As I said during the photo shoot, this little guy must be from Waupun: Blonde hair, blue eyes … he’s 100 percent Dutch. 🙂 Every so often, I get a referral to photograph something in Waupun, which is where I grew up. I love the opportunity, since I feel totally at home and never get […]

Sometimes, I get jealous. A couple Saturdays back, there were two things making me a little green: The bride’s wedding-day hair, and her maiden name. First, the hair: It had flowers and curls, layers and wraparounds, side-sweeps and a whole lot of other pretty-hair-magic that I’m not explaining right, but to me, it was absolutely […]

Newspaper work. Wedding. Newspaper work. Wedding. Wedding. News. Wedding. Newborn. News. Wedding. And once in a while, I see Tommy … I think … in my dreams. This week’s schedule went from a steady pace of 55 mph to a screaming 135 mph (literally) when a nasty tornado touched down in Eagle. Photojournalism has a […]

There’s nothing quite like photographing a newborn. Easy? No. Rewarding? Most definitely. Newborns are a wonderful change of pace for me — the process is so entirely different than newspaper work or weddings. Ten-day-old babies have minds and schedules of their own — they cry, they squirm, they doze off, they wake up, they know […]

“And then, Chad laughs … and as soon as I heard that laugh, that’s when I knew I was watching something special, because that laugh is what love sounds like. And the truth is, I’ve never seen the two of them together where Chad doesn’t have that goofy grin on his face. … That’s the […]

I want to be a better blogger. True story. It’s on my list of things to do … right next to cook more, work out more, relax more, clean less, be a fiancée more, indulge in more coffee and dinners with friends and maaaaaaaaaybe (just maybe) teach our puppy how to run alongside me without […]