I met up with Jason + Krystal at Riverside Park by the Urban Ecology Center for their engagement photos, and we also captured a few pictures with their adorable kiddos Aiden and Aria! They love spending time outside together, so the park’s prairie, woods and river made a perfect location for their portraits.

You’re getting married - congratulations!!! Engagement sessions are a fun way to celebrate this exciting time and to get to know your wedding photographer! And nothing beats choosing a location that is totally you. Some popular ideas are taking photos where you met or got engaged, but there are lots of options! Here are 22 ideas for an awesome session…

The stunning Villa Terrace is one of those places where we could photograph every day and never grow tired of it. Add this super sweet couple to the mix, and it was magic! I met up with Ben + Katie for the first part of their engagement session here, and we had gorgeous weather for their winter photoshoot! The Villa was decked out in all their decorations, and it was fun making our way around different picturesque spots together!

The Milwaukee Public Museum was an awesome location for Micaela + Alex's engagement session! They love to travel, take walks, hang out with their dog Pepper, try new restaurants and read together. The museum was an exciting location for their session because it was their first time there together! It was fun capturing not only the two of them and their adorableness, but also some great memories for them ❤️

Jaime contacted us a couple of months ago via our luxury dog photography brand, Buttons & Bones, to purchase a session for her boyfriend Nathan's upcoming birthday. She wanted to capture the bond he - and they - have with the beyond-adorable Skye, a sweet Australian Cattle Dog mix. He loved his gift! ... and then secretly got in touch with us to let us know that he wanted to propose during their doggie session! 🐾

Lauren + David share a passion for sailing and even sail competitively, so what better place to take their engagement photos than out on the water?! They were so sweet in giving us a little tour afterward, too. Their session was such a fantastic time!

Alex + Katie met in a theater lighting class at @uwmilwaukee, became friends, and their friendship eventually blossomed into something more ❤

Katie loves Alex's intelligence, humor, listening skills, loyalty, love of animals, and kindness. Alex loves Katie's smile, her kind and generous nature, her humor, the depth to which she cares about other people, her supportiveness, and her emotional intelligence. They're such a wonderful match!

Kat and Maki were both in high school theatre crew, and they got to know each other over several performances. On the last show of their final year, Maki “finally mustered the courage” to ask Kat out and the rest is history!

Maki said, “I love Kat’s sense of humor, her compassion for animals, her love of art and nature. Her honesty and candor is something I’ve always appreciated about her character. She is beautiful, fun, and warm. I feel at home next to her.”

Beach photos don't have to happen in the warm months! I met up with Brianna & Ryan at Grant Park's Seven Bridges, and we had a lovely late afternoon for their engagement photos! Brianna's mom Tammy was also in town from Arizona, so we captured a few mother-daughter photos while they were together as well (stay tuned!).

B+R got engaged last month on their anniversary, and they also just closed on their first house together! So many exciting milestones for them 🎉

Adam loved photographing Luke and Paige's engagement session, and he can't wait to capture their big day this February in North Carolina!

The two of them met at camp before college started, and they've been dating since their freshman year. They live across the river from Swing Park, so they cross the bridge together often while they head to Brady Street, Lakefront Brewery and Eagle Park. It made a perfect location for their engagement photos!

First wedding anniversary photos don't get more romantic than these!

Megs' flowy dress and bouquet, and their perfectly coordinating outfits set the tone for their golden hour portraits at Boerner Botanical Gardens. The fountains, bridge, gazebo, flourishing gardens and open fields all gave us so much variety at one location.

When a couple mentions that one of them is better at shimmying, you put them to the test! 😆 Just one of the highlights from Brian and Emma's engagement session...

We had a perfect summer evening for their Milwaukee engagement photos, and we met up at Lake Park where we had such romantic golden hour lighting. It was fun walking around the park while getting to know each other and talking about their wedding next year!

When you, your love and your doggie have matching hoodies. 😍 *shout out to Spark Paw *Alex and Cole had a chilly spring evening for their engagement session with our photographer Sarah, but you'd never know it was cold out by looking at their photos! They're so sweet and relaxed with each other, and we love all the fun candid moments Sarah captured!

We love McKenna and Santi's story! They met when they were kids through a mutual friend and were friends for a few years before they started dating. The rest is history!

We’re so excited to share some of our favorite shots from Amber and Kaylie's engagement session ✨ Our photographer Lisa had such a fun evening with them in their neighborhood at Vilas Park where they take lots of walks with their dog Freddy (pictures aren't his jam, but he was there in spirit 😉)!

Fred and Hannah have such a fun engagement story, we couldn’t help but share! Fred threw a costume party and Hannah had no idea it was an engagement party. They were dressed as Princess Peach and Bowser 😁 The two of them are such a sweet pair, and Fred loves Hannah's work ethic, how smart and caring she is and that she is his best friend. Hannah loves Fred's goofiness, how he is caring and always does anything for the people he loves. We just love all the smiles they brought out in each other throughout their engagement session!

Alex and Harmony are such a sweet couple! They got engaged at Grant Park, so it was the perfect location for their engagement photos. They’re so adorably affectionate with each other and just love bringing out each other’s smiles. It was such a joy to photograph them! Harmony has salsa danced competitively, and it was fun incorporating their moves together in their portraits, as well as including some artistic silhouettes and creative perspectives through the trees and picturesque bridge.

It was wonderful getting to know Tori and Trisha! These lovebirds were so adorably affectionate and candid with each other during their engagement session at Milwaukee’s Brown Deer Park. The park’s pond, wildflowers, open fields, woods, willow trees and picturesque bridge made gorgeous locations for their engagement photos, and we had fun making our way around the park. The Fall color was stunning, we had soft golden hour sunlight, the lovely purple asters were in full bloom, and we even saw some cranes. What a perfect evening! We also incorporated some artistic reflections and silhouettes as well as some creative and moody lighting at the end of their session.

Our team photographer Sarah had a wonderful evening photographing this sweet couple, Sarah and Chris, for their combined engagement and family portrait session! Their son Myer (seems like yesterday that we photographed his newborn photos!) and Sarah’s daughter Tessa joined in part of their session, and it was wonderful seeing all the love between the four of them! Doctors Park in Fox Point was a beautiful late-summer location for their photos.

JJ & Justine love kayaking, swimming, hiking and spending time outdoors, so the beach at South Milwaukee’s Grant Park and the Seven Bridges hiking trail made great locations for their engagement photos!