So I was thinking to myself “What a beautiful day. I sure wish i could splatter my camera gear in florescent paints… wait, maybe i will.”
This is year 2 that Black Tie has the privilege to be working with the Stevens Point High School Gymnastics team. It didn’t take long to remember the fun events of the previous year. What an energetic group of girls! Loud and smiley.
I have to give kudos to the girls on the team, and to the parents that helped set it up, because you made it absolutely seamless for us…. well seamless with the help of a little duct tape. 
Since we don’t know which of the “actual” shots is going to be chosen yet for the calender posters, we will have to wait to post that one. But in the meantime, here are some behind the scenes of the girls, of us shooting, and of just plain chaos. I even did a dismount off the swing set followed by a salute… thank you very much.
Enjoy.
The Black Tie Guys
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 2:06pm Posted in Wedding
Golfing with a Molitor. Molitor makes a golf ball called the “Scary Long” and from what I hear, Wayne off the tee is just that. So as irony would have it, his last name makes perfect sense. He also decided that it would be best on his wedding day to beat the living heck out of everyone else in the morning’s golf outing. Nice score buddy!!
Wayne and Chrissy were married at the very beautiful Lake Arrowhead. Awesome location for an outdoor wedding. Water fountains, green grass, blue sky, and sweet Chinese umbrellas…. wait, Chrissy brought those. Scratch that. But they did look super cool!
After the ceremony the wedding party drove down to The Lure Bar (mighty quickly i might add, dad.) to enjoy a few extremely refreshing cool drinks and snatch up some photos of the great surroundings. It gave Luke a great chance to be himself and get everyone to loosen up, and for those that know Luke…He is a little crazy. I think Chrissy and Wayne could attest to that. What’s that about vertical??? 
After a very short photo hiatus, the group headed back to Lake Arrowhead to party down. Good Food, Good People, Good Times. We did drag them back outside to shoot a few shots at dusk, and I sure am glad we did.
Chrissy and Wayne, you two were an absolute blast!! I can honestly say that i don’t think i have ever picked on myself so much and laughed so hard in the process!! I hope you two have a long and wonderful life together!!
Cheers to Flame Wayne and Chrissy!!
Enjoy.
The Black Tie Guys
Monday, June 28, 2010 at 1:02pm Posted in Wedding
Ashlee and Dan rocked the house on June 12! Between the super cool couple, the super cool group, and the uber sweet colors of the wedding party, no other wedding on that day could have rivaled these this group! While the girls were getting ready the guys were laughing and smiling, having a great time before everything even started. The girls, well lets just say as many weddings as I have shot, the girls are always the crazier ones! So while the guys were standing around cracking jokes, the gals were doing fun things like using the kids ride-ons to have a race! It was sweet! Who won that one anyways? The stuffed Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile or the rocking horse?
Post ceremony I got to go some place with the group I have never gone to…. Burger King! Most couples tend to go bar hoping but not these guys! Even though dinner was just a few hours out the group wanted to eat. When we walked in all the customers jaws just hit the floor in disbelief at what they were witnessing! It was AWESOME! So I had to include a shot of it on here.
After we fueled up we headed over to the always beautiful Bull’s Eye Country Club for a ton more photos and some great festivities! The rest of the night was spent with good conversations, a few drinks, and ton’s of dancing! Brandon from Dj On The Go rocked the house as always!
So we hope you guys have a fun, adventure filled life together! Both of you are pretty cool people so I know you will!
Much Love,
The Black Tie Guys
Rain! Rain! Rain! That was the weather forecast for their special day. That didn’t even put a dent in the fun time Whitney and Brian were having though! Surrounded by friends, family, and a couple of goofy photogs, they tied the knot at St. Johns in Pittsville. It was a very nice ceremony that was neither to long or to short! Nice work Pastor Hahn!
Post ceremony, the newly weds, on the one of the most important days of their lives, took the time out to go visit Brian’s Grandma, who sadly, was in the hospital. Now that is what I call a strong family! So cool that you guys did that and I am positive Grandma was thrilled to see you two all dressed up!
The reception took place at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Marshfield. That place is huge! It was a nice change for us to have some room to move between tables! So after some fabulous food and super yummy cake and ice cream we dragged them outside, in the rain, in the middle of the road, for a few quick kissing shots. They turned out pretty cool!
So here are just a handful of random shots from the day! We wish you two the best of luck!
Much Love,
The Black Tie Guys
I don’t know that many famous people, but I know at least 1.
Adam Chojnacki.
I’ve had the privilege to work with this individual on several occasions. I am always excited when my phone rings and the caller ID gives me the good news.
Adam plays keyboards and does some backup singing with the rising star Stephen Jerzak.
They have a new album due out later this year, and i believe a single will be out shortly. Adam was in town for a week taking some time away from the non-stop-touring and living-the-dream lifestyle. Adam is very talented, and it is no doubt, that he has definitely found his talent. Wow.
Check out Adam’s myspace
and be sure to follow him on twitter
Adam, enjoy life in the fast lane buddy! I sure hope my caller ID give me more good news in the near future!!
Thanks Again Man!!
The Black Tie Guys
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 3:00pm Posted in Maternity
Big bellies are super cool!!!… as long as there is a baby in there of course.
Some people say, you grow up to be just like your parents whether you like it or not. If that is the case, this little girl (to be born in august) is really in luck. Crystal was so much fun to shoot with. She still has a little bit of time before her due date, but time permitting you may see a part #2 to this maternity shoot. Crystal and I were laughing pretty much the entire time. It was hard to be serious when she kept busting out faces such as “Blue Steel” and “Ferrari.”
Either way, the session was short, but sweet. Crystal called and explained that she was in the area for a few hours, and was hoping we could find time to shoot some pictures for her. We did just that.
Here are a few shots from a quick trip to the park with Mommy and Baby-to-be Haugen.
Thanks Crystal!! Hopefully we’ll see you again soon!
The Black Tie Guys
P.S. Oh and by the way…. good luck! 
Monday, June 14, 2010 at 11:36am Posted in Senior
Woot Woot!! Another graduate heads out into the real world.
Jillian and family gathered at Spiedini’s Italiano Ristorante in Stevens Point. (Great food if you are ever in the area)
The party consisted of many formal type shots as Jillian is the scrap booking queen and wanted consistency in the photos. But we managed to take some unexpected fun ones too!!
I have to say the food was great, the spirits were high, but the one thing that i had no idea I was in for was… Jordan.
Jordan is Jillian’s best friend Danielle’s nephew. (got that?) This little guy has a huge future in modeling. I pointed the camera at him, and without me saying a word, i held down the shutter, and in a matter of about 30 seconds, he had probably 6 different poses!! I am quite sure i could have rattled off a few hundred of the little guy and he wouldn’t have done the same pose twice!!
Anyway, Jillian, your family and friends were great, and I hope you like the photos!! Here are just a few of the fun ones…. and of course one of the little model. (Dear other photographers… I saw him first!)
Congrats again!!
The Black Tie Guys
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 1:16pm Posted in Wedding
If you look under the engagements tag, you will find some normal and crazy shots of these two during their E-Session. The wedding was no different! Primed and ready to go, these two happy go lucky, live life to the fullest, I promise I wont fall in the river again (:p) rocked the house with their wedding! Ryan and Amanda are such a cool couple on some many different levels. From just their positive attitudes to wanting to make the most of the time we spent with them. You’d be amazed at how many people set very little time aside for photographs, which might I remind you, will be one of the only physical memories you will have from the day! ( Future brides I hope you’re paying attention! ) With Amanda and Ryan, people were literally coming to look for them cause they wanted to keep doing different shots!
As you can tell from some of the shots below, these two are a match made in heaven! From the sweet mustache to many other crazy ones we got that we don’t have room to post. Ryan promised me an Epic wedding, and well, he delivered! They set the bar high on the fun level for everyone right out of the gate! People were literally doing backflips at the reception! No really… look below! We had a blast and even after 13 hours of shooting, we were sad to see the night come to an end! 
So enjoy your lives together and we wish you guys the best of luck! I have also posted a special PSA at the bottom of Ryan letting us all know, with just a tiny sample, of the wrath you will endure if you ever mess with his new wife! 
SPECIAL PSA FROM RYAN:
This is just a tiny sample of my sweet Ninja skills! If you ever mess with Amanda, I will have no choice but to unleash the inner beast! I use Chuck Norris as a punching bag…. You’ve been warned! ( I would take this warning very seriously! It may look like he jumped off the swing, but he didn’t! His kick was so powerful it sucked everything behind him forward! My poor explorer is still stuck in a tree! )
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 11:36am Posted in Sports
It was another fun year shooting the Wisconsin Rapids Kickers again! Outside of the super windy conditions everything else was spot on weather wise! Blue skies for most of the day, white puffy clouds littering the sky…. doesn’t get much better than that. We had a good team running things this year and despite a few mishaps with the wind blowing clipboards full of paper all over and my yummy cans of juice getting knocked over, all went well!
This year instead of running speed lights we ran a full studio light setup including a beauty dish and 2 ring lights. The results are even better then last year! So here are some samples from this years shoot including a couple behind the scenes shots at the end!
Here the wind was so strong the diffuser/reflector we were using to help block some wind was just staying in place on Matt Meyers back. He was a human windshield, which I think would sound pretty good on a resume… lol
And here you can see the setup we were using, last light being the ringflash Luke is using…
Friday, April 16, 2010 at 10:23pm Posted in Sports
Proud to announce Black Tie Photography will be shooting the Wisconsin Rapids Kickers again this year! We are super excited and we have some new lighting we will be using this year! So the photos will rock again just like they did last year! So if you wanna see Team Black Tie in action, we will be shooting all day May 2 on one of the soccer fields at Washington Middle School…. just look for the monster crowd! Below are some of shots from last year. We hope you enjoy and we will be posting shots from this year as soon as we can! GO KICKERS!
by Robert
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