2015 ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY

Engagement sessions are one of our favorite ways to get to know our couples before their wedding day. A time when the four of us can simply have fun creating together without a timeline. These sessions are pure FUN for the two of us and for the brides and grooms to-be who enjoy loving on one another in front of our cameras. We love when we’re able to photograph in a location that is meaningful to our couple's relationship, and this past year we were able to do just that all around beautiful Wisconsin! From Door County and Milwaukee to Wausau and Devil’s Lake, we enjoyed being introduced to & inspired by new places, as well as revisiting a few places that will always make our hearts beat a little faster! A few of these lovely faces will be getting married this year (!!!) and we’re so excited for the amazing 12 months ahead! In the coming week we'll be sharing some of our favorite images from 2015 family portrait sessions & wedding celebrations soon, and for now we hope you’ll enjoy smiling at these lovebirds :)

Love, Kelsy & Butch

Wisconsin Film Engagement Photography captured on Contax 645, Pentax 67, Rolleiflex 3.5c and Hasselblad 500cm cameras with Fuji Pro 400H, Ilford 3200, and Ilford XP2 film. Processed by Fast Foto.

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. 

NAUTICAL MILWAUKEE ENGAGEMENT ON FILM | JESS & DOM

There are very few things we love more than anything & everything about a nautical Milwaukee engagement session on film! Something about photographing a couple in love at such an effortlessly romantic location on the water just gets us. We were in absolute heaven during Jess & Dom's engagement session!! The day after Thanksgiving was quite chilly in Milwaukee -- as in we wore puffer parkas and used 15 hot pads to keep feeling in our fingers! But you would never know it because they (especially Jess!) were excited about their pictures too, which clearly made them willing to sacrifice their warmth for some extra cozy images ;) With perfect style, the loving little glances these two shared along Lake Michigan made us and our cameras do backflips, and we are SOOO excited to share their images with you! Jess & Dom are so easy going and fun to be around, and we cannot wait to see what they plan for their big day!! Love | K&B

// Film: Fuji Pro 400H // Camera: Contax 645, Hasselblad 500cm & Nikon F100 //

MILWAUKEE THIRD WARD ENGAGEMENT | LAUREN & RYAN

Just a couple weeks ago we visited Ryan & Lauren in Milwaukee and they showed us around town!! From the water to the Third Ward (love!) we really enjoyed chatting with them and creating fun images together. These two are planning a Milwaukee wedding next August and after hanging out with them we are even MORE excited to photograph their celebration! Love | K&B