Amy Wenzel Photography

Rustic Things

When my husband saw the pictures from this session he said…”makes me wish I’d had a brother.”

To me that was such a compliment because I really strive for my images to be not only creative, fresh & fun, but to be laced with emotion & meaning. Not to sound morbid- but it means a lot to me when Moms write to tell me they cried when they saw their proofs. But hey I cried the day I bought my first real camera for photography class in college. Somehow it felt like I’d been waiting for that day my whole life. I did not know it was the beginning of my life long love affair with photography. I didn’t even know if I was good at photograpy yet…all I knew was that it was burning in my blood to learn it. Now I can’t explain the driving force that leads me on. It’s like a freight train that stops for no one!

This is definitely the direction I want to go with my family portraits-

It also really touches my heart to meet Dads who are so emotionally invested in the lives of their kids. Another reason I just loved this session.

We drove out to their quaint & peaceful cottage for the session and I’d never seen anything like it. It had everything- a small lake, boats, large tractors, sheds and it even had railroad tracks. Tons of great places to photograph. The little guy wasn’t feeling that well on the day I came- but I think he did pretty good for being slightly under the weather! I love his little feet stick under the tire swing.