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We are hopeless romantics & lake lovers who find great joy in creating and documenting connection and beauty wherever we go.

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Green Bay Engagement Session on the City Deck | Green Bay Wedding Photographer

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Engagement

Allison & Dan’s Green Bay Engagement Session photos are not your typical engagement photos. Allison and Dan had such creative ideas for their session. They had custom lightsabers, game controllers, wands, and other fun pieces from their collections. We were able to utilize Green Bay’s downtown city deck landscape to create unique photos that showcased […]

Winter Barkhausen Engagement Session | Audry & Roger | Green Bay Engagement Photographer

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Audry & Roger’s winter Barkhausen Engagement Session almost had no snow at all. Who would have thought in the middle of February that we wouldn’t have snow in Wisconsin. We laugh now that it’s been a few weeks later and they received snow in Tennessee where they live. What is this world now? With the […]

Romantic De Pere Engagement complete with pup

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Chris & Brittyni De Pere, Wisconsin Chris & Brittyni wanted a natural setting for their romantic De Pere engagement complete with pup & picnic. I believe the lake and preserve like features on the outskirts of town highlighted this sweet couple. It really brought on a sense of intimacy that only nature can provide. When […]

Sturgeon Bay Engagement Session | Andrea & Phillip | Door County Engagement Photographer

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“I will never forget our fifth date, when we met each other’s parents and Phillip took me to his family dairy farm for the first time. He showed me all around the farm and let me fulfill my dream of hand milking a cow! “Still convinced she just kept going on dates with me to get closer to the cows lol,” says Phillip.

Winter Engagement at Green Isle Park in Green Bay

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Erin and Casey love the outdoors and spending time together. They are hikers who enjoy camping. Catching snowboarding runs in the Winter. And like true Wisconsinites they love their Packers Football and beer. Casey is goofball and keeps Erin laugh constantly. 

Engagement on the Family Farm

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Engagement

This stunning venue is AJ’s families farm. Her parents were sweet enough to allow The Rising Tide to have our styled shoot at their home and have use of their property.

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