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Ericka and Kyle are getting married at the Starline Factory in Harvard, IL This historic building takes up 5 blocks and the reception portion of the building will hold around 500 or more guests. The rustic and charming nature of the converted warehouse looks like a great place to host a wedding.
We decided to shoot Ericka and Kyle's engagement portrats in this building and it made for a wonderful new location to shoot! With large windows the natural light is incredible!
Shooting engagement sessions is always a blast. However, this one was particularly wonderful for me. You see October proved to be the busiest month of the year and while on one hand I felt like I had no time to go to Baraboo, WI and Devil's Lake to shoot this session, getting out in the fresh air and hanging out with these two was more refreshing than I would have ever imagined.
We hiked up the mountain to find the place where Phil proposed to Shey. All of us consider ourselves active and athletic and at first wouldn't admit to wanting to stop and take breaks until I broke the ice and asked to take a moment, pretending that my gear was weighing me down. We took shots on the cliffs, along the paths, on top of boulders, fallen trees, the railroad tracks and more. Here are the photos from the session that became a wonderful break within a busy time for me.
Take a Porsche, Streblow Classic Boat, a beautiful day, Yerkes Observatory, Lake Geneva and a cool couple add music and mix well to create an unforgettable Fusion session. Torye & Tom are a wonderful couple who obviously were made to be together. We started the engagement session at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay. Their package called for a Fusion Video so we shot video clips along the way. On the way from Williams Bay to Fontana, Max shot out the back of my Honda Element capturing the couple driving Tom's Porsche 911. What a sweet ride that is!
Then we met up with some friends of theirs and rode alongside them as they took their Streblow, "West End Girl" for a spin. (A Streblow is a much desired and much loved wooden boat brand.) Watching the Fusion Video is worth it just to see the pure joy and satisfaction on Torye and Tom's faces as they power by on their beautiful wood boat!
This weekend I had the opportunity to shoot engagement photos for Ashley Milatz and Tim Cates. What a riot? I love how in love they are. They are getting married in Burlington, WI. We met up at Veteran's Terrace where their reception is going to be held to start the photoshoot. Veteran's Terrace is an amazing new reception building in Burlington that can seat up to 420 guests. It also has many smaller rooms that are available for weddings as well as small groups. Burlington is a charming redeveloped small town with lots of fun places to shoot.
It was a cold morning so as we drove around Burlington looking for cool and rustic locations to shoot we kept blaring the heater to warm up. We shot at the train depot. Here are the photos we made.
