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Gmartel Photography Photographer based out of Madison, WI.

Wes, What does love look like?You’ve got two good ones for parents. You can see how much they love you, how deeply they ...
10/21/2026

Wes,

What does love look like?

You’ve got two good ones for parents.

You can see how much they love you, how deeply they care about the life they’ve created for you.

With you.

It’s in the way your mom and dad look at you, at each other. The way they are patient with you. They play, they laugh and they comfort you.

Love looks like a lot of things, often unseen but sometimes you spend a slow morning photographing a family and you see it everywhere where you look.

So, what does love look like?

Wes, I think it looks a lot like your family.

And someday, I hope you look at these photographs and see what I saw.

Just how deeply you’ve always been loved.

Some favorite frames from Adam & Avery’s civil ceremony in Chicago.
10/15/2026

Some favorite frames from Adam & Avery’s civil ceremony in Chicago.

Tyler and Lauren got married, here’s how it felt. One of those weekends that will surely live in my mind for a while. ••...
09/30/2026

Tyler and Lauren got married, here’s how it felt.

One of those weekends that will surely live in my mind for a while.

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Vendor Team
Grant Martel | Madison, WI & Chicago Wedding Photographer
Madison Documentary Wedding Photographers
C***s Franklin Lodge
Tasha Sookochoff | Wanderwild Floral
BeautyByKaraNicole
Hair & Makeup by Cassy Laessig
D'Arcy Nelson Theiler
BBJ La Tavola
Bluewater Kings Band

Doing a lot of listening at weddings these days, using senses other than my eyes has been rewarding. Ears do the heavy l...
09/10/2026

Doing a lot of listening at weddings these days, using senses other than my eyes has been rewarding.

Ears do the heavy lifting, hearing the day makes this job simple.

Follow the loud.

Follow the quiet.

Both sides tell a story that’s worth seeing after hearing.

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Claire and Jack, their wedding & the sounds I heard.

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Vendor Team

Minneapolis Wedding and Family Photographer
Minneapolis Event Centers
Entourage Events Group
Transmission Music / Wedding & Event DJs
Manny Duke
Buttercream
Cailin Conrad | Central MN Luxury Bridal Hair & Makeup Artist
Studio Emme

Amelia and Ryan got married, here’s how it felt.•••Vendor Team📷 Derrick Parsons Liz | Wisconsin Wedding PlannerOverture ...
09/08/2026

Amelia and Ryan got married, here’s how it felt.

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Vendor Team

📷 Derrick Parsons
Liz | Wisconsin Wedding Planner
Overture Center for the Arts
Overture Events
The Edgewater
Batch Bakehouse
goodAFbaking
Catering A Fresco
saturns8dj.com
Daffodil Parker

Bucky Badger

Heart forward. Frames that make me feel, from Jo & Calvin’s wedding day. •••Madison Documentary Wedding Photographers St...
09/03/2026

Heart forward.

Frames that make me feel, from Jo & Calvin’s wedding day.

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Madison Documentary Wedding Photographers
Styled By Abbi
Northern Poppy Flower Co.
Kastina & Co.
The Hidden Meadow and Barn
River Valley Catering

Lexi & Davis got married and I got to witness it all. Frames from the inside, heart full.
08/24/2026

Lexi & Davis got married and I got to witness it all.

Frames from the inside, heart full.

Life lately, June. Guilt.I feel it at the end of the day sometimes.Most days feel like trying to give parenthood, life a...
08/21/2026

Life lately, June.

Guilt.

I feel it at the end of the day sometimes.

Most days feel like trying to give parenthood, life and business a little bit of me all at the same time, and somehow never feeling like I gave enough to any of them.

A balancing act that is rarely balanced.

When will it get easier? When will my days feel organized and divided neatly into their own little sections?

Questions I ask myself while my children’s childhood slips away from me, right in front of my face.

Isn’t this the whole point?

Didn’t you dream of days filled with coloring pages and living room furniture strewn with trains and railroad tracks?

Petting zoos and merry-go-rounds?

Small hands, big messes and endless questions?

I have to remind myself not to wish away what I once longed for.

Work will always be there, but my children will need me a little less each day. One day I’m going to wake up to uninterrupted quiet, spotless floors and all the time I longed for during this season.

I have a feeling I’ll miss the noise.

Maybe balance isn’t the point right now.

Maybe it’s letting life be lopsided so that my children can have all of me before I have none of them.

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Lessons I am trying to learn.

An unforgettable weekend celebrating Christy & Calvin, some favorite frames. •••Vendor Team Grant Martel | Madison, WI &...
08/18/2026

An unforgettable weekend celebrating Christy & Calvin, some favorite frames.

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Vendor Team
Grant Martel | Madison, WI & Chicago Wedding Photographer
Minneapolis Wedding and Family Photographer
Archifête Wedding Planning & Design
LANE FLORAL
Courtney Rae Films
Jill Elaine Designs | Midwest Wedding Stationery
Phos•Bringing Visions to Light
Stouts Island Lodge
Aunt Mona’s Cakes
Specialty Coffee Cart | Minneapolis MN
Harmony DJ
maria livingood | hair + makeup | STUDIO M

Life lately, May. Being 3ish months removed from May & revisiting this work reminds me how important it is to keep bring...
08/04/2026

Life lately, May.

Being 3ish months removed from May & revisiting this work reminds me how important it is to keep bringing the camera with me.

Life moves fast, especially at this age.

Firsts come and go, for everything that’s fleeting there’s something that isn’t.

Laughter, thankfulness, curiosity, compassion.

Wealth in its greatest form.

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