We had the pleasure of meeting the Cariello's (and their dog Marley AKA Monster) in MKE for their engagement session. They love Milwaukee, so we chose a couple locations to walk and strut around for photos. We had a great time and feel we made a great connection.
Their wedding was a day full of awesome moments and locations. The rain had teased the day before but held off for the first look and the couple's bridal session. We started the day at the lovely Pfister hotel where both Matt and Jeana were getting ready. After that, they avoided each other till we arrived to the Villa Terrace Museum. There we planned for an Epic first look where we would have Jeana walk down way-too-many steps to finally have her husband-to-bebe look up at her. She made it all the way down the staircase and the drone footage is must-see. After more photos in the courtyard we took the party bus to the alleyways of the Historic Third Ward. We also sneaked into SweetDiner for a little cooling off and use of their brick wall.
After that, we headed to the ceremony which was taking place at the inspiring Milwaukee Art Museum. The all white beautifully structured interior makes shooting so much fun. For champagne toasts, we went out to the bridge to watch the "wings" of the museum go up as guests enjoyed cocktail hour in the shaded area of the building.
Dinner, Toasts, Dancing with emotional slideshow, and Donuts to end the night. Oh, also, the late night snack from Chick-Fil-A!
Photo and Video by Bella-Hill Team:
chino villatoro, tony nunez, gina, and jacob durbin
Vendors:
Pfister Hotel, Villa Terrace Museum, Dress: Vera Wang, Boutique: Miss Ruby Boutique, MakeUp: Lustrous Beauty Studio Kelly Schubel, Event Planner: Evenement Planning, MAM Milwaukee Art Museum, Flowers: Impressions by Esther Flemming, DJ: Milwaukee Airwaves
For some time I had the vision of having a couple do a shoot in a pool. Not a lake, but specifically an outdoor pool. So this summer I knew we had to get it out of our minds and into reality.
There was plenty of planning. Luckily, we have friends with a great looking pool that trusted us enough to us theirs. (Thank you Short's Family!) We found models that would be comfortable enough with the water concept (sorry, they are not a real couple) and that could pose romantically without being creeped out. (Great work Ben and Justine!) After that, we purchased the outfits that were going to be submerged in water. The dress was ordered online from Lulu's and the suit pieces came mostly from H&M. The flowers were fake (i know) and were purchased from Hobby Lobby. The hat belongs to me (and you'll see it more of my photos) and I added some of the flowers pieces onto it. It was our first time tieing a bowtie, so please do not judge to harshly. Hair, Underwater Makeup, Support, Styling help, and Catering by the wonderful Crystal Villatoro!
The sun setting added so much to the photos. We started with solo shots, and then moved to couples' shots and then slowly crept into the pool. I had also rented an underwater housing for my canon 5d mk3. The video guys opted out of paying for the expensive housing and rather went with an online hack of using a fish tank, and IT WORKED!
We dunked in multple times and had the shutter snapping fast. It was my first time doing this and found out that I needed to have someone hold me down so that I wouldn't start floating all over the place. The editing process was also interesting because of the blue cast from the pool, but I like what we got, actually I love what we got and was super happy with what we got. -chino
Models: Ben Helfert, Justine Nitzke
MUAH: Crystal Villatoro
Video: Agustin "Gabe" Hernandez, Jacob Durbin
Pool: Debbi and Stu Short
Clothing: H&M, Lulu's Fashion Lounge, All Saints, Calvin Klein
Flowers: Hobby Lobby
