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nicole & mark…

alexandra & dustin…

katilin & nathan…

mercedes & bryan…

“a portrait of our children, once a week, in 2017” cashin: lost in geometric shapes at the museum brig: kid brig . . . no similarities to kid rock freya: and she lost a bottom tooth 

“a portrait of our children, once a week, in 2017” cashin: death   brig: kylo freya: ray 

behind… ashley & ben

this week’s behind the scenes of ben & ashley’s wedding comes to us from cliffbreakers, rockford, illinois. philan & i played around a bit with ben & ashley in downtown rockford, along 7th street before heading to the sinnissippi park. philan getting the right angle, aaron showing ben how to pose, philan shooting the girls, and aaron directing traffic… ha.  i love the last shot of the night of…

behind… katheryn & zach

this week’s behind the scenes of katheryn & zach’s wedding comes to us from forest hills country club, rockford, illinois. katheryn was a champ, it started to snow right after their ceremony, but that didn’t stop her from getting off the bus to shoot along calvin park boulevard. after that, we headed over to forest hills country club. at almost every wedding, i have to explain to the bride &…

“a portrait of our children, once a week, in 2017” cashin: making edible slime  brig: “dad, can i get back to playing with johnny & sammy now…” freya: ray & olive: a jedi & a chicken 

behind… deanna & stuart

this week’s behind the scenes of deanna & stuart’s wedding comes to us from the herrington inn, geneva, illinois. we shoot a few weddings at the herrington every year, this one was from a masquerade party around halloween. just a few this week, but some memorable ones. as vendors we do it all, including holding umbrellas and directing for each other. we had the joy and privilege of working this…

“a portrait of our children, once a week, in 2017”   cashin: i see you  brig: little boy on blue  freya: and that she does  

behind… holly & andy

this week’s behind the scenes of holly & andy’s wedding comes to us from blackhawk church, middleton, wisconsin.  this church has killer natural light streaming in some huge south facing windows.  thankfully, it was a bit overcast for holly & andy’s wedding.  so this week, you get two from inside the church, one from the parking lot, and two from the wildflower fields in front of the church (our…

jessie & james…

when shot jessie & james’ engagement pictures, i knew i was going to love them.  jessie (and james) stood in a field of mosquitoes in madison on a warm afternoon and just simply “took it.”  from that moment on, i knew that nothing would stand in their way on their wedding day.  we spent the entire time with jessie & james at the barn at harvest moon.  this place is amazing.  from the bridal and…

“a portrait of our children, once a week, in 2017” chloe: kind of over this taking my picture every week thing caleb: i actually have nothing to say about this wonderful picture of caleb  cashin: prepping for halloween  brig: with his buddy chai  freya: ready for her driver’s license

behind… jordyn & scott

this week’s behind the scenes of jordyn & scott’s wedding comes to us from the prairie street brewing company, rockford, illinois. one of the joys of shooting at the brewhouse is that it just down the river path to some more cool old buildings and a viaduct that doubles as a giant shade for super sunny days. a few favorites from this post are the behind of philan shooting the bridal party and the…

i met danny when we first moved to rockford. i had just started playing hockey again in the men’s league and this high school girl jumps over the boards onto the ice. when i say high school girl, don’t think “high school girl” – think bad ass hockey player. that is how i will forever look at danny, as a bad ass hockey player. over the past few years, we have bumped into each other around town,…

“a portrait of our children, once a week, in 2017” chloe: middle america cashin: stoicism  brig: super rad freya: cowgirl kicker