About this vendor
Holen Photography is a wedding photography business in Milwaukee, WI. Owner and founder Casandra is a proud wife, mother, and photographer. She is accompanied by her sister-in-law, Carli, who helps out as a second shooter when necessary. Family is at the heart of this business. They know how special this day is to you and your partner and want to contribute their skillset to help give you mementos you can treasure for a lifetime.
Services Offered
Holen Photography favors natural light shots and lifestyle imagery. Three words to describe their style of photography would be romantic, light, and dreamy. With countless awards and stellar reviews under their belt, this powerful duo is a force to be reckoned with and will help encapsulate the essence of this special day so that you can relive it for decades to come.
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Photo
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
- Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Wedding
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
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We loved working with Casandra. She made the entire experience so fun for me and my husband. We normally do not enjoy taking pictures but Casandra helped us relax and embrace the love and the fun. She was incredibly flexible for our engagement photo shoot. She helped us pick the location and time that would offer us the pictures that we wanted to capture within the timeframe we were hoping for. At our wedding, she captured our love so perfectly. She once again worked to understand the specific photos that we wanted as well as offered fun suggestions for our venue. Our guests also loved Casandra's photos as well as her approachable, fun manner. We look forward to working with Casandra again on future photo shoots.
I asked friends for their photographer recommendations, and Casandra’s name came up twice. Her packages were flexible and we found one that worked for our intimate wedding. Casandra was on time, professional, and wonderfully accommodating to our wishes. She was SO patient when little ones wanted to be involved in everything she was doing! I was able to get a few photos so I could put together a social media post, and then our highlight gallery came a few weeks later. We just got the rest of our pictures, and they are everything we hoped they would be. The compliments on them are non-stop! We are so in love with them, and thrilled with the beautiful job Casandra did. Highly recommend!
When you’re planning your wedding, it can come as a surprise that the couple spends more time with their photographer than anyone else on the wedding day. On a day that can be so stressful, Casandra is a source of calm. You’ll be glad to have her near and you’ll love the photos even more. Casandra is a talented photographer that exceeded all of our expectations. You will NOT regret enlisting her services.
Holen Photography is absolutely outstanding! Amazing photography and Cassandra is very fun and personable. We enjoyed working with her so much. There are not enough words to describe how amazing she is so I’ll let the photos do the talking! Highly recommend, you won’t regret booking!
AMAZING! She did an outstanding job, my wedding photos turned out amazing. Not only is she great at her craft but also an amazing person. I can’t wait to book with her again in the future.
Cassandra was so wonderful to work with for our engagement and wedding photos. Aside from creating beautiful memories for us, she was fun to work with and relatable. We aren’t big on having our photos taken, but she kept it light and comfortable. A million thank yous!!
There really is no words for how amazing Casandra is! First off, her photos are amazing- I love everything about her style and editing. I would say by far she was my favorite vendor to work with on our wedding day and her communication was always amazing.
I am so grateful for her ability to go with the flow on my day and capturing every part of it!
Casandra was absolutely the perfect choice for our wedding. She was responsive and helpful throughout the entire process, making sure she knew our musts and helping with timeline. She showed up promptly on day of and everything went flawlessly. She’s pure magic with kids and got the best smiles from our son which was absolutely amazing. There were so many special moments she caught that are my favorites . I can’t thank her enough. We love them all. Highly recommend!!
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Cassandra was such a delight from the first response of my inquiry all the way up to this day. She was prompt, responsive and helpful. I had never had a professional photo shoot since senior high. She was so patient with all my questions and helped me and my now husband every step of the way. She even made us a timeline and always had good feed back and suggestions. She carries herself well and when we met at our engagement photos we clicked instantly and we knew she was the perfect person for the job. Our wedding photos came out gorgeous. Her prices are beyond reasonable and you definitely get what you pay for. My family and friends raved how awesome she was and fit right in to our family. I honestly barely knew she was there more of the day ! I recommend her to everyone i know. She is our photographer for life. Thank you Cassandra for capturing our special day so perfectly!
Casandra is amazing! We used her for our engagement photos and our wedding photos. The engagement photos turned out beautiful and even though we don’t have our wedding photos back I know they will be beautiful as well. Casandra is so easy to work with and she makes the photo shoots fun and stress free! Communication was amazing as well. Every time I had a question I would get a response within 24 hours which helped ease a lot stress knowing I could go to her and get a fast reply. Our engagement pictures got back to us within the time frame in the contract as well! Casandra was amazing, I would definitely recommend Holen photography for any photo shoot!
Cassandra was so wonderful to work with. She helped plan our timeline for the day since we didn’t have a wedding planner, was super responsive during the planning process and what we wanted our vision to be. On the day of, she was on time and took all the photos we wanted in a couple different places. It was everything we could have asked for and more! My husband and I would recommend her in a heartbeat!
Casandra did an excellent job capturing our wedding day so well! She was easy to work with and responded in a timely manner. She was also a great help recommending other vendors and even drove an hour out of her way to come meet us for our engagement pictures! My husband and I are not fans of super posed pictures and we were looking for someone to make our pictures look organic, Casandra delivered that and more!
Cassandra did a fantastic job from start to finish! We couldn't have asked for a better wedding photographer and appreciate all the time and effort she put into making our photos beautiful!
Cassandra is AMAZING and so down to earth. We really loved hanging out and spending time with her - she made the photo process (both engagement and wedding) very easy for us and she feels like part of the family! I was a bit worried because it was a very hot and humid day, but our photos turned out fantastic. She was so helpful with the timeline and was very responsive/timely to my questions and requests for suggestions. On the day, she was prepared with everything she needed, and I never needed to look for her, she was always there when I turned my head even though we had 3 different locations as a part of our day. DO NOT HESITATE TO BOOK HER!!
Casandra was so amazing to work with! The photos we have gotten back from our wedding turned out so good. Couldn’t be happier with our decision to go with Holen Photography, I 100% recommend her!
Casandra did an amazing job as our wedding photographer! She made us feel comfortable and gave all the right cues and direction when we were posing and taking the photos. They turned out fantastic and better than I imagined. Thanks so much Casandra! :)
We are so happy we chose Holen Photography to capture our wedding. Casandra truly made us feel at ease throughout our engagement and wedding photos. Her efficient but laid back personality ensured that our wishes were a priority, and she was such a joy to have around on our wedding day. From helping us plan our timeline to giving me the hair tie off of her own head in a moment of need, she truly went out of her way to help us have the best day ever. Our favorite photos are the little moments she captured, and looking through them will help us remember how we were feeling for years to come!
Casandra and her team were excellent in capturing our special day. She was professional, personal, and overall such a joy to have with us. 100% recommend to family and friends!
Casandra was absolutely amazing to work with! We even were able to do our engagement photos out in Colorado where we are living while she visited family there! She is so flexible and so creative when it comes to photos. She’s so fun to work with and makes you feel so comfortable during photos. We have only gotten some previews from our wedding so far but they are absolutely amazing and I cannot wait to see the rest. I am so thankful we got to work with her for our engagement photos and wedding. Thank you again for everything Casandra!
Casandra was amazing to work with. She eased our minds and nerves right off the bat at the engagement session. My husband definitely felt awkward at first taking pictures but she definitely got us laughing and being ourselves in the first 10 minutes. Her attention to detail in every photo and her drive to showcase our story was more than we could have asked for. She recommended people for us to contact for other vendors when we asked and help us plan a schedule for the day. Those tasks in between taking photos and editing were extremely helpful and honestly took stress of my back. She even was so thoughtful and sent us two gifts that had items we used on our wedding day and fun photos we have up in our house already! We got so many comments on both our engagement photos and our wedding photos right when they were posted on social media. The quality of the photos and the care she takes on each is incomparable. We would recommend her to anyone we saw and will hopefully be able to continue to utilize her services as we grow our family. It was wonderful having someone local and able to connect with us. We loved having her as our photographer and honestly were so happy we were able to obtain her for our wedding!
Cassie and Carli are always amazing to work with! The service is above and beyond and the photo quality is fantastic!!
We are still in planning stages so we've only gotten to engagement photos (no venue or date set). However, can't recommend enough! Cassandra made us feel so comfortable during the whole process and the pictures totally show it! We look natural, comfortable, like we're just having a great time! I've gotten so many compliments! Communication was great throughout as well which is always a bonus! Thank you so much!
We want to thank Cassandra for the great experience on our amazing day. She was easy to work with and we loved how everything turned out! She was professional, fast to respond, and worth every penny spent. We would highly recommend Holen Photography for anyone on their big day!
Huge shout out to Carli for being a part of our engagement photos and our wedding day! She did an amazing job at capturing our personalities and all our special moments on our big day. She is very personable and fun loving which made being photographed feel natural. She laughed along with us and gave us suggestions as to what to talk about while being photographed which made the photos genuine. She has such a great ability and skill to move us around the setting we were in and capture the beautiful views around us. Not only did we have a great time with Carli, our wedding party and families made numerous comments on how great she was!
Our two favorite photos from our engagement session and our wedding day are great examples of how Carli captured us in the moment and beauty surrounding us.
Looking through the photos Carli sent back to us, it’s like we were walking through our wedding day!! ❤️
Cassandra is not only an amazing photographer but an amazing person to work with. She is so talented and creative, she has this ability to capture the most genuine and purest moments. She has the best personality and makes you feel so comfortable while being photographed. She is extremely timely, responsive and professional. I didn’t want anyone else photographing my wedding besides her.
Using Holen Photography was one of the best decisions we made about our wedding vendors! Our pictures are BEAUTIFUL! It brings me back to our best day. I was a bride planning a wedding out of state, which was very difficult with some vendors at times. Casandra was quick to communicate and happy to answer any questions I had. On our wedding day, she was patient, fun, and had a lot of creative ideas for photo opportunities. I would 100% recommend her!
From our engagement photos to our wedding photos, Casandra was amazing through it all. She knows all the good poses, helps you get into them, and keeps the mood fun and entertaining with her cues! She makes taking pictures for hours fun and enjoyable!! Her finished products are professionally done, and her communication is amazing. I highly highly recommend her!!!
Cassandra did such an amazing job! She truly made my wedding night special!:) she new exactly what to do and when to do it!!! She was so kind and her photos are absolutely amazing!
Literally so obsessed with Casandra and her talent and creative eye/photography skills. She made us feel so free and fun and comfortable for our wedding and our engagement photos and I couldn’t have asked for a better photographer!!
We could not have asked for a better photographer than Sandra and Holen Photography for our big day. The pictures are absolutely incredible and capture us perfectly. Sandra was extremely kind, easy to work with, and genuine which made us really comfortable through our engagement and wedding pictures. The moments she captured blew us away and we can’t imagine the day (or our lifetime memories through pictures) without her.
Casandra was amazing to work with! She is so much fun, makes you feel comfortable, and her pictures are incredible! I would recommend her to anyone for weddings or any other formal photo occasions. She is THE BEST!!
Cassandra did such a wonderful job capturing our special day! She made it so much fun and was able to act as partial wedding planner as well, which I was so grateful! I am in love with all the photos. She really goes above and beyond, with amazing creativity.
If you are considering Casandra for you wedding, stop and go with her!! Being one of the many 2020 COVID brides, she was so accommodating with the ever changing dates, times, locations. 24 hours before our ceremony we changed it to my parents backyard. She was there and is the sweetest. We are lucky cause we get her next year too for our delayed reception, bonus!!!
We could not have picked a better photographer. Our engagement photos were done in November so it was cold! Casandra was so sweet about making sure we stayed warm and that our photos would be done quickly. The photos turned out stunning. She edits her photos in such a classy yet modern way. Her skills are phenomenal and she is the coolest as well! Casandra makes taking pictures easy and enjoyable! She is such an easy going gal and that helped me as the bride! She also was so helpful from helping with steaming my dress to assisting with my ripped bustle. I am already looking forward to the next time we can book her for a shoot.
My fiancé and I loved working with Casandra! She was reliable, informative, and super focused! Her pictures are beautiful, intimate, and very natural! She was an absolute joy to work with and we will definitely be utilizing her for future photoshoots! Would absolutely recommend!
The only word to accurately describe working with Holen Photography is, "WOW!"
As a COVID bride, I was faced with so much unpredictability and was forced to make changes seemingly every day. My now husband and I knew we wanted to keep our date even if it meant a complete 180 from the wedding we had spent 13 months planning. Sandra was there every step of the way, through every question, every uncertainty and every change just ready to photograph the greatest day of our lives. If I wasn't reaching out to her, she was checking in on me.
Our day wasn't what we originally planned but it was BETTER and Sandra captured every detail and every moment. She even drove me off-road through a ditch to get me to my venue to get dressed when I was running behind. She made photos fun for everyone involved and we have amazing memories to last us a lifetime. I couldn't be happier with what she was able to capture and she even threw in some surprises.
We can't wait to see Sandra again for the next phases of our lives as we grow our family. She's truly one in a million!
Casandra & the Holen Photography company was a true highlight of my wedding day. She made us feel so comfortable as if we were hanging out with a friend- which made engagement photos and wedding photos feel so natural. She had creative ideas that produced stunning photos that we will cherish forever! Highly highly recommend!
Casandra is an amazing photographer! The quality of her photos are amazing. She made you feel so comfortable being in front of the camera! She captured the love and party atmosphere perfectly on our big day! She allowed me complete control of what I was looking for in pictures of our big day and delivered! She is so easy going and took control of what needs to happen while trying wrangle in our wedding party of 20! I can't say enough good things about her and her photography. I have already recommended her to friends and family and will continue to use her in the future! We love Holen Photography!
You can't go wrong! They were ultimate professionals and amazing photographers! They did an outstanding job with the pictures from my daughter's wedding!
Casandra is great! She makes you feel relaxed and is sure to capture what is most important to you on your wedding day. She is reasonably priced for photographers in this area - even better is that she doesn't put a time limit on how long she takes pictures and you are guaranteed access to hundreds of photos from your special day. I'm so happy we went with Casandra and would consider using her photography services again in the future!
Holen photography photographed our ceremony and reception a couple years ago. They captured every moment and we cherish the pictures. Thank you!
Casandra is the sweetest! She was super flexible with what we wanted since we were having a destination wedding and only a small reception at home. I'd recommend her to anyone. She even does family photos because we couldn't bare to go with anyone else!
Best. Photographer. Ever.
Don’t waste your time hiring anyone else.
Casandra is so easy to work with and so personable! She really captures you in the moment while including natural light to her photos. Her photos are stunning and she really took the time and effort to make sure we got every photo we wanted. She also took our engagement photos and made us feel so comfortable and captured all the emotions! She was such a big help on wedding day and understood exactly what we wanted to make our day perfect! She traveled to Green Bay with us and took us all around to our favorite spots around Lambeau! I would recommend Holen Photography for your wedding!!! Casandra is the best!!!!
Casandra is honestly the best! She is so sweet and makes you feel very comfortable when taking pictures. She literally had pink eye the day we had engagement pictures and she refused to cancel cause it was snowing out and she knew pictures would be perfect with the snow. I can’t say enough about her and I recommend her for weddings/engagement and she did our sons newborn pictures too. We won’t be using anyone else for our pictures from here on out. I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Casandra is absolutely amazing!! She makes you feel so comfortable from the second you meet her, which translates into natural and beautiful looking pictures. She answered all of my millions of questions during our initial meeting and made me feel so excited to have her photograph our wedding. The engagement session was a ton of fun, and she gave us over 100 beautiful pictures from it. She asks you questions and has you play fun little games to create really candid looking pictures. We also got our engagement pictures back super quickly!! We just got married a few days ago, and she helped our wedding photos go so smoothly. She posted a sneak peak 2 days after the wedding of 8 amazing pictures. She responded quickly to any emails that I sent and helped me like a best friend throughout the entire process. She helped with our wedding day timeline and had everything running smoothly. I would definitely recommend her to a friend (and already have) and do pictures with her again in the future!
We absolutely loved having Holen photography there to capture our day! Casandra is so down to earth and easy to work with, all while capturing beautiful images! From our engagement pictures to our wedding photos, we couldn’t be happier!!
Casandra was amazing to work with. Very easy to get along with, felt like we had known her for years. She was very quick with her responses for communication, helped with wedding day timeline. Her work is amazing, both our engagement photos and our wedding photos turned out beautifully. I would not hesitate to recommend Casandra. She will capture your day and give you memories that'll last a lifetime.
From the moment we started planning our wedding my priority was an amazing photographer and HOLY S#*! did I find one! Casandra was a blast to work with and we could not be happier with our experience.
First and foremost she was always quick to answer emails and any questions from the moment we made an inquiry to the day before the wedding.
When we met her for the first time at our engagement session Tim and I were feeling very awkward about about getting cozy in front of a stranger with a camera. But within a few minutes any and all anxiety melted away. Casandra was generally interested in getting to know the two of us and our relationship. It was very sweet and made our session so much fun.
On the big day Casandra was an amazing balance of professional, (keeping us on schedule, wrangling some rowdy groomsmen, making our infant nephew laugh and smile for photos, helping with my bustle, etc.) and hilariously fun (having the groomsmen race for a beer, putting up with the best man stealing her stool, capturing a photo of our Bob Ross cut out lol)
Finally I will wrap this up by saying we selected the package that included a second shooter...HIGHLY RECOMMEND! We have so many beautiful pictures of the day from different perspectives.
THANK YOU SO MUCH CASANDRA!
Booking Holen Photography was one of the best decisions we could have made for our wedding!! I cannot say enough good things about Casandra!! Our photographer was one of the first vendors we booked (even before our venue) because I knew that having a reliable and talented photographer to capture the emotion and beauty of the day was so essential. Casandra is truly so amazing to work with and has such a good eye for capturing the raw emotions, the love, the candids, and everything else in between. We got to know Casandra over the year before our wedding and she is so, so sweet, fun, easy-going, and genuine! She's also so easy to talk to and get along with, and makes you feel comfortable right away. When my fiancé and I took engagement photos with Casandra, it was our first time taking professional photos, so we were both a little nervous and didn't know what to expect; but right off the bat, she made us feel right at ease and the session was so much fun! After that, I knew the wedding day was going to be perfect, and it was that and so much more. Our day was beyond magical, and Cassandra had a huge part in making it the best! She was able to capture all of the most meaningful and best parts of our day, from getting ready to partying the night away with our friends and family. Both our friends and family could not stop raving about how amazing and fun Casandra was, as well as professional and personable. She got our wedding gallery back to us in 3 short weeks, and I cried happy tears looking through all of them! I seriously find a new favorite everytime I look at them. I would 1000% recommend Holen Photography as your wedding photographer, or photographer in general. She's reliable, easy to get a hold of, and always goes above and beyond. You can tell she truly enjoys what she does! I could really go on and on about how amazing she is!! Thank you Casandra for being a huge part in making our day so perfect and memorable. We will have these pictures to look at forever and will look back on the day with such fond and fun memories! We love you!!
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