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Kayli & Chaz’s Potawatomi Engagement Session in Sturgeon Bay was more beautiful than I could have imagined. We love photographing engagement photos in Door County. When Kayli said she wanted to use Potawatomi State Park as the background for their photos, I was all game! I suggested two additional locations to get the most out […]
Two weeks ago, we traveled to Door County for Jennifer & Erik’s Cave Point Engagement Session. After seeing Amanda and Ansel’s session on our blog, they decided Door County was the ideal setting for their session. It worked perfectly that they came into town from Minnesota to visit with Erik’s family the same weekend. You’ll […]
ASHLEY & MATT STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN Ashley & Matt picked Portage Park as their engagement session location after seeing it on Andrea & Phillips’s Engagement Session. They’ve passed it many times riding to the Sturgeon Bay Lighthouse & Canal while visiting a friends lake house. They wanted a natural setting with beach vibes for their […]
“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.
When Amanda contacted me, she had seen a photo of Cave Point online and although from Texas she was coming all the way to Door County, Wisconsin to work for a few months and had her heart set on having her & Ansel’s Engagement Session on the bluffs along the lakeshore over the sparkling emerald Lake Michigan waters.