Amanda & AJ | Engagement | Kohler Photographer

Friends. Family. Outdoors. Love.

Pretty much the four words that I would describe Amanda and AJ with. Family & friends are among the most important things in their life. They both love the outdoors...AJ especially, he loves to hunt and fish! And you can see the love for each other in their eyes. I just love the smile that AJ has in some of their photos...it's one of those that just says love with out even saying it. Ahhh....makes me so happy :) They are easy going and willing to try anything I asked. Shooting their engagement photos was an absolute blast! I love being able to try new things and shoot in new places! Check out some of their photos!

They brought with their lab Shadow for some of the photos! Love the matching outfits!! :D

This one makes me smile :)

Love those eyes.

probably one of my favorites! 

We stayed in Kohler for the entire shoot! We started at Wood Lake, headed over to the park by the school, and a couple other places in town. I was very happy to stumble upon the corn field because...well, I love the way a the corn adds a different element to the photos. And...come on...this is Wisconsin...I would totally want photos in a corn field too! (on a side note...we did have some of our photos taken in a corn field as well ;) )

Amanda and AJ, thank you so much for spend a couple hours with me, letting me take your photos, and let me get to know you a little better! I can't wait to be a part of your wedding!! :)

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xoxo Maggie

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Getting to Know Me | Sheboygan County Wedding Photographer

I spend a lot of time reading other people's blogs. Getting to know all of these other people through their writing, photos and other things. So I figured it was time for me to have a little "get to know you" deal of my own :) So...while reading on a bunch of different blogs...which more or less went like this.... click on blog, read blog, check out the comments because it was an interesting post, click on a commenter, ooohh cool this person has a blog, lets read it, hmm ok kinda boring...comments...neat, click, next blog. and so on. So anyway...like 30 blogs away from where I started from (side note...does EVERYONE have a blog these days?!?!) I found '30 questions about me' or something like that. At least that is what I am calling it :D So...Here are the questions that I will be answering! 

30 Questions About Me

1. What is your favorite song
2. What is your favorite movie
3. What is your favorite tv show
4. What is your favorite book
5. What is your favorite quote
6. 20 of your most favorite things
7. a photo that makes you happy
8. a photo that makes you sad/angry
9. a photo that you took
10. a photo taken of you more than 10 years ago
11. a recent photo taken of you
12. something that you are OCD about
13. favorite fictional book
14. favorite non-fictional book
15. what is your dream house
16. a song that makes you cry
17. a favorite art piece
18. your wedding
19. a talent that you have
20. a favorite hobby
21. a favorite recipe
22. favorite website
23. a youtube video
24. where do you live (something interesting)
25. your day...in detail
26. your week...in detail
27. your worst habit
28. whats in your purse
29. hopes, dreams, plans for the next 365 days
30. a dream for the future

So, over the upcoming weeks I will be answering these so that y'all can get to know me a little better! 

For now...I will leave you with a preview of Sunday's Engagement Session with Amanda and AJ...

Happy Tuesday!

xoxo Maggie

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Sheboygan County Fair 2010 | Part 2 | Plymouth, WI Photographer

Happy Thursday everyone! Here is the second installment of Fair photos! Like I said...it was a busy weekend. Sunday and Monday are always important days at the Fair. Sunday is always drill team and other riding events day. This year was the English Drill Team's Leader's last year. So there was an extra special ending to the english drill team's final performance. The drill teams ride their horses to patterns and music. It is pretty neat to watch because some of the moves that they do are kind of tricky. The beginner teams are mainly trot work, the intermediate teams do some catering but mainly trot work as well, and the advanced teams do more cantering. Check out some photos!

There are 3 english teams and 3 western teams...beginner, intermediate, and advanced (western is A, B, and C). The beginner english team is always first.

Next is the intermediate team.

And finally the advanced team.

In between the teams there are always other demonstrations of different riding styles. This year there were 2 different dressage presentations. One with 2 riders (called a pas de deux) and a single rider. both presentations were ridden to music. This is also known as Musical Kur. First was the pair of riders:

Next up was the single rider...she has been riding dressage since she was 6! She is 16 now and her horse is 12. It was very cute...she rode her test to a Sesame Street remix song.

After the dressage was some jumping. I love jumping almost as much as dressage. Pretty much because I can get photos like this:

And this...

Then came the western teams:

beginners...

intermediate...

annndddd advanced...

I gotta give a thumbs up to the advanced team...they had human poles to gallop around! good thing the horses didn't buck!

Anyway...on Monday...it rained. of course. like down poured. so, since Monday is game day, this is what happened:

the flag ceremony....with stick ponies :) ....

some fun classes, like egg & spoon....

some more fun classes like...bobbing for apples...

dizzy cowboy...

 a dance party...

annnddddd.....what else is there to do where there is mud everywhere?!?!?!

have a mud fight!!

all in all it turned out to be a pretty fun-filled day :)

If you would like to view all of the fair photos, please click here.

xoxo Maggie

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Sheboygan County Fair | Part 1 | Plymouth, WI Photographer

Well, the past week and a half has been a couple of things: busy. crazy. awkward weather. and fabulous.

It has been all of these things because over Labor Day weekend every year is the Sheboygan County Fair!

These 5 days are the most anticipated days for almost every 4-H'er in the county. This is where everyone gets to exhibit something...and really anything! 

I was lucky enough to be asked by the Horse and Pony Project to be the photographer for the weekend. On a side note...a BIG THANKS!!! To the Horse & Pony Project...it was a pleasure :)

Now, on to the main event :)

This year's fair started out like many others...and then...Old Man Weather decided that he was going to turn off the hot and on the cold. and rain. oooooh yes, the rain. Ugh...if there is one thing that makes the fair not very happy is rain. And it wasn't the nice...oh lets just sprinkle rain...oh it was lets rain down in sheets and sideways and all ways. Really?! My equipment DOES NOT like that. At all. So, next year, Old Man Weather, PLEASE give us some 70-80s and partly cloudy :) it really does make the best photos!

So here are some photos from Friday and Saturday. Friday was the English show day and Saturday was the Western.

Flag ceremony to start off the day.

In the main arena was the speed...so barrels, pole bending, flag and sand, and a couple others.

In the lower arena was the Showmanship classes.

The afternoon got all dark, cold, and rainy...which stinks because I had to try and hide my camera so it didn't get all wet.

But, Saturday proved to be a little better...at least it didn't rain. It was still cold and super windy!

The day started out with Western Showmanship and Halter.

Then there was a couple driving classes...and how CUTE is this pony :D:D

 After the driving classes was more riding and a memorial patterns class.

Part 2 will be up tomorrow!! Enjoy!!

To view all of the photos from the fair, click here.

xoxo Maggie

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The Boileau's | Married | De Pere Wedding Photographer

July 3, 2010 was beautiful. and HOT. whew! Good thing someone invented air conditioning...because it was hot and humid and sticky icky. But, it was also beautiful. Jeremy and Stacey were beautiful. The bridal party was beautiful. And the venues were beautiful. On a side note...I REALLLLLLYYYYY would like a botanical garden in Sheboygan County. Please?!?! :D They are soooo pretty and soooo much fun to shoot at! Ok, back on topic :) This was another wedding that I second shot at with the lovely Kayla of Kayla Richards Photography. Another side note...how awesome is Kayla...letting me tag along to weddings all summer! :D:D Thank you so much Kayla!! I can't say thanks enough!

Now, moving on....we started the day at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in De Pere...

Stacey's dress was beautiful...so simple and elegant.

Husband & Wife :)

Then, after the ceremony, we headed over to the Botanical Gardens of Green Bay. This place is gorgeous! The first photo is also the place where Jeremy proposed to Stacey :). awwww :):):)

Probably one of my favorites of the day :) love it when a bride & groom can relax and act a little silly!

After the Gardens we headed to the reception. The reception was held at Legends Brewhouse in DePere.

mmmm....cheesecake :D:D very delish'

First Dance :) Jeremy & Stacey's first dance was very cool...they started off with a slow song that was "interrupted" by some faster dance songs...that they had choreographed moves to.

So they busted-a-move for a few minutes and then returned to their slow dance :)

Love it! Jeremy and Stacey thank you for letting me be a part of your special day!! Congratulations and Best Wishes!!

Check out more photos from Jeremy and Stacey's day here!

xoxo Maggie
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