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Katie and Ben – Holga Love

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:15:39 +0000

Holga – Kodak Portra 160

Kate and Ben’s Hubbard Park Wedding

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:26:49 +0000

Tucked away in the woods, warm and cozy, two of the kindest souls I have ever had the pleasure to meet celebrate the first day of their lives together. I was lucky enough to be there to capture the day…

Kate and Jason’s Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Wedding

admin — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:43:40 +0000

Jason, now that your wedding is over, you are free to grow the most amazing mustache that has ever been grown…

Kate, I am sorry about that.

We met Kate and Jason last November, and Jason was working on a killer stash for Movember. Simon and I, of course, tried to convince him to keep growing his mustache until the wedding… and I think that almost lost us this wedding Kate and Jason heard about us because Kate was in Liz and Dave’s wedding… which I had the honor of shooting about a year ago. It is such an honor when someone that works with us on another wedding or project hires us for their own wedding or event. It means a lot and I think it speaks to the experience and product we provide.

Jason shaved for the wedding, so he looked good. Kate needed nothing, she already looked good and was ready to go. Take a look at some of my favorites from their day:

Katie and Ben’s Secret Island Engagement

admin — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:35:50 +0000

Across the waters lay a secret island filled with magic and wonder.
Golden forests full of light.
Blue waters gasping for air.

Time stands still.
Schedules are obsolete.
The minds eye is at ease.

As we wander the island the love grows stronger.
Two souls together at peace.
The colors changes, the ambiance dims.
Fleeting moments.
Silent breathe.
Audible heartbeat.
Waiting for the sun to fall, to rest at last, together in this world.

Darcie and Matt’s South Shore Park Milwaukee Wedding

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:10:54 +0000

You might remember Darcie and Matt from their engagement session here on the blog…

or the cool stuff I got to make for them here: Guest Book and Save the Date

And now their wedding here…

Ashley and Evan – Harley Vitucci Engagement

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:58:43 +0000

Ashley and Evan met at Vitucci’s while Ashley was working there. She used to stand by the bar smoking and drinking. As it turns out, Evan thought this was pretty awesome, and Ashley caught his eye while he frequented the bar on the nights she worked. Turns out Ashley original thought Evan was kind of a jerk… for some reason. But as he persisted to visit her while she worked, he warmed up to her and now they are getting married. We wanted to hit up Vitucci’s to end our session together… so we started over at the Harley Davidson Museum, which ended up being an awesome spot to shoot. We were planning on heading down to the 5th ward for a bit, but we fell in love with the museum grounds, so we just stayed there. We did end up crossing the street to shoot in a parking lot (which was freaking amazing). I love when people are down for anything and trust us when we say… “We need to cross the street to shoot in that parking lot”… Simon and I saw some trees and amazing light! Which is why we wanted to go over there… not because of the parking lot. Then we ended up at Vitucci’s for a beer and to make some photographs at the bar where they first met!

Amazing light, amazing couple, and I can’t wait for their wedding so I can taste some Grandpa Fro’s Invention Farm & Country Winery Earl Grey Mead.

Kat and Nick’s Harbor Lights Room Milwaukee Wedding

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:51:11 +0000

Kat and Nick were planning on an outdoor wedding… Mother Nature had other plans… so she rained all day. It didn’t faze Kat and Nick though… their day was still an Amazing load of Awesome! Simon and I were there for the ride, and this is what we came up with:

And what set of serious awesome-ness would come without a side of Crazy Booth?

Marie and Matt’s Pfister Milwaukee Wedding

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:39:54 +0000

Ok… so there is a lot of images below… just a warning… but if you take a look here are just a few things you will see:

The largest bouquets I have ever seen… and AWESOME!
An amazing vintage inspired dress that looked so good at the Pfister, I almost fell over… wait, no, I did fall over.
Dudes stuck in a nursery… with miniature chairs and all
Bride and FOB high five before the wedding
Limo Miller Lite throws
Awesome portraits at the beach
The best cake cutting ever… Cake/Cut/Kiss combo… and a strong arm to cut through the thick bottom layer
A full on DANCE PARTY (see video at the end of the post)

Congratulations Matt and Marie!

Oh yeah… so one of the brides maids was also in our Saturday wedding… two weddings, two days in a row, both at the same location… we rocked both of them… and so did Maria! Maria and I decided to make an identical (or as close as we could get) photograph each night… Same place, different dress!

And one last thing…

DANCE PARTY

Matt and Marie DANCE PARTY from Jake Rohde on Vimeo.

Ana and Brian’s St Norberts De Pere Wisconsin Wedding

admin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:14:20 +0000

Gwynne and Eric’s Villa Terrace Milwaukee Wedding and Moct Reception

admin — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 05:53:29 +0000

It is late, and I was just too excited to post these images until morning… So what can I say? Gwynne and Eric are awesome, and they have an even awesomer little girl. I met Gwynne back in design school and when she was telling me about her wedding I knew it would be fantastic. When she asked me if I would photograph the wedding, I was ecstatic! Being friends on Facebook, I got to see all the details come together as we got closer to the wedding day… each little detail done (most done by the hands of Gwynne herself) I got more excited for the wedding day. The ceremony took place at the fabulous Villa Terrace and the reception at the cool MOCT down in the Third Ward. They also had a pretty awesome Crazy Booth at MOCT… check that out over here… clickity click

The day was wonderful, and here are a few of my favs: