The Orpheum, The Art Museum, and a whole lot of awesome light in Madison helped make this E-session with Nick and Dana pretty amazing. From there we went down the street to a fantastic little restaurant and took some more photos and had lunch. We said goodbye and then Jake and I went to shoot a wedding at The Orpheum.
Running around a strange town is sometimes the best as a photographer. Not knowing any locations or places, you get to look at all the great landmarks and places with fresh eyes. Nick and Dana took Jake and I around downtown Madison for their E-Session and we had a blast. Here’s a sneak peek on what I am working on.
OMG. Amazing light. Amazing people. Aaaaaaand, I am pretty sure these two are fantastic. Can’t wait to shoot their wedding next year.
Should have a whole lot of awesome coming down the tube. Got lots and lots of photos to post from this session and from the crazy shooting we have done this month.
Some days are great for taking photos. Other days are not so great… We scheduled Drew and Vanessa’s engagement session and Mr. Weather man told us that we should think about picking a different day. We met early in the morning hoping to get the shoot finished before the rain came out, but had no such luck. We left and planned on coming back later if the rain stopped. As the day went on, the rain tapered off and the sun came out. The weather changed for the best and the photo session was on!
We went to one of my favorite places to take photos, Havenwoods State Forest, and tromped around the fields tucked away in the middle of Milwaukee. Jake and I were having a field day with the light and the couple. They both were having a good time and so were we, which in turn, gives us great natural expressions and moments to capture. Check out Jakes version of the shoot HERE, and enjoy my photos below:
Rain rain go away… buuuuut since you came out, todays E-Session was put on hold. Hope the sun comes out later so we can finish the awesome that we started.
Ian contacted me a little less than a year ago about his wedding. I was just getting use to my iPhone and was figuring out how to send emails back and forth… (sorry for the randomness). We met, talked, and then he got a contract back to me and we began talking about shooting his engagement session. The problem was that Kyle was living in Minneapolis at the time and going to school at the University of Minnesota. We tried a couple of times to get the shoot done, but either I was gone when she visited, or when I was in Minneapois, she was in Wisconsin.
A few weeks ago we were finally in the same place at the same time and so we were able to shoot the engagement photos. We met pretty close to the U of M and wondered around for a while. There are lots of great places to shoot over there and here are a few of the photos we took.
Tope (pronounced Tope-weh) and Ebony were a joy to meet. I had already known Ebony from when I lived and went to college in Minneapolis. I met Tope the day that we were going to shoot and he stepped out of his car with a sweet pink shirt and some killer shoes. I could dig that. We went to a park for a few photos with the couple then from there we went to St. Anthony Main and walked around by the river. Next weekend the couple will be getting married and I get the privilege of being their photographer. I am excited to make amazing images that capture their day.
Last year I shot Tom and Sarah’s wedding (I am shooting Sarah’s sister’s wedding this year), and I ran into Shawn. He was one of the ushers there and is also in a Band with Tom. We ran into each other at Guitar Center just a little while after the wedding and he told me that he was getting married in September and needed a Photographer. We chatted and he said he would give me a call. Sho nuf, a month or two later we were talking wedding. They booked me and I will be shooting their wedding in September. Nice. They are getting married at the Eisner Museum here in Milwaukee which is an uber sweet place. I am stoked to shoot their wedding. So much fun.
Anyoldways… We got together a week or two ago and shot their engagement session. I was stoked to shoot the E-session, then it rained. It was in the mid 50′s the weekend before and up until that day. Sooo we had to reschedule. They were open the next weekend, so we met then and got to making awesome.
The light was so awesome. It took me a second to get the shot that I wanted and told them that they would have to keep kissing, they said they were fine with that 
As we walked around we found a manhole, sewer cover, underground thinggy that was shooting steam into the air. I thought to myself, FOG MACHINE! Busted out the light and went to work.
It was so much fun to shoot and actually be outside. The Midwest can get pretty nasty in the winter. I am not a big fan of frostbite and loosing digits, so I am glad I can start shooting outside again.
While yo’ur at it, check out Jakes post of photos from the same session.
