A long, long time ago (eh … 6 years, but I totally just looked at the date on my computer to confirm) … I was a fresh college grad — 21 years old — seated at the desk of my very first photography job — the Portage Daily Register. Sidenote: For anyone who’s wondering how […]

As I sat down at my table — cameras on my lap, one eye on the wedding party and one eye on my dinner — I couldn’t help but notice: My big brother kept staring at me. Andy and my sister-in-law, Missy, were invited guests to Megan and Levi’s wedding, and I found an open […]

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 […]

“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 […]

It was our last day in Jamaica. My sister-in-law, Missy, and I were waiting to board a shuttle for our ride back to the airport. As I glanced down at my swollen ankles, I realized my “situation” didn’t even qualify as sunburn. More like, actual-fire-touched-my-feet, and that fire was called the SUN. As Missy sipped […]

Although Sara and Marty officially met through friends, their first solo date was at downtown Milwaukee’s Water Buffalo. “Who would have ever thought that date would lead to today?” a friend of Sara’s asked while the girls pampered themselves with makeup applications just hours before Sara’s ceremony. “Umm, I did,” Sara said without pause, looking […]