Fall Engagement Session in WI | Alisa & Drew

Alisa & Drew drove up from Chicago to have their engagement session take place in Central Wisconsin, and we’re quite certain we could photograph these two forever. Their love is infectious and it’s like they are in their own little world when they are together – so natural, romantic and playful! We loved the evening we shared with Alisa & Drew and are very much looking forward to photographing their wedding at the Morton Arboretum in the Chicago area next fall!

xx, Kelsy & Butch

Fall engagement session in Central Wisconsin. Photographs captured on Contax 645, Pentax 67, Nikon F100 with Fuji Pro 400H and XP2 film. Processed by Fast Foto Film Lab.

ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY IN 2014

Engagement sessions are filled with so much excitement & JOY, and they are such a fun way for us to spend time with our couples while creating really fun portraits together! On wedding days maybe your dress won't allow you to climb up a mountain or run through fields. But your engagement session? All bets are off, it's playtime and there are no rules! :)

Here are a few of our favorites from this past year (okay, more than a few... we love these couples and couldn't choose fewer than 50 images!!). ;) From a giant bluff overlooking the Mississippi and Northwestern's beautiful campus to the beach in Door County, we loved each and every one of these sessions. Here's to amazing upcoming wedding celebrations with these bride and grooms to-be!!!

Love, Kelsy & Butch

Engagement photos captured in the Midwest on film. Cameras used: Contax 645 and Pentax 67. Film used: Fuji Pro 400H, Portra 400, and Ilford 3200.

WESTERN WISCONSIN ENGAGEMENT PORTRAITS | LIBBY & ALLEN!

Coffee by the lake in Milwaukee, a sunset rooftop dinner at their favorite restaurant with a city view, a romantic walk along the Stone Arch Bridge – Libby & Allen had countless ideas for their engagement session, all of which we adored and were completely on board with!! That is, until they mentioned a coffee date on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in Libby's charming hometown. At that point, we were ecstatic and simply couldn't wait for July 8th to arrive. :) Just last week on what felt like the most perfect evening with lovely light & an AMAZING couple, we visited and thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Prescott!

These two are pretty much ridiculously adorable together, and so sweet & thoughtful. Libby's love of all things gold, tulle, and girly combined with Allen's superb style made for a gorgeous session, and to top it off they weren't afraid to let loose & have fun in front of our cameras. We chatted and shared stories & laughter while waiting for the sun to dip below the tree-line, and then it was time for their lantern release. Such a grand way to end a fun evening!

Libby & Allen are planning a Milwaukee Art Museum wedding next May, and we cannot WAIT for their day to come!!

Love, Kelsy & Butch

All images captured with Contax 645, Pentax 67 and Hasselblad 500cm on Portra 400, Tri-X 400, Delta 3200, and Provia 100.

LAKE MICHIGAN MILWAUKEE ENGAGEMENT | SARAH & JEFF!

It was a bright, 50-degree Saturday. We hopped in our car, pointed it at Milwaukee, and away we went feeling SO excited to spend time with Sarah & Jeff and overjoyed that we had such a sunny day to play with! :)

Sarah grew up living right across the street from Big Bay Park, so this beautiful part of Lake Michigan's shoreline has a reminiscent quality to her & her family. As we all know, Wisconsin's loveliness isn't quite at its peak during the month of April, so we were very lucky to have such a stunning setting to explore with Sarah & Jeff. The water was so brilliantly blue that it honestly looked like we were in a tropical destination!

Seeing Sarah & Jeff cozy up to each other in front of our cameras and pull the laughs right out of one another absolutely warmed our hearts. These two are such an adorable, stylish pair and we cannot WAIT for their wedding this September at the University Club!! :)

Love, Kelsy & Butch

All images captured on film with Contax 645/Pentax 67 on Portra 400. 

2013 YEAR IN REVIEW | ENGAGEMENTS

There are about a million different reasons that we adore engagement sessions. This is when we really get to spend time with our couples & our cameras before their wedding day. Being in front of a camera in general is not a natural thing for most people, so we love the opportunity to make them feel at ease in front of our lens!! Not to mention... these sessions are FUN!! There's no timeline to follow like there is on a wedding day, and we truly have time to play together! :) This year our couples took us across the Midwest for their engagement photos (which we LOVE!) and it let us capture them in locations that really mean something to their love story! :) From the Farmer's Market in St Paul to Lincoln Park in Chicago to the Lakeside in Door County and everywhere in between, we loved visiting & exploring such charming locations! We hope you enjoy this little peek at some of our favorite engagement photos from 2013!!

Love, Kelsy & Butch