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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!
Hawk's View Golf Club put on another spectacular bridal show in Lake Geneva, WI this last Sunday. We were able to have a photobooth in the show and took a few photos from the Fashion Show as well. Follow this link to see all the photos from that show.
The Evo Shift has a lot to offer but there are some significant learning curve issues to resolve to make it work for you. Below you will find photos of the form factor of the phone as well as photos and video taken with the phone. Can you believe you can actually capture HD video with a device this small that does so much? Amazing.
The first thing you need to know when you get into an Andriod phone is you have to open a Gmail account to use it. Normally this would be cool with me because I am an avid Gmail user and love lots of the products that Google offers.
The problem is that the phone automatically downloads the Google calendar and Google contacts. This is a great thing if you have been using Google calendar and Google contacts correctly but I have been using Microsoft Outlook and Plaxo for years in order to sync my calendar and contacts. So when I got the phone and started using it I had outdated numbers and things were disconcerting to try and use the phone right out of the box. For some however it may be the easiest transition you have ever made into a new smart phone.
Ice boats are fascinating to see in January around the Lake Geneva area. I went out today with my nephew to take photos of the boats at the Delavan Lake Yacht Club where the boats were staged today. Below are some sample photos from that excursion.
I'd like to introduce you to Milwaukee venue called the Hilton Garden Inn. This brand new banquet facility has very nice accommodations for Milwaukee area weddings. From the 5,000 square ft meeting space to the spacious bathrooms for brides to freshen up and get ready for the grand entrance. If you are getting married in the Milwaukee area the Hilton Garden Inn is defiantly a place you should consider.
I love the trend I am seeing in bride's shoes becoming more colorful. Although there is still room for beautiful white shoes as well. Below are some of my favorite shoe shots of the year!
Every year on January 1, hearty Wisconsinites from the Lake Geneva area gather together on the shores of Williams Bay to engage in mass hysteria. I believe a given time is chosen because if folks didn't see dozens of other half crazed people about to do the unthinkable they probably wouldn't do it on their own. However, I do know a few that would!
Below are some photos from this year's mayhem! I was about 90 seconds late and by the time I got there, people were running madly back to their cars to get warmed up because it was like 3 below with wind chill! Crazy people seriously.
Senior photos are a lot of fun for me. Below are some examples of what I consider my Best Of for 2010 for Senior Portraits. Many of these were captured in Walworth County in Lake Geneva, WI. Some were shot in Chicago, Milwaukee and a bit more north in Wisconsin.
My goal when shooting senior photos is to create pieces of art, capture the student's personality and have fun together. My favorite sessions come as a result of collaboration of creativity.
We had an amazing morning in Walworth with a phenomenon called Hoar Frost. Check out more about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost
It seems like whenever we have this freezing fog it is cooler on the west side of Lake Geneva. Or maybe I just don't get up early enough before it starts melting off. You can view some samples from the shoot below or follow this link for the high resolution gallery.
For weeks Jason schemed and planned his proposal to Victoria. I was honored to be asked to shoot these special moments. Some of the photos in this gallery were me pretending to be a nature photographer. I had a tripod set up shooting video to look "official."
Jason and I met up the day before to scout out and make some final decisions about where the proposal was going to take place. We decided on this snowy creek location which is on hole number one of the Brute at Grand Geneva in Lake Geneva, WI.
I brought a small plastic shovel to clear out some snow so I wouldn't get as cold standing in the snow while I waited. Then I tried my hardest not to look like I was in place to capture their very special moment. Every time Victoria would look my way I would get down and shoot another direction and I think I pulled it off.
