Andy & Sharon are Married! Madison Wedding Photographer

I had been looking forward to Andy & Sharon's wedding since our first meeting. These two are such a sweet, caring couple, with such wonderful supportive families that I knew it was going to be a beautiful day. The weather on the other hand, did not know that we had beautiful in mind! Rain, yes rain, canceled our outdoor photo plans (remember this is Wisconsin!), but Andy and Sharon handled it great. And we did get to sneak outside for a few between drops :)

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Sharon was prepared for anything that day! Not just one, but 3 pairs of shoes!



Sharon had her Mom and Dad help lace up her dress.



Sharon look just beautiful!

And her flowers were too :)


As you will see in the video below, the guys had a little too much fun getting ready! At one point when I went up to check on them, there was this *awesome* 90's Jesus rap music blaring down the hallway! For once, the guys were definately more busy than the girls! Brian grabbed these shots.


Don't you just love the decor in this room? Well and the chairs that are two times too little are a nice touch too!


Bri's Shot




Then it was time for the ceremony! This is one of my favorite parts of the day, to watch the couple become man and wife. Don't worry, I only cried a few times :)


One of my favorites. Sharon and her parents have a really close relationship :)




Mr. & Mrs. Kleist! Yay yay yay!






Then it was off to the Hilton Garden Inn for the celebration!


Um ok. Now it is time to talk about how SERIOUSLY awesome this couple is. No cake. Nope. Instead HUBBARD AVENUE pie. It was simply delish. And it made me want to be BFF's forever with the couple :)


These centerpieces were made by the bride, and her mom custom sewed all of the table runners. How simply beautiful!


After a great dinner, and hilarious toasts, it was time for the first dance.


You will just have to watch the video below for more dancing highlights, but this one is by far my favorite. Apparently fist pumping is the thing to do in this crowd!


And since I went through all of the photos and picked out 161 favorites, I thought I'd do something I've never posted before - a little video action.

Andy & Sharon from Jenn Van Wyk on Vimeo.

Andy and Sharon, thank you for welcoming Brian and I into your families. We have had such a great time getting to know you, and wish you nothing but the best for your marriage. Hugs!

Photo Friday! 365 Photo Project

Alas! My weekly update of my 365 project - where I take one photo a day for a year.

1.30.10

Ah yes. Last Saturday was spent on the couch for me, recovering from my wisdom teeth removal the day before. But as you can see, I've got everything a girl could need here, thanks to my helpful hubby.

1.31.10

And more time couch on the Sunday. This time accompanied by my snuggle buddy, Edie.

After one month of my photo project, I realized we are pretty boring. Most winter nights we don't leave home, leaving me walking around our house going "what I am going to take a picture of today?". Throw in the fact that it's dark after 5 and freezing cold, and long story short, I decided I needed a theme to spice up February's images a tad.

So, in honor of Valentine's Day, my February images will be of things that I love. A few of my favorite things if you will. Onward to February!

2.1.10

Oh, these are my Muklucks. I got up at 2:45 (am yes) on Black Friday to wait in line to get these puppies. And they were worth every sleep deprived minute. I wear them every night. I love that they have a sole on the bottom so I can do things like run outside in my pj's when I drop the dog's leash and she goes running away....

2.2.10

You know you are an adult when one of your favorite things is your washer and dryer. But yes, I love them. When we went to the Smithsonian in March, I saw how women of the past had to do their laundry - and I have not complained since. They are green in color and in function, and I could not live without them.

2.3.10

Excuse me while I wipe away my drool. I love cheesecake. Like looooooooooooooove it. One of my fondest childhood memories was going to my cousin's wedding, where she had 5 DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHEESECAKE. It was incredible.

2.4.10

This is my favorite Wisconsin Badger T-Shirt, which by my calculations is 9 years old. I'm not really sure why it's my favorite, it's really not a fancy shirt, nor does it have a cool design, but it was my first Badger shirt. I wore this shirt to band day in high school, and got to attend my first UW footbal game. I think it was then and there that I decided to become a Badger, and here I am now a proud UW Alum.

2.5.10

These are my favorite pair of tennis shoes, and I often wear them out to shoots - they just make me feel creative. Besides, I know they were meant for me because they have a pocket for my snacks!

Photo Friday

Good Friday morning to you!

Here is the latest installment of Photo Friday, where I recap the week's pictures that I took. I'm getting ready to head off to the dentist in a few hours to get my wisdom teeth out - so I will really find out today if they make me wiser or not (insert laugh here). To my clients and friends, I will be unable to respond to your emails and phone calls this weekend, but promise to get back to you as soon as I can on Monday. Thanks for your patience!

Without further ado, the photos. If you would like to see any of them larger, just click on the photo and you'll be directed to my flickr page for larger viewing.

1.23.10

After shooting a wedding on Saturday, I was out taking one last shot of the reception venue, when my husband tried to run me over... all in good fun of course :) It was a nice rainy January day

1.24.10

This one wasn't around when I was a kid! (side note, the bowl is not this full anymore!)

1.25.10

So I finally figured out the ol' "turn your 50mm lens around and it becomes a macro" trick. Pretty nifty! So, in lay-mans terms that means I turned my lens around (so the back was pointing out), and took a picture without connecting it to my camera.

1.26.10

I was given this pie today by a co-worker... oh my was it delicious! Brian and I ended up eating half of it!

1.27.10

Happy iPad Release Day! Brian has been so excited for today, that I thought a photo of our first Mac, our baby Mac if you will, was appropriate.

1.28.10

with my wisdom teeth coming out on Friday, I am getting a little nervous - it reminded me of Brian's pop-up book of Phobias... and lookey here, a page for the dentist! (and yes, the Pop-up Book of Phobias is real! Along with the Pop-up Book of Nightmares, you can have one great bedtime story collection!)

1.29.10

This is my first attempt at taking a picture of the moon. I'll need to do a little more research on best technique, as the more I look at it, it seems like a burning ball of fire in the bushes! Anyway, the moon was beautiful this morning.

Have a great weekend!

Photo Friday

Happy Friday! It's already Friday night here, so I've already got in a glass of wine and a good supper. I love Fridays. I am especially excited today because of the awesome wedding of Andy and Sharon tomorrow - it is going to rock! Who would have thought that we would have to worry about rain in January? Hmm... even better yet, who would have thought we'd have to use our indoor plan for extremely cold weather because it's RAINING! Wow, Wisconsin weather never ceases to amaze me :)

Here is my weekly update from my 365 project. For those of you just joining us, I am taking one picture per day for all of 2010, and updating the blog weekly. So, here goes!

1.16.10

Mother nature left a dusting of frost over everything this weekend, and it really was beautiful! I learned later that this type of frost is called hoar frost. The more you know!

1.17.10

This is the pier at the Tenney Park Locks - I'd like to say I overexposed the sky, but it was really that grey and ominous. You can see the other shore line faintly in the distance.

1.18.10

I finally got to take Edie for a walk today! The poor pooch hasn't been out on a stroll for a few weeks... I took a bunch of other nature pics on our walk, but liked in this one her shadow was larger than her 7 pound self!

1.19.10

I was inadvertently part of a protest after taking this pic... this is why I love going downtown... you never know what you're going to find

1.20.10

I have a wedding this weekend and really wanted to practice some more with off-camera lighting. If you need a chuckle, just think of me running back and forth between the couch and the camera, and waiting for the self timer to go off! Ta da! :)

1.21.10

who picked this puzzle? we started a new puzzle this week, only to discover there are way too many pieces that look way too much alike! With our rousing activity choices, we should be ready for the retirement home in about 5 years :)

1.22.10

Our dog is a wine-o. seriously, protect your glasses or they will get licked!

Kris & Jason are Engaged!

I met Kris and Jason on a blustery cold winter day inside the State Capitol. Although we did brave the cold for a few outside near the end, we were all glad that at their wedding this coming September it won't be anywhere near this cold! The second we starting shooting Kris and Jason informed us that they loved teasing each other and couldn't be serious for too long - our kind of couple! Brian and I had a great time getting to know them during our shoot together, enjoy a few of my favorites!

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