Salon 180 in Lake Geneva had a customer appreciation Holiday open house last Thursday night and we decided to capture the fun. We love 180! It is so hard to find a Salon that does a great job and is committed to each customer and 180 is AWESOME!

We had a great night and saw lots of familiar faces and past brides. Future brides, if you are looking for a Salon around Lake Geneva you can’t go wrong with 180!!! Did I mention how incredible the facility is?! Take a look at these photos to see for yourself!

TO see more images you can follow this link.

Well today Zak the VP, Josh our #1 Photographer, and I (RYAN) delivered 24×36 canvas prints to Evergreen Country Club in Elkhorn and the Abbey in Fontana. If you have never seen a 24×36 canvas print come to our studio and check out the ones hanging in the WINDOWS. They are breathtaking.

We are really excited about seeing our ART at the Abbey and Evergreen. So, wedding clients, if you go to these places make sure you tell them you noticed their IDEAL ART!!!

If you are considering a wedding venue you can’t go wrong with either of these reputable organizations. Great customer service and commitment to you on your big day!

Ok so the dilemma goes on… We like TTL for on the go fast moving ccontrol. I bought 4 TT5’s and a TT1 and love the concept but they seldom work right. They don’t fire all the time and leave me looking stupid! I was going to get radio poppers and Josh from Ideal ordered a set but the TTL connection wasn’t available yet.

Is anyone else having major problems with their TT5/TT1’s?

I talked to a guy who just got the radio poppers and he says they are amazing!!!

So I think I may switch! Plus I am tired of breaking the cheap plastic show mounts. I have returned 3 of thes to be fixed already! ERRRRRRRR

I have always wanted to just DRIVE Lake Geneva and stop wherever looked fun so last week I met up with my supertrooper couple Jen and Erick for a day out on the town… well out on the town, country, estate roads and anywhere else we could go! It was a mission!

SO MUCH FUN! Thanks guys!

Had a great wedding show at the Sheraton in Brookfield today! Super fun!

This show we were giving away free engagement shoots to some lucky brides. If you weren’t at the show and want a chance to win email Ryan@idealimpressionsphotography.com right away to be in the drawing!

We set up a new booth this year with a couple 24×36 canvas prints, a huge photo booth, and a handfull of framed metalic prints along with our usual data projection slideshows set to music and lots of flush mount, traditional and memory book press printed albums to view.

On 9-19-09 Ideal Impressions had the opportunity to photograph a the Wedding of Lisette & Donald Blust for Dynamic Events. So Yesterday I made a trip up to the Third Ward to visit David Caruso and drop off a 24×36 Canvas print and album from the wedding.

Delivery anyone?!

To see all the images from our visit CLICK HERE!

Last weekend we had the opportunity to photograph Pier Wisconsin and capture an amazing day with Donald Blust and Lisette Boyd. Donald and Lisette are a couple matched in heaven and have a great spirit for eachother and love for their families. We were honored to be part of such an intimate and special day.

The wedding was absolutely breathtaking with some of the most creative attention to detail I have ever seen. David Caruso and Natalie DeLiso from Dynamic Events were absolutely great in every way.

INCREDIBLE

PIER WISCONSIN

EXTRAVAGANT LOVE

Often times you have something so wonderful right next to you or under your nose and you never utilize it. Our team had a brainstorming session a while back and it dawned on us Yerkes Observatory is an incredible location for great wedding images and we hardly take advantage of it, especially being that it is a few minutes from our studio. So we made a conscious effort to capture some fun imagery at Yerkes and here are a few samples of the images. If you are looking for something a bit different and majestic I would highly recomend it!

Ryan Bensheimer

Recently I have begun to cry at some of my weddings.      Ok so I am not weeping or anything but I get choked up and emotionally into all that is happening.

Here is an example of an emotionally charged moment for me.  Rick sang a song he wrote and composed to his bride.  Nice Rick…very NICE!

Ok this one really got to me.  Bethany & Brian, the passion and love they showed in this photo blew me away.

Corley & Brian made me cry in tears of laughter when the minister dropped the ring through the cracks in the outdoor decking.  Well…at first I was as shocked as everyone else.   Corely yelled out, “oh no” and everyone held their breath until they began to laugh and a groomsman’s ring became immediately available and actually fit!  Then it became a fun happening.

Jamie & Jason made me proud to be an American.  Jason thanks for your service to our country.   They are now serving in Alaska!  Sounds good right now going into a near 100 degree weekend!

Then this afternoon I watched this YouTube video again and something about it makes me cry.  The sheer joy of the wedding party.  This is the way every wedding party should enter into the ceremony.

Written by Matt Mason.

One of the most rewarding things I hear as a photographer after a long day at a wedding is, “Josh, everything was great; the photos are fantastic. We can’t thank you enough.” It is extremely satisfying to know that my clients are happy–with both their wedding day and their images. Tonight, the bride sent that message in a new way: she told me, in front of her new husband, that they would “definitely hire us again next time!” While the comment afforded the three of us a good laugh, I appreciated the fact that they were 200% satisfied with the service we provided today. After meeting with Dara and Henning, I was immediately excited to work with them: she is a fantastic opera performer, and he is from Germany. The excitement didn’t fail to disappoint, and we had a great day in Williams Bay, WI!

Thanks, Dara and Henning…we’ll be looking forward to “next time!”