Melissa + Maurice = Melmo

You know how some famous couples have a portmanteau, like Brangelina and Tomkat? My top secret codeword for Melissa and Maurice is "Melmo." Pretty fun, no? Well so are they! We had a great time downtown with them on a beautiful late summer afternoon. We're so lucky to work with such fun, totally-in-love couples! We're looking forward to spending more time with Melmo at their wedding next summer (on Jennifer's birthday, in fact!).

Our first Chicago engagement session!

We had an awesome time taking a little jaunt to Chicago to photograph Carrie and Derrick near their downtown digs. We started at one of their favorite little parks downtown, by the water tower, and then headed to the lakeshore via the L. Some pretty incredible photo opportunities, I must say! And Carrie and Derrick made it easy for us, being so obviously in love with each other!

Hot town, summer in the city! Er, country mostly

Did I mention we've been photographing weddings up the wazoo lately? Yeah, we've been busy, in addition to renovating our new studio (which is almost done!). Here's a peek at Sara and Shawn's recent wedding. This was a super hot day in August, perfect for this super hot couple!




St. John's Church in Waunakee is absolutely beautiful, what a nicely done church. Bravo!




We busted into this gravel pit with the wedding party bus for a few minutes and got a couple of cool pics. Wish we'd been able to get farther in, where there was an incredible Mars-looking landscape.




Talk about tons of fun corn shots! A plethora of possiblities!

More AmuseBooth fun for you!!

We just had to do a separate post for Angie and Jeffrey's AmuseBooth--there were too many kick-arse pics to click!

Angie and Jeffrey: The Quintessential Madison Nuptials

Angie and Jeffrey had a quintessentially Madison wedding--Olbrich Gardens ceremony followed by a Goodman Center reception. We were fortunate that the rain held off, so the ceremony could still be outdoors. Angie and Jeffrey are really sweet with each other, and obviously deeply in love. They made our job easy! It was fun to walk with them down the bike path from Olbrich to their reception--it always makes me feel honored to have one-on-one time with the couple on their big day. Thanks for having us, Angie and Jeffrey!
















I couldn't resist trying this "evolution of man" photo when we were photographing the boys on these stepped bricks, and I have to say, I was amazed how quickly they fell into place. Did you guys practice this beforehand, or what?







This is from before the ceremony, and Jeffrey is either really nervous, or not nervous at all. I'm leaning towards not nervous.

Amy Rocks the Frock at DeConstruction Inc.

Amy was so beautiful on her wedding day last May, we were really excited that she wanted to do a Rock the Frock session. I'm still not quite sure about that name, "Rock the Frock". How about "The Gown of Renown"? "Play It Again, Samantha"? "RePlay Session"? Help me out here, folks!

The scenic location we used was the lot outside DeConstruction, an awesome business in Madison which salvages materials from old buildings and resells them. They have all kinds of old doors, windows, bricks, lumber, lamps, sinks and all kinds of other random fixtures. Check them out if you are into that kind of thing--the owner Roxanne is friendly and easy to work with.







Dear Clouds,
Thanks for being so awesome that day!







I had to scale this pile of lumber to get the next shot.

Announcement: Seniors are awesome!

Seniors! Seniors seniors seniors! That's right people--we are now photographing high school seniors, for reals! In fact, we are so pumped about the seniors, we are offering a special promotion called "Seniors are Awesome!" If you refer a high school senior to us who books by June 30th, you will receive a free portrait session. Pamper yourself--refer a senior!