Fridays in the Gardner house mean a whole lot of things. For Tommy, Fridays mean freedom. 🙂 He’s a M-F kind of guy. I think he actually looks at the weather 14 days in advance, just to see what his weekends will bring. God bless those engineers. For me, Fridays mean prep days. You know, […]

I’m convinced Gracey actually believes the little animals hanging from her crib mobile are her friends. It’s ADORABLE. There’s nothing sweeter than waking up to the sounds of your baby talking in her crib (especially after spending the past 4.5 months waking up to her cries …). She has her own little language, filled with […]

Oh, Kellan. You had me at that head full of dark, beautiful hair. I recently had the absolute honor of photographing little Kellan. If you ask me, the younger, the better — Kellan was still extra sleepy at just five days old. And his parents, well … they were extra sleepy too. 🙂 To tell […]

He says they were courting. She remembers it a bit differently. “He ditched me,” Christine said with a laugh, recalling one of their first nights out on the town. Ditch might be too strong of a word. I mean, take a look — she’s beautiful. And by the way Thomas glances at her, something tells […]

Well folks, the first wedding of my 2012 season is a wrap. 🙂 I photographed the beautiful celebration of Christine and Thomas in downtown Milwaukee this past Saturday — the day was windy, rainy, cooooold, but full of love and beautiful, even light. (Yes, overcast days actually do make for pretty photos — it’s not […]

“There’s one thing you should know,” Tommy said to me years back, just a couple months after our first date. “When I get married someday, I already know who my best man is going to be.” “Oh yeah?” I replied, picturing myself standing next to his dog on the alter. “Yup,” he said. “My dad.” […]