastic photographs…

Kerry and Ben
Engagement shoot by the Lake

Jake Rohde
Valo Photography
Milwaukee, WI

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We met up with Jacob and his family at Whitnall Park, ran around, made some photographs, mixed in a little awesome, and came out with this:

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Christina and Rob’s wedding was fabulous… Villa Terrace, beautiful people, beautiful weather, handmade everything, details details details, Back to the Future, style, and so much more…

Here is a sneak peek:

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