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Sturgeon Bay Branding Session | Door County Brand Photographer

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Branding

Sturgeon Bay Branding Session Outfit One I’m so excited to start sharing this incredible Sturgeon Bay Branding Session which could also be viewed as an all day content batching session. Rachel Brooks is the master of content batching for social media as a vibrant and creative content creator as well as being an actress. To […]

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

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Engagement

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 […]

Green Bay Valentines Session | Cole | Green Bay Photographer

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Personal

Happy Valentines Day!! This Green Bay Valentines Session was our first set of in-studio mini sessions this year. We started them last week and they turned out adorable. I put together a simple set up for Valentines Day, also known as Love Day in our home. We welcomed some lovely littles onto our set, enjoyed […]

Valentines Day Mini Session | Onesti Family | Green Bay Photographer

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The Helgesons Studio This week we had the sweet Onesti family’s two little girls in our studio for a Valentines Day Mini Session. We met the Onesti’s when we joined a new homeschool group last summer and became quick friends. Cole has become good buddies with big sister and they love playing Minecraft together online […]

Santa Session in Green Bay | The Spinler Family | Green Bay Photographer

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Green Bay, Wisconsin The Spinler Family joined us for our first ever Santa Session in Green Bay event. We had Santa join us in our winter wonderland decked out studio. The Spinler kiddos spent time with Santa reading stories, singing carols, eating cookies, and hanging ornaments. They even each received a gift from Santa which […]

The Helgesons | Family Session at Whispering Pines Tree Farm | Green Bay Photographer

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Personal

Here we are celebrating another year of holiday festivities starting with Whispering Pines Tree Farm. If you’ve been following along for awhile you probably know how obsessed I am with tree farms. I have dreamed of having my own tree farm for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, this is another year not living […]

Milk & Cookies Mini Session | Holiday Photos

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Portraits

This holiday season we are hosting our first milk & cookies mini session event. These holiday sessions take place in our magical filled studio in Allouez, Wisconsin with Covid protocols in place. Just imagine being a kid again and walking into a decked out room just for you to hang out. Filled with cookies & […]

Pikachu for Halloween | The Helgesons | Green Bay Family Photographer

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Personal

Pikachu for Halloween was Cole’s dream. Yet another Halloween where I obliged Cole with a homemade costume. This year he wanted to be Pikachu so bad. Really he wanted all of us to be Pokemon but the time just was not there to create so many large costumes. Pa pa did his best and created […]

Fonferek Glen Family Session in De Pere | The Spinler Family | De Pere Family Photographer

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Last Monday evening, we had the honor of photographing a Fonferek Glen Family Session with the fun and super adorable Spinler Family. This has been our third year photographing the Spinler’s, starting with Brooke & Cameron’s Wedding at the Timeline Saloon in Bonduel. What started out as a crazy day weather wise with on and […]

Cole’s 3rd Grade School Photos in De Pere | De Pere Photographer

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Cole’s school photos in De Pere have taken me three years to pull off. I’ve been trying to find a cute and quick set up for photos for Cole since we started homeschooling 3 years ago. This year I finally had the perfect chance. We borrowed this antique school desk from Troy’s parents and set […]

Gordon Lodge Wedding | Ashley & Matt | Door County Wedding Photographers

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Wedding

Baileys Harbor Ashley & Matt’s family centered Gordon Lodge wedding in Baileys Harbor turned into an absolute dream. A few nights earlier than their wedding day, Troy and I met the couple along Lake Michigan for their Portage Park Engagement Session on the beach. We had an absolute blast photographing Matt & Ashley and created […]

Downtown Green Bay Branding Session | Maggie Mae

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Branding

Wardrobe Stylist Maggie Mae Green Bay, Wisconsin For Maggie Mae’s Downtown Green Bay Branding Session, we photographed inside the Bellin Building first thing in the morning. We were blessed with golden light filtering through the windows perfectly. It gave a little extra dynamic to the scenery with these gorgeous highlights and shadows in all the […]

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