ilana natasha photography

Name: ilana natasha photography
Address: 100 s. Baldwin Street, Madison, WI, 53703, US
Telephone: +16083454461
Price range: $$$$

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Madison, Wisconsin Wedding Photographer Weddings are fun. Ho-lee s**t are they fun. Your wedding is about you. Your partner. Your relationship. Your families.

I think weddings are amazing, but let’s be honest, they would be NOTHING without the people. Sure, it’s great to get the right venue, tablecloths, and food, but at the end of the day, your wedding isn’t about that. Your friends. The little kids that act like drunk adults. The reason I love photography as much as I do is because of the people I get to work with. I’m fascinated by the connections yo

u share and the web of love that surrounds you. Yes, you’ll get a lot of pretty images from your wedding day, but I’ll also give you photographs that that tug at your mother f% * heart years from now �

*I will not swear in church, in front of your parents (unless specifically asked to do so), or around children. I will swear excitedly in front of you. Some more tid bits:

My parents named me ilana which sounds a whole lot like ee-LAHN-ah. I’m Madison based wedding photographer, but I love traveling and travel is included for any wedding based in the lower 48. If you’re in Hawai’i or Alaska, we can work something out. My dad was a photographer and my oldest brother is a photographer based out of Baltimore. They both tried to talk me out of shooting weddings because they thought it would be too stressful…

…They were wrong. This is my 5th full-time year as a wedding photographer and I think it’s the best job I could possibly have. I love it. That’s something I’ll never take for granted. All people, things and the surrounding scenes constantly change. I aim to create images that are genuinely full of joy, love and the beauty of an instant. It is my goal to give you photos that bring joy to you and the people who mean the world to you!

05/30/2025

Multitasking in the wild.

05/14/2025

To the smart, kind, funny people who want children and can make them: Please do.

I won't pay you to have babies, but I will photograph you.

05/29/2024

Friendly reminder: you don’t need kids or anything resembling a traditional family in order to have family portraits done.

02/06/2024

I have opinions about lines.

DMV lines? Mostly necessary. Dinner lines? If it makes sense! Sparkler lines? Oof. Those can be pretty dang cute, or painfully contrived. Receiving lines? I think they’re emotionally deflating for the surge of feelings that happens during a wedding ceremony 90% of the time. There are plenty of other ways to carve paths for people to express their happiness for the couple without the rigidity of a neat and planned greeting.

I bet if this guy had to wait in a line to hug his brother and sister-in-law, this photo wouldn’t have been as fun. The dog on the other hand chose to wait for the perfect time cuddle-gratulate his people during their first dance.

Weddings don’t need to follow the imaginary rulebook of weddinging. If they did, I would quit. I’m into ecstatic chaos.

01/20/2024

This guy gets it.

01/19/2024

Who is one of my favorite people? .cassidy.photography. What’s one of my favorite things? Photography. It’s always a good day when you get to work alongside your friend as their second photographer on a stunning September Saturday.

01/18/2024

Good ol’ rock paper scissors to determine who goes first.

10/26/2023

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08/08/2023

Hot Summer G**s. July 28, 2023 🪩🏳️‍🌈

07/15/2023

Part 3 of 3: Bean!  Fast forward a few years, a pandemic, a handful of moves, some significant life changes, but most importantly, some q***r magic brewing in Jac’s belly ♥️

07/10/2023

Part 2 of 3: Jac!

During Sasha’s 30th birthday gathering in her backyard in July of 2019, I saw Sasha kiss a person that wasn’t Sheena. I soon found out this new human was Jac, an incredibly intelligent and big-hearted human who was dating both Sasha and Sheena 🥰

Jac and Sheena met at a farming convention, and Sheena soon introduced Jac to Sasha. Sheena and jac continued dating but the three of them also had a relationship.

The concept of non-traditional relationships wasn’t entirely new to me. I had read about polyamory and other non-traditional relationship structures, as well as having dated someone who identified as poly (though I tried to make them fit in the monogamous box at the time). Seeing poly in practice? That was absolutely new to me. So when I saw Sasha kiss Jac while Sheena was probably Sheena-ing the grill, I became curious about how the hell it all worked. Did it actually work?

It turns out Sasha, Sheena, and Jac had a beautiful, caring, and intentional relationship where they were able to show up for one another with respect, love, playfulness, and open and honest communication.

They did all of that while confidently owning who they were and how they loved. Their existence as individuals and in relationship expanded my understanding of the different forms love can take.

06/02/2023

Part 1 of 3: Sasha, Sheena, and East Mifflin.

Do you remember that feeling as a child when you saw the neighbor kids playing outside, but you were too shy to ask to play with them, so you just caught glimpses of their fun through your windows?

That’s how I felt when Sheena + Sasha moved in across from me on east Mifflin in the spring of 2018. I would catch snippets of them having friends over for cookouts, laughter, and fires, and as a recovering shy kid, I hoped they’d wave me down one day to say hi and fulfill my shy kid dreams of becoming close friends with your neighbors.

On June 23, 2018, after photographing + ’s memorable wedding, I went back home to backup their photos and play approximately 8 minutes of guitar before meeting my friend Jenn at the Caribou for a post-work drink.

On our walk back home around bar time, one of the humans from across the street waved me and Jenn down. We joined Sasha in her front yard, and I instantly regretted not building up the courage to say hi sooner to my new neighbors.

After an hour of learning about each other, Sheena, dressed in her tighty whities, a white t shirt, and bed head, pushed open the screen door to the front of their house and and said,

“It’s after 3 am. Are you coming to bed?”

I forget how the night ended, but I remember eventually making the 12 second walk back home feeling excited to have met Sasha, and being intimidated by Sheena.

After a few small hangs, Sasha invited me for her backyard birthday celebration on July 4th where I got to partake in all of the fun I used to catch from my quick glimpses earlier that year.

Sheena’s intimidation factor began to wear off and my appreciation for her began to grow as I saw how deeply Sheena loved Sasha, and how much she cared for the people around her. Entering their backyard was like stepping through a portal to a community of humans I didn’t realize existed in Madison.

Sasha and Sheena were the q***rdos I hadn’t realized I had been missing in my first 30.5 years of life.

Address

100 S. Baldwin Street
Madison, WI
53703

Telephone

+16083454461

Website

http://www.ilananatasha.com/

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