2013 YEAR IN REVIEW | PORTRAITS

There is truly something to be said about reflecting upon the year that passed in order to organize your thoughts & goals for the months ahead! We just circled back around to highlight some the wedding & engagement photos that warmed our hearts in 2013, and we wanted to do just the same with portraits. Capturing the newness that comes with your first born baby all the way through the friendship-like love that develops as your little ones become young adults is something that makes us so happy! Time is fleeting and each day seems faster than the last, but in our eyes photography transcends all of that. It freezes special moments so that you can love, share, and cherish them for the rest of your days. We hope these images bring a smile to your face, because we can honestly say that we were smiling when we captured each one of them. To the families who have invited us into their homes over the last year, thank you so much!! We can't wait to photograph your families as they continue to grow this year :)

Love, Kelsy & Butch

All images captured with our Contax 645 or Hasselblad 500cm on Fuji 400H or Ilford HP5 Film. 

A DOOR COUNTY WISCONSIN WINTER DAY

It was a perfect snowy morning in Door County, just two days after Christmas. We had driven our sleigh from Northern WI back to Wausau and then all the way to Egg Harbor to visit with as many family faces as possible, and we couldn't wait to just slow down for a few days in our favorite County!! Thankfully, Mother Nature brought us the most beautiful fresh snow and a couple of balmy 20-degree days to play outside with our little Parker puppy. We quickly slid into a vacation-like routine of coffee accompanied by a game of rummy, followed by a snowshoe adventure and a trip up North to one of our favorite coffee shops – Leroy's. The Hasselblad even made an appearance for one of our morning and evening snowshoes with Mike (Butch's Dad), Stevi (Butch's sister) & her boyfriend Charles, and we wanted to share our silly little Wintery Door County adventure with you!

Hope you're enjoying beautiful Wisconsin's winter as much as we are!!

Love, Kelsy & Butch

All images captured on film with Hasselblad 500cm on Fuji 400H. 

View more of our Door County photography HERE, HERE, HERE & HERE! :)

COZY ENGAGEMENT PICTURES WAUSAU WI | BRITTANY & DUSTIN!

It was one of those realllllly chilly days here in Wausau Wisconsin, but that was not a worry at all because Brittany & Dustin cozied up the Rothschild Pavilion with their playful energy and an adorable picnic spread! :) Just a few days after Christmas, we had the absolute pleasure of photographing this sweet couple in one of our most favorite buildings in Central WI. Brittany & Dustin reserved the Pavilion and it couldn't have been a more perfect place for their charming fireside engagement session!! It truly felt like we were in Colorado and had an entire lodge all to ourselves! The rustic Pavilion served as our spacious playground for the afternoon as we made our way from the window to the fire to the loft, and then outside for a few fun, snowy images!!

 Thank you SO much for taking time to play with us and our cameras while you were home for the holidays, Brittany & Dustin!! We wish you two lived closer to Wausau rather than flying home to Florida, as we already cannot WAIT for your barn wedding this August! :)

Love, Kelsy & Butch

All images captured on film with Contax 645/Hasselblad 500cm on Fuji 400H/Tri-X 400. 

Hair Styling by Nicole from Absolute Hair, Makeup by Kathy at Clinique :)

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

2013 YEAR IN REVIEW | WEDDINGS

Wow!! Can you believe it’s already 2014? We most definitely can’t and it will probably be June before we get used to writing the date correctly, but in the meantime we want to look back at everything that 2013 brought our way. This might have been the fastest year of our lives but, speedy or not, 2013 was filled with genuine laughter, moments of growth & learning, and fulfilling relationship-building with our clients. We truly feel so lucky to do what we love and to have the support of our wonderful clients, friends & family!! Without all of you we wouldn't be able to live our passion, and that is something that we are endlessly thankful for. THANK YOU!!! :) As we look back through the beautiful moments and celebrations of love that we had the giant honor of photographing, we can't help but smile at all of the fun, sweet & thoughtful faces on our computer screen! We've had this problem over the last few days as we attempted to pull together a collection of images that represented our 2013, so you can only imagine how much our cheeks hurt! ;) We are blown away by the planning and thought that you all put into your wedding day and sessions with us, and cannot thank you enough for choosing us to be a part of your lives!! Creating heirlooms for families to pass on for generations is something that fills our hearts to the brim!

We cannot wait to see what 2014 holds - personalized wedding celebrations across the Midwest, new faces & couples who we can't wait to connect with & get to know, and continuing to capture sweet families as they grow!! Cheers to a wonderful 2014!

Love | Kelsy & Butch

Stay tuned for two more 2013 posts as we share some of our favorite engagement & portrait sessions soon!