Gmartel Photography

Gmartel Photography Photographer based out of Madison, WI.

Cameil and John got married last weekend, here’s how it felt.•••Vendor Dream Team
05/15/2026

Cameil and John got married last weekend, here’s how it felt.

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Vendor Dream Team











Raindrops and wedding dresses. A day that’s frequented my mind over the years. •••This was one of the first weddings tha...
05/07/2026

Raindrops and wedding dresses.

A day that’s frequented my mind over the years.

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This was one of the first weddings that shot with me and proved how valuable it is to have homies in this industry. Psyched to make some more art this weekend with him.

The Harris Family For the first few years of my career I made an effort to not shoot any family work, I think I had this...
05/05/2026

The Harris Family

For the first few years of my career I made an effort to not shoot any family work, I think I had this notion that it had to be a hyper perfect representation of infancy, of beginnings where no one knows what’s happening and life is chaotic. Trying to fake perfection in that realm is nearly impossible, it’s stressful for everyone and to be completely honest, it just doesn’t make me feel anything.

I had a realization shortly after, I’ve been approaching that work wrong. If I document families in the same way as my own then I bypass all of the falsehoods and I am able to create imagery that feels like real life because it is.

Life is messy, especially when you have children. To show the truth will be immensely more impactful to the family as they age and grow.

Honored to be returning to this little family as they continue writing their story, thankful for the gift that is allowing me to document as they are.

Photographs for your children and theirs, legacy at the forefront.

A trip to see my grandparents.Photography for me has always been about preservation, I’m incredibly fortunate to have th...
05/04/2026

A trip to see my grandparents.

Photography for me has always been about preservation, I’m incredibly fortunate to have these two still in my life but I am not a stranger to how fleeting time is.

I want my children to have a record of who their great grandparents were.

How they made tea every single morning.

How much my Mimi loved her flowers, how great of an artist my Papa was.

How we would spend afternoons on their front porch, talking and laughing at the kids.

I want them to hear how they laughed.

I want to show them how much love they shared with them, how distance in a car couldn’t change that.

Document your life, it’s worth the effort.

Photographs from and for the heart.

How it felt, an excerpt from Hannah & Zach’s day at the Tinsmith.
05/02/2026

How it felt, an excerpt from Hannah & Zach’s day at the Tinsmith.

A wedding is about more than just the couple.I used to walk into a day with blinders on, I was so focused on two people ...
04/30/2026

A wedding is about more than just the couple.

I used to walk into a day with blinders on, I was so focused on two people that I missed the rest of the story.

I was making images but they lived on the surface.

When those blinders came off my work became so much deeper. Depth is something I’m always chasing,
but you can only go so deep when your view is narrow.

A wedding day is layered, it’s complex. The relationships surrounding your clients are the story and they’re worth your attention.

They hold meaning.

They tell things that words never will be able to.

Listen. Shoot. Listen.

A site tour with Lexi & DavisSpring into summer will be sweet this year with these two, excited for August.
04/28/2026

A site tour with Lexi & Davis

Spring into summer will be sweet this year with these two, excited for August.

Film Workshop 2026Spent more time teaching than photographing and honestly that felt like the point. I made maybe 10 fra...
04/28/2026

Film Workshop 2026

Spent more time teaching than photographing and honestly that felt like the point. I made maybe 10 frames all day but couldn’t be happier.

A really generous turnout, thoughtful questions, people eager to learn and share what they know. We talked film, metering, pushing, difficult light, and how to make this medium feel a little less mysterious.

Most meaningful of all, together we raised over $1,400 for to get cameras into the hands of youth around the world.

Grateful to everyone who showed up, honored to have people gather to hear me talk and use this platform to do good. Excited to find a larger space for 2027 and to see how much of a positive impact we can make as a whole next year.

Shout out to & for the bts photographs!

Evidence of life, Derrick and Eleanor. To not see is to not care, so often we are blinded by the big, so much so that we...
04/22/2026

Evidence of life, Derrick and Eleanor.

To not see is to not care, so often we are blinded by the big, so much so that we miss out on the little.

Connection isn’t usually in the big, it’s found only if you look for it. It’s likely to be missed if the sole intention is to photograph a wedding, rather than to document the humans within it.

Because in the end, we’re all searching for evidence of a life lived.

The Mathers FamilyThe newborn days come and go so quickly.Being invited back into the lives of a former wedding couple t...
04/20/2026

The Mathers Family

The newborn days come and go so quickly.

Being invited back into the lives of a former wedding couple to document the monumental shift that is parenthood is something I don’t take lightly. There’s a different kind of weight to it.

Thank you both for letting me a part of it all, I’m honored.

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