Jesse and Tommy's Engagement

This was my last engagement/wedding(to follow) of the year, and we did it with a bang! The engagement shoot was on Thursday and the wedding was on Friday up north at The Four Seasons Resort in Pembine. What a couple. . . Jesse is silent but deadly, and Tommy is brimming with life. They have a wonderful baby daughter JJ who is quite mobile for her age. We had an awesome couple of days with them, and I hope you enjoy the show.

Jesse and Tommy's E-Session

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from Mark, Kelly, Sydney, and Riley Hawkins!

Birthday Speicals!!!

These are some pretty sweet specials, so you better act fast if you want to get on the books!

AJ and Alissa

We have been looking forward to this wedding for a long time. Alissa and AJ are good friends and good people that are awesome to be around and party with. We started at Escape and ended up at the Swan Club, and it was a whirlwind in the middle. I have to say, that I have spent more time at Shenanigans than any other pub in Green Bay...this should be wedding party pub of the year or something! What a great day, and here are some great memories.

Alissa and AJ's Wedding

p.s. It was super cool to see most of Alissa's class at her wedding...they should totally get extra credit!

Winter Specials Coming Soon!!!

Stay tuned for our winter specials coming early this week!

Adam and Jessica

Adam is my(Kelly's) third cousin to get married in the last three months. Jessica and Adam planned a Cinderella inspired/themed wedding. I think that their success can be summed up by Sydney's comment that Jessica was Princess "Rella." We had a lot of fun hanging out with family and friends. I have to say Adam pulled off Prince Charming pretty well, too. Lots of love to you both. They are off to Jamaica in a few days. Which will be a nice change after a chilly wedding.

Adam and Jessica's wedding

P.S. I just couldn't resist posting this sweet moment between Sydney and Daddy. It is not too often I catch Mark in front of the camera.

Nathaniel and Bethany

It's always great to hang out with people who share your beliefs and ideas, and faith in the Jesus Christ. Nathaniel has been in Austrailia serving with Campus Crusade for Christ for the past couple of months, and now both he and Bethany are serving full time in Minneapolis with CCC. We had a great shoot all over town, and at my new favorite spot...The Train Car! Can't wait to shoot the wedding this coming April. Enjoy the show.

Bethany and Nathaniel E-Session

Thanksgiving at Grandma's

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for. It was wonderful to have our whole family together this year. Mark and I both got to see all our siblings. On Thanksgiving day we spent time at my (Kelly's) mom's house. It was a bit crazy with six grandkids around. The seventh is coming in May--Kim is pregnant! The secret is out now. I think it is starting to get pretty obvious though. Anyway we put together a little slideshow for Grandma so she can show off all her grandkids at work. Enjoy and happy belated Thanksgiving!

The Grandkids

Kate and Brent

These two traveled all the way from Philadelphia for engagement photos. Okay probably a little turkey too! It was really fun getting to know Kate and Brent and most importantly their boxer, Lou. This was the first time we had met, and I think that I talked a little too much...that never happens. Thanks for braving the cold for the sake of the pictures! I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Enjoy the show.

Kate and Brent's E-Session

p.s. We are going to start posting more images from each session, and I loved this one of Louis.

Jason and Erin

So, I love Chicago on a Sunday...NO TRAFFIC...ALMOST. Erin and Jason drove up from Ohio, and we met in the middle at Millennium Park. They have an awesome wedding planned in Chattanooga, TN next year, and I am looking forward to being in the warm south. It was kinda chilly in Chicago though, but there was love in the air to keep us warm. Enjoy the love.

Jason and Erin's e-Session

Ben

I haven't done a hunting/camo shot in a while; but they're pretty cool, even in black and white. I love having arrows aimed at me at point blank ranged too! We covered some pretty hefty ground before it got dark, but when night fell, we headed up to the top of the parking garage for some sweet street light shots. So, sit back and enjoy.

Ben's Senior Session

Nate and Sarah

Well it was back on the road for me this weekend...down to Indianapolis. Talk about a whirlwind trip down on Friday...back on Saturday(Sunday morning). My sister Shelli was standing up for the wedding, so we carpooled...and survived each other I might add. We had an awesome time. From the rehearsal to being almost run over while laying in the street in downtown Indianapolis on a Saturday night...it was all good. I have to admit the real reason I went down, was not to photograph the wedding, but to get a Chik-fil-A sandwich. Enjoy the show.

Sarah and Nate's Wedding

Keith

I love meeting new people... and being a "blind date" of sorts, I think we hit it off pretty good. The best part of yesterday's shoot, were all the new locations we found. We scoured for some stuff I hadn't seen before, and I think we found just what we were looking for. I hope you enjoy these, cause I think the're super sweet.

Keith's Senior Images

Charlie

Babies are so cool. I love to just look at Riley, and imagine what she's thinking about sometimes. Rod and Jen are some really sweet friends (we did there wedding a few years ago), and it was a pleasure to come out to their house in the country to capture some moments with baby Charlie. She was soooo cute and snugley, and even smelly at one point. To me this is the best kind of images...at home with mom and dad chilling out watching the Packers win (WHOOHOO!)

Charlie's Baby Shoot

P.S. Cool story- Charlie was born the same day as Riley. We met up with Rod and Jen in the hospital. It is a small world!

Molly and Jared

It's a lot of pressure to do a friend's wedding. I don't want to do something that would jeopardize them babysitting for Kell and I! I actually had a really fun day, and felt pretty relaxed for most of it. There are a lot of stories I could tell you, but my images do a better job than my words, so...

Jared and Molly's Wedding

Stephanie

What a cool time we had this past Friday. We started out by shooting in Coeburn park...which I hardly ever shoot in, but since Nick and Molly's images were so cool, I decided to give it another go. We got some awesome color and had fun doing it. We also hung out at the wildlife sanctuary and saw a white wolf! So enjoy a few moments from our good time.

Stephanie's Senior Session

Two Cute Cats and a snuggley Bug

Here are our halloween photos from this year. Syd is hanging out with her good buddy Aiden.

Jessica and Adam

How cool is Doty Park...pretty cool indeed. These guys are family so we just chilled and talked about family and hunting and what not. I should say publicly on the blog that Adam missed a 14 pointer at 20yds with his bow yesterday, but still managed a few smiles during the session. Okay, it was not quite 14 points, and it was a little further than 20 yds...but the point is, he still missed. The picture I used here isn't the best compostion ever (the teeter totter in the background), however it is the sweetest shot ever 'cause it's totally blurred and the flash caught the kiss...super sweet.

Adam and Jessica

Molly and Nick

You could never meet a sweeter bride or groom for that matter. This was a shorter wedding for me, but I shifted into fifth! We have never used Coeburn park before, but it was gorgeous today and we even used the baseball field. I really like these images, and I hope you guys do too...enjoy New York.

Nick and Molly's Wedding

Keelie

We took a few moments out of our vacation this weekend to make a few images for some old friends. I remember Keelie being about two feet tall...she's a little taller now. We found some great locations which included her backyard. We had a great time on the shoot, and an awesome time on vacation! Enjoy the show.

Keelie's Senior Session

Katie and Mike

We were going to cancel this shoot because of the weather, but I'm sure glad we didn't! I had a great day in Milwaukee, hanging out at Altera and buying stuff I didn't need. We met up in Grafton/Cedarburg, and toured a winery, walked all over town, ate pizza, road motorcycles, and cruised on my new long board. Quite an exciting shoot.

Mike and Katie

The Flemings

I don't do too many family sessions...I am kinda afraid there might be a dog! I'm not scared of dogs, just the idea of trying to get a dog to smile. Anyway, we had a blast a Barkhausen yesterday, and here are just a few.

Fleming Family Session

Travis

I have a hard job...I don't know if you knew that. I have to travel to really cool locations, hang out with super cool people, and watch those people enjoy the images I create for them. Travis was especially hard...not really. We just hung out, drove all over town scouting cool locations, and managed not to get hit by oncoming traffic! These are sweet images...enjoy.

Travis's Senior Session

Nate and Sarah

It was cold and rainy. They drove all the way from Indianapolis to do this shoot with me in Appleton...in the rain. It was really hard to trust me when I kept telling them that the shoot would be sweet in the rain...it was sweet indeed. I think we were blessed for persevering through the rain. This was an incredible shoot...so enjoy the show.

Sarah and Nate's E-session

Terrance and Heidi

This is Kelly making this post for Mark because he is out on an engagement shoot. We met Heidi and Terrance almost exactly a year ago at the wedding of their friends Jessica and Jeff at Heritage Hill. Yesterday, Mark was at Heritage Hill again for another beautiful, emotion-filled day. These two make a great couple. Heidi was a gorgeous bride. I loved the pictures. It was hard to narrow down my favorites. We wish you two the best. Congratulations and thanks for letting us record your memories!

Heidi and Terrance's Wedding

Ashley

I have known that I was going to do Ashley's pictures for a while now, and it was important to me to make them as unique as possible for her. I have really enjoyed working with some off camera lighting on this shoot, and I think it gives a really sweet fashion look to the images. Just so you have an idea about what goes into this process: Ashley was in hair and makeup with the fabulous Sharon McMahon for an hour, the shoot was almost 4 hours long and we did over 1200 images. Enjoy the fruits of OUR labours.

Ashley's Senior Session

ps: The music is compliments of Ashley's dad.