Our recent visit to Wisconsin reminded us of one very simple truth… That state is friggin cold – temperature wise. Brrrrrrrrrrr. Okay, meet Ashley & Cory who are getting married this coming May. We worked with them on a very cold afternoon at Plamann Park and really enjoyed getting to know them. Seemed like every five seconds they were either smiling big or laughing, which always makes for a great session. Seeing how they completely rocked their engagement session, we’re so excited to photograph their wedding day!

The year of the unexpected, that’s what we’ll call 2011 in regards to our weddings and engagements. We worked with 26 amazing clients who really made our job fun and exciting. We made friends with quite a few of you guys and look forward to these new found relationships. We really take it as an honor when we are hired to capture such an important experience and milestone in life. A big shout out to all our 2011 clients and a virtual hug around all your necks. You guys totally rocked our year and we really appreciate you. We love all you guys and wish you a lifetime of happiness – and don’t forget to keep in touch with us!!!

This year we added a lot of new faces to our portrait collection – we also saw the return of quite a few familiar kid and adult faces. A few highlights: the Packers won the Superbowl, Angela graduated nursing school and got the surprise of her life, past wedding clients had babies, Christopher bought a cowboy hat and our photography business gained a little more popularity! Thanks to all who helped make 2011 such a great year for us – we hope we were able to do the same for you. We love you guys!!!

And the “Husband-of-the-Year” award goes to Christopher. For the past few months, without Angela’s knowledge, I have been working on a plan to get her two best friends in Wisconsin to pay her a surprise visit to Texas. Angela had no clue what she was in for as her graduation from nursing school was fast approaching. Her friends had not yet had the opportunity to visit her in Texas, so what perfect timing! Special thanks to all who were involved especially Angela’s mom & dad, Lisa & Joel, my mom & dad, Dorothy and Dwanald, and to Angela’s friends Bridgette and Casey, in helping me give her such a memorable graduation weekend.

Thursday, December 15th, was the ceremony officially pinning Angela as a graduate nurse and on her way to becoming a R.N. During the ceremony Angela was awarded the certificate for academic excellence with the highest GPA in the entire 2011 class. I can speak for a lot of people in saying we are so proud of her accomplishments – what a Nerd!!!

Academic Excellence - Angela scored the highest GPA in the entire TCC nursing class of 2011. PRetty unbelievable, but much deserved!!!

Friday, December 16th, we celebrated Angela’s graduation by opening our house to some guests and showering her with presents and hugs. It was so awesome to have her two best friends from Wisconsin in town to show their love and support of her. Even more, we were surrounded by some of our best and closest friends and family from Texas, who we see quite regularly.

Saturday, December 17th, we spend some time in the Fort Worth Stockyards so these Wisconsinites could experience some real cowboys. We did some shopping, checked out some sights, watched the mini cattle-drive and tried our best to decipher the thick cowtown accents – and I’m sure they were wondering what “yous guys” meant!

Show Angela some love by leaving your comments below. Congratulations Angela!!!

Theeeeey’re back!!! Payton and Miah are two energy packed girls you can’t help but love! Daughters to a good friend of ours, we can’t ever get enough of these two beauties. We look forward to seeing you guys again when we’re back in Wisconsin! Until then, stay sweet!

If there ever was a homegrown All-American family, the Vosters are it!  Not only do they have an immense sibling love that you can see a mile away, these kids love them some baseball and are serious about it!  Spend one day with them and try not to fall in love, it’s next to impossible.  Their “I love yous” never fall short and their excitement for living in the moment and spending time together is hard not to catch if you get too close.  These kids are going places, and going there fast!  Which one will defy odds and end up playing for their all time favorite Brewers… only time will tell.  Until then, we will continue to watch them grow and make us proud.  We love you guys!

This has been an exciting year for a number of reason. 1.) We saved 15% by switching to from Geico, 2.) We discovered the joy of Pretzel M&M’s, and 3.) We made some awesome changes to our wedding collections and upgraded our product line. So, the question that comes up most often now  is “what do your wedding albums and photo journals look like?” We decided to give you guys some visuals and descriptions of these products. Pictured above/below are the following (top to bottom):

• Lay-flat bound, luxury photo journal with a custom designed photo wrap cover, printed  on canvas
• Book-bound, wedding guestbook, photo journal style with photo wrap cover
• Book-bound photo journal with photo wrap cover
• Lay-flat, flush mount luxury leather album

Luxury Leather Flush Mount Album

Specs: 12in x 12in, Name Embossing, Genuine Leather, 30 Sides/Pages, 40-45 Photographs
This albums is the perfect way to showcase your photos. The quality of the prints, binding and other material are top-of-the-line. The album itself is hand-assembled inside a genuine leather book, with the closest attention to every details. We include this album in a couple different wedding collections.

Luxury Photo Journal

Specs: 12in x 12in, 30 Sides/Pages, Choose From Leather, Linen or Canvas Cover, 40-45 Photographs
There’s so much you can do with this photo journal, and the custom photo wrap canvas cover is definitely a hit amongst our clients. This luxury photo journal comes standard with a heavy hinged semi-gloss paper, which allows the pages to lay flat for a more upscale look and feel. You’ve gotta see this in person to really appreciate the beauty of it.

Book-Bound Photo Journals & Guestbooks

Specs: 12in x 12in, Up to 80 Pages in Photo Journal, Up to 40 Pages in Guestbook, Linen or Photo Wrap Cover, # of Photographs Varies
The type of paper used for these books is light than our luxury line, which allows for us to add significantly more a pages. These book’s pages can either be printed with a matte or lustre finish, depending on your taste. The book-bound photo journal has been our most popular wedding product  over the years because it allows you to tell almost a complete story through photographs.

We hope this gives you some insight into the products we offer. And please keep in mind that we could not cover all the options available with each book/album. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Here’s a shot captured by Angela of me exiting the wedding of Emily & Josh (photos to be posted soon). The caption in my head reads, “Still have my weapon in hand, and yes it’s loaded… it’s always loaded with the safety off.” Okay enough assassin talk.

We are halfway through this current year’s wedding season and it has been amazing and overwhelming all at the same time. Through it all, we have met some amazing couples and vendors. Our business has been such a blessing to us in so many ways. But the best joy of it all is the look on our client’s faces when they finally see the preview. The feedback we receive is such an encouragement for us to just want to continue getting better, so keep it coming!

Special thanks to all of you who follow our work and refer us to your friends, family, co-workers and also to those who share our work all over the world through your Facebook posts, Twitter feeds and e-mail. We really appreciate all of you guys and gals. Maybe one day we will host a Lucky Pro Photography appreciation day with hot dogs and lemonade… operative word maybe!