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A collection of real Wisconsin weddings, meaningful moments, and stories told as they unfolded. Here you’ll find full wedding days, favorite venues, and glimpses into the celebrations we’re honored to document.

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Elizabeth & Brett Lake Windsor Golf Club Wedding Beth & Brett’s Lake Windsor Golf Club wedding day was a celebration of how their love first got started. They met in high school in an advanced gym class for student athletes, and Beth gathered up the courage to ask Brett to the girls-ask-guys winter formal dance. […]

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Wisconsin Wedding Photographers Best of 2017 Our year was filled with so many beautiful moments. We’re so thankful. And we’re so blessed. These moments mean the world to us, and we don’t take this job lightly. Being Wisconsin wedding photographers is one of the greatest privileges this life could give us – to find all […]

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Heidi & John Holiday Inn Pewaukee Wedding The first time we met Heidi & John, we loved them. If you know them, you already know that it’s not difficult to feel immediately connected to the two of them (both individually and together). They are two people who love each other deeply and have already proven […]

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Jessica & Tony Pabst Brewery Wedding This blog has been a long time coming! It’s so hard to believe we’re already two weeks into January! Jessica & Tony celebrated their Pabst Brewery wedding on New Year’s Eve where friends and family helped them truly celebrate the new year and new marriage. We started the day […]

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Nicole & John’s Madison Club winter wedding was filled with so many personal touches and family heirlooms. Their wedding day was cold, as is expected in Wisconsin during the month of December. Yet through the chill in the air and the expectation of Christmas only two days away, there was an indescribable warmth and beauty […]

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Lindsay & Mark’s Hilton Milwaukee City Center wedding was a beautiful Veteran’s Day celebration. The wedding itself was beautifully planned. Gorgeous florals by Belle Fiore were the perfect accent for the stunning black dresses & tuxes their wedding party wore. With assistance from Weddings With a Twist, Lindsay & Mark’s wedding was the most perfect […]

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