Eveylyn + Jeremy's Lapham Lodge Wedding

Jeremy + Evelyn met in college and bonded over their shared love of board games

I love a good board game myself, so this little detail seems extra special and sweet to me! These two had a beautiful and laid-back wedding day at Lapham Lounge in Kettle Moraine State Forest, and despite the weather threatening us all morning and early afternoon, the ceremony was able to take place outdoors and it the deliciously overcast sky went perfectly with the moody Fall vibes of the nature surrounding Lapham Lodge.

Help me wish these two a BIG congratulations, and enjoy the photos of their gorgeous wedding day!

—Sam

Here are the vendors that helped make their wedding day awesome!

Ceremony + Reception Venue: Lapham Lodge in Delafield Wisconsin

Jewelry: Diny’s Jewelry

Gown: Premier Couture Bridal Shop

Suit/Tux: Indochino

Desserts: A Little Slice of Heaven

Catering: QDoba

Alysse + Sam: A Beautiful Fall Wedding At Olbrich Botanical Gardens

These two had a fun and colorful wedding with lots of cute and nerdy details that we loved!

They’re also a dating app success story! The very first date, Sam made Alysse dinner, and absolutely knocked it out of the park with some chocolate chip cookies too, and by the third date, they were snuggling up and watching How to Train Your Dragon and making things official.

We loved the small nods to fandoms like Zelda, How to Train Your Dragon, etc., and you KNOW we love non-traditional wedding dresses and wedding capes! The whole wedding day was absolutely gorgeous, fun, and filled with joy, and we’re so happy to have been able to celebrate with Sam + Alysse! Help us wish these two a BIG congrats, and enjoy the photos of their wedding day!

—Sam

Here are the vendors that helped make their wedding day awesome!

Ceremony + Reception Venue: Olbrich Botanical Gardens

Officiant: Maggi Hilgers (Friend of Couple)

Hair & Makeup: Headlines Mobile Hair and Makeup

Jewelry: The couple made their own wedding rings (whatttt?!) at RingRam in Japan!

Gown: Flora & Lane

Florist: DIY Dried Flowers

Desserts: The Baked Lab

Catering: Blue Plate Catering

Jill + Kyle: A Laid Back Wedding at Common Grounds

This chill farm wedding was perfect for Jill + kyle’s easygoing vibes

What better way to celebrate a union than by throwing a fun party for your friends & family, and making it a choose-your-own-adventure experience?! These two also live on the property where the wedding took place, and so created explorer “Bingo” cards that encouraged guests to meander around the property, checking off items as they found them, with prizes for the first few folks to get Bingo! They also had the best damn snack bar I’ve ever seen, delicious pour-your-own drinks (with and without alcohol), and wood-fired pizza for their guests, and you could tell everyone was loving it!

Besides just being a beautiful venue for a wedding, the space almost brought back old-style camp vibes where you could just explore and have fun and find secret awesome places, like the barn silo they turned into a trampoline (yes really, it was awesome)!

The wedding ceremony itself was short and sweet (Jill + Kyle’s dog Lila supervised) and then we got to walk and ride all over the property to take photos and have fun, ending back up at the barn so these two could mingle with their guests while everyone snacked and got ready for pizza!

This was one of the most gorgeous wedding days I’ve had the honor to photograph. Help me wish Jill + Kyle a BIG congratulations on their wedding, and enjoy the photos of this super fun wedding day!

—Sam

Here are the vendors that helped make their wedding day awesome!

Ceremony + Reception Venue: Common Grounds

Officiant: Friend of the Couple

Desserts: The Rolling Pin Bake Shop

Catering: Kim's Catering

Zoie + Kyle: A Fun and Colorful Downtown Wedding

This wedding day was filled love and jewel-toned gorgeousness!

Zoie + Kyle’s wedding day (held during the Taste of Madison) was absolutely beautiful and I love not only the jewel-tones but more importantly the smiles and love (and okay the pizza too!). Enjoy the photos of this gorgeous wedding day and help me wish these two a big congratulations!

—Sam

Here are the vendors that helped make their wedding day awesome!

Ceremony: Madison, Wisconsin Capitol Building

Reception: Nottingham Cooperative

Officiant: Nik Checots

Gown: Fiore Dress

DJ: Hernán Ballard

Catering: Ian’s Pizza

Dessert: Bloom Bake Shop

Associate Photographer: Shanna Allen Photography (photos edited by Dutcher Photography)

Katie + Cody: A Magical Wedding in Lake Kegonsa State Park

Katie + Cody’s wedding day was as enchanting as the two of them

Okay listen, I’m a crier. I cry when I’m sad, I cry when I’m mad, I cry when I’m frustrated, but more important than all of those, I cry when I’m happy. I was in excellent company on Katie + Cody’s wedding day, because there were very few dry eyes in the park, including Cody + Katie themselves! There were huge smiles and tears of joy nearly every time I looked around, and it was so clear how much these two adore each other, and how happy their friends and family are for them!

The wedding day itself could not have been prettier, with gorgeous sunny weather, beautiful surroundings in the form of the forests of Lake Kegonsa State Park, and tasty food and desserts and drinks for everyone! It was a perfect wedding! Please help me wish Katie + Cody a BIG congratulations, and enjoy the photos of this sweet celebration of love!

—Sam

Here are the vendors that helped make their wedding day awesome!

Ceremony + Reception Venue: Lake Kegonsa State Park

Desserts: Bloom Bakeshop

Catering: Beef Butter BBQ

Em + Sam: A Modern Wedding Celebration at Goodman Community Center

Em + Sam had a beautiful modern one year anniversary wedding celebration!

I’m not much of a “fate” sort of person, that is until I hear a meet-cute story like Emily + Sam’s! These two both went to UW - Eau Claire at the same time (same dorm even!) but never crossed paths. Flash forward to a Live on King Street concert many years ago, and the person standing in front of Sam at the concert had a GIANT bug land on them, and Sam snapped a pic of the giant bug (cuz giant bug) but didn’t think much of it until sometime later when he was swiping on Tinder, and a friend found someone who seemed like they’d be a good match based on interests, music taste, etc., and it turns out that Sam recognized Emily as a person who had been in the background of the giant bug photo from the concert (the bug had landed on one of Emily’s friends as it turned out) so Sam swiped right, and the rest is history!

While the wedding was originally planned for 2024, life got wild and it ended up getting rescheduled to 2025, but Em + Sam didn’t want to wait to be married, so they got married officially in March of 2024, and then planned this epic celebration for their friends and family for their one year anniversary!

The wedding celebration day was so fun, and filled with so many awesome details, like an album wall (great taste in music is right!), a tiny 3-tiered tower of cheese to use in place of cake for Emily’s part of the cake cutting (she doesn’t care much for cake, but what red-blooded Wisconsinite doesn’t like cheese?), to the live band (Em’s dad’s band, Sage!) that played during the reception! It was a joyful, modern, and laid back wedding day that rocked!

Help me wish Sam + Emily a BIG congrats, and enjoy the photos!

—Sam

Here are the vendors that helped make their wedding day awesome!

Ceremony + Reception Venue: Goodman Community Center Brass Works Building

Officiant: Jeanie Weiss (friend)

Hair & Makeup: AB Onsite Beauty

Bridal Gown: David’s Bridal

Band: Sage

Florist: My Cotton Branch

Desserts: Susie Danielsen

Catering: Goodman Community Center

Wedding Coordinator: Dave Tatro with Goodman Community Center

Jennifer + George: An Intimate Wedding in the Olbrich Conservatory

Jen + George’s colorful, intimate ceremony was stunning!

And it was also giving major unicorn vibes thanks to the colorful outfits of the couple and their friends and family!

I love small, intimate ceremonies, and this one was so sweet and lovely with such attention to detail! Help me wish these two a hearty congratulations! We are so honored to have been able to celebrate with them!

—Sam

Here are the vendors that helped make their wedding day awesome!

Ceremony Venue: Olbrich Conservatory

Officiant: Christopher Kalscheur

Wedding Jewelry: Black Diamonds of New York

Bridal Gown: Fairy Tongs

Florist: My Dinosaur Dreams

Cassie + Luke: A Halloween-Themed Costume Party Wedding

A fun and sweet (literally) wedding day celebration!

Cassie + Luke met at The Bodgery (Madison’s makerspace) and bonded over a shared love of learning new things, making stuff, tabletop games, and a good sense of humor (love a good “yes, and”!)

Their wedding day was halloween-themed, complete with a trick-or-treat dessert bar, and adorably spooky accents, as well as games and crafts! Cassie + Luke also handmade each of the terrariums for each table, showcasing their love of making things, and, it was a costume party, which I love!

It was such a beautiful and joyful wedding day, and I’m so happy to have been able to celebrate with these two and their closest friends and family!

Help me wish them a big congratulations and enjoy the pics!

—Sam

Here are the vendors that helped make their wedding day awesome!

Ceremony + Reception Venue: Red Oak Shelter and Devil’s Lake State Park

Jewelry: Engagement Ring by Aurora Designer; Wedding Bands by Lee Dorn Jewelers

Bride’s Outfit: Dress by Holy Clothing; Armor by ArtisansDAzureLARP

Groom’s Outfit: Atelierbacodaseta

Band: Fermata Caesura

Desserts: Madison Sourdough

Catering: North & South

Terri + Megan: An Intimate and Joyful Queer Wedding Celebration

Believe it or not, These two had not one but two failed proposal attempts

Megan (they/them) had planned to propose to Terri (she/her) on a gorgeous waterfall hike in Iceland, but COVID ruined those plans, and then less than two months later, Terri planned to propose to Megan at Disney World, but plans were thwarted by a hurricane! After all the plans gone awry, they both proposed to each other sweetly tucked away in their house and then began work on planning a small, intimate celebration in September!

Their wedding day was filled with personal touches, most importantly a beautiful memorial to family members who have passed, including Megan’s brother, and Terri’s father. Other personal touches include their dogs, Lars and Apollo walking each of them down the aisle. Megan gave Terri a beautiful gold bracelet that contained a locket with pictures of Terri’s dad. Terri gave Megan gorgeous custom cufflinks with their various furry friends’ faces. Megan made Terri’s bouquet and their own boutonniere out of pages from their favorite book! (The book is House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, which is one of my favorite books also!) Megan’s dad wore a tie Megan colored for them back in 1994 and he also made the s’more flavored wedding cake (which was delicious)! Megan + Terri had custom cocktails made for the celebration, and for their wedding favors? They hand-picked different books for each of their guests and wrote a person inscription in all of them.

It was a beautiful and deeply personal wedding day with so much love, laughter, and joy. I am so, so grateful to have been able to celebrate with these two and their family and closest friends! Help me with them a big congratulations!

—Sam

Here are the vendors that helped make their wedding day awesome!

Ceremony + Reception Venue: Air BnB

Hair Stylist: Union Hair Parlor

Bridal Jumpsuit: Strike Bridal Bar

Mx. Suit: Bindle & Keep

Custom Cocktails: Mint Mark

Drea + Doug: A Pokemon-Themed Wedding at the Bur Oak

Drea + Doug had a perfect mix of fancy and laid back for their wedding day!

With lots of DIY touches and fun ideas (like the Table Dash, which was a blast), as well as all the Pokemon references you never knew you needed from a wedding, these two put together an amazing shindig!

After 10 years together, they wanted their celebration to be distinctly them, and for their closest friends and family to be able to party with them in style. The Bur Oak was a wonderful backdrop for their big day, and I loved seeing all the laughing and shenanigans (that’s how you know it’s good party)!

Help me wish these two a great big congratulations, and I am so excited I got to celebrate with these two!

—Sam

Here are the vendors that helped make their wedding day awesome!

Ceremony + Reception Venue: The Bur Oak

Catering: Beef Butter BBQ

Wedding Coordinator: Ashley with The Bur Oak

Elly + Kevin: A Chilly Golden Hour Elopement Session

Elly + Kevin got married in a tiny ceremony on October 30th

But unfortunately I was out of commission due to a surprise gallbladder removal (not the kind of surprise I’d typically want, but I’m all better now). We decided to do elopement portraits to celebrate their wedding once I was all healed up, and we visited both Lake Farm Park and the Lussier Family Heritage Center for their portraits. It was SOOOOO chilly but Elly + Kevin were troopers and we got some super fun and awesome photos and we got back into cars before anyone’s nose fell off, which I’m counting as a win.

Help me wish Elly + Kevin a big congrats, and enjoy the photos!

—Sam

Katie + Erin: A Big Gay Camp Wedding in Door County

Katie + Erin planned a gorgeous Fall wedding day at Peninsula State Park in Door County

Katie told me that she and Erin spent one of their first dates hiking, and their first trip together was a rain-soaked camping trip in, you guessed it, Door County. These two love the outdoors, and as a family (with Erin’s daughter Evey), they spend as much time outdoors as they can. So when it came to planning their wedding day, they knew they wanted the picturesque backdrop of Door County’s Peninsula State Park!

With a wedding hashtag like #biggaycampwedding you know you’re going to have a great time, and I absolutely did. It was a joy-filled day and Erin + Katie worked in so many special touches. Their vows were made not only to each other, but also to Evey (as every blended family should consider doing), which was the most precious moment of the day and reminded me of my own wedding, where my son walked me down the aisle, just like Erin’s daughter, wearing a badass suit just like her mom, walked Erin down the aisle.

We not only got to enjoy the beautiful weather the weekend had in store, but also got to punk around Peninsula State Park for photo opportunities, including the spooky Pioneer Cemetery after sunset, which was awesome, just like everything else about Erin + Katie’s wedding day!

Help me wish these two brides a very hearty congratulations, and enjoy the photos!

—Sam

Here are the vendors that helped make their wedding day awesome!

Ceremony + Reception Venue: Weborg Point Shelter - Peninsula State Park

Officiant: Nik Shier

Hair Stylist: Revel Salon

Wedding Rings/Bands: Bride Band - Blazer Arts on Etsy and Bride Ring - Moonkist Designs, LLC

Bridal Suits: Bindle and Keep

Bridal Bow Tie (Erin): Jack and Miles

Florist: Bee Enchanted Florist

Desserts: Morgan the Pie Lady

Catering: The Wild Tomato

Table/Chair Rental: Stoughton Lumber Rentals