Kat and Nick’s 5th Ward Milwaukee Engagement


Kat and Nick are pretty cool cats… or pretty cool kats… or pretty cool nicks… wait, that doesn’t sound right, nevermind… they are just pretty darn cool. Anyways, they met at the 5th Ward Pub, which turns out a week before we went there to start our shoot, they closed and Zim’s moved in. We shot there anyways, because the building is pretty much the same, and their memories did not close with the pub. From there we ran around the 5th Ward and made some photographs… of which these were some of my favorites that Simon and I made:

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Darcie and Matt’s Downtown Milwaukee Engagement Session


Sara and Chris Milwaukee Engagement Session


Meaning of “Sara” – Princess. In the Bible, Sara was the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. Her name was originally Sarai (quarrelsome), but God commanded that her name be changed to Sara before the birth of her son

Meaning of “Chris” – Diminutive of Christian: Follower of Christ.

Together a Christian Princess… sounds pretty good to me. In the short time I have known Sara and Chris it seems to fit. Their smiles and laughter are more than warm, they are as genuine as it gets… and they didn’t let up for a second during our engagement session with them. I can not wait to photograph their wedding in just a few months.

Here are my favorites from both Simon and I:

Sarah and Chris' Milwaukee Lake Front Engagement Session - 01

Sarah and Chris' Milwaukee Lake Front Engagement Session - 02

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Buster and Amy – Milwaukee Engagement


Sarah and Tyler – Milwaukee Engagement


I have been friends with Sarah for quite a while. We met through mutual friends, I believe at a campfire? All I know is it was many years ago. When Sarah first contacted me, it was just to let me know that she was engaged. Later she contacted me again to inquire on hiring Valo to shoot her wedding. I was very stoked to hear Sarah and Tyler wanted to hire me to shoot their wedding. If there is one thing I like more than photographing a wedding, it is photographing a friends wedding.

The engagement session you are about to look at (hopefully, that is if you are still reading this… I usually skip ahead to the photos and then come back to read stuff) was a TON of fun. The locations were very cool, thanks to the scouting of Tyler. I got a lot of emails from them leading up to their engagement session of other e-sessions they had found around the Internet, photos from a scouting mission Tyler went on, and a lot of thoughts on location. This was great, because it let me see a little of what they were thinking of, and it made smile every time I got one of their emails, because I could tell how excited they were. When a couple is very excited about shooting, it makes my level of excitement rise as well. And so it kept amplifying, until we met up at Alterra and started shooting… Here is what I created on a perfect day, with a great couple…



Dana and Nick – Madison Wisconsin Engagement


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:

Dana and Nick's Madison Wisconsin Engagement

Dana and Nick's Madison Wisconsin Engagement

Dana and Nick's Madison Wisconsin Engagement

Dana and Nick's Madison Wisconsin Engagement

Dana and Nick's Madison Wisconsin Engagement

Dana and Nick's Madison Wisconsin Engagement

Dana and Nick's Madison Wisconsin Engagement

Dana and Nick's Madison Wisconsin Engagement

Dana and Nick's Madison Wisconsin Engagement

Dana and Nick's Madison Wisconsin Engagement

Dana and Nick's Madison Wisconsin Engagement

Dana and Nick's Madison Wisconsin Engagement

Dana and Nick's Madison Wisconsin Engagement

Dana and Nick's Madison Wisconsin Engagement