About this vendor
McKenna Shaffer is a Milwaukee-based wedding and elopement photographer serving Milwaukee, Chicago, Madison and beyond.
She specializes in capturing genuine emotion, breathtaking environments, and meaningful moments with an earthy, warm, and cinematic style. Her approach blends artful storytelling with a relaxed, comfortable experience, using thoughtful direction and prompts to help clients feel at ease in front of the camera.
McKenna works with couples who are adventurous, laid-back, non-traditional, and wildly in love — celebrating love stories of all kinds with creativity and care.
Wedding photography packages begin at $3,000. Elopement coverage starts at $1,500.
📍 Based in Milwaukee, WI — available for destinations near and far.
📸 Follow on Instagram: @mckennamariephoto
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Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Boudoir
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Documentary
- Lifestyle
- Modern
- Vintage
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
2-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2026.2023.
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McKenna was absolutely amazing. Her professionalism and customer service was so helpful during this process. It was a chaotic wedding day with lots of kids, rain and changes but sh...
e captured everything we wanted. Very personable. Highly highly recommend McKenna photography. Also, the price was, in my opinion, very reasonable for everything you get!
McKenna is a talented photographer. The photos were absolutely stunning and beautiful
If you are on the fence about which photographer, look no further. McKenna was one of the BEST parts of our wedding. She made everything feel so comfortable and make sure we got al...
l the photos we wanted. She went above and beyond with helping button up and bustle up my dress. She was so kind and even made sure the caterer saved us appetizers while we took photos and such. She made everything feel so comfortable and made jokes with our friends. I loved working with her and will recommend her as much as I can! I hope to use her for future photography needs. I’m so glad I went with her for our photos!
We love working with McKenna! We’ve hired her for our engagement photos, our wedding, and most recently for photos of our growing family/new baby. Always fabulous photos!
There’s so many fantastic things to say about McKenna. From the very beginning she was extremely easy to work with and saw out all of our visions for our photos for our wedding. On...
the day of our wedding, McKenna made sure she got every shot we wanted. So much so that she actually drove us to our wedding so we could stay on location to get more pictures. All of our guests raved about her work and loved how our photos came out. We plan on using McKenna in the future. You can be sure if you use McKenna as your photographer, that’s one less thing for you to worry about. She’s completely organized and in control. The best wedding decision we made.
McKenna has documented some of the most meaningful moments of our lives—our engagement session, our COVID wedding, and our one-year anniversary celebration—and we couldn’t imagine ...
a better photographer for the job. She is incredibly professional, kind, and calming to be around, which made every session feel natural and stress-free. McKenna has a rare talent for finding beauty in subtle, quiet details and turning them into images that feel timeless and deeply personal. Looking through our photos always brings us right back to how those moments felt. We are so grateful for her work and would recommend her wholeheartedly to anyone looking for a photographer who truly cares about her clients and her craft.
Choosing McKenna as our wedding photographer was easily one of the best choices we made. We couldn’t have asked for a better wedding photographer! She is fun and easy going, which ...
instantly put us at ease and made being in front of the camera feel completely natural. She has an incredible ability to capture genuine moments and real reactions so beautifully. Looking through our photos feels like reliving our favorite day exactly as it was, full of emotion and joy. We are beyond grateful for her talent and would recommend her to anyone looking for authentic, stunning wedding photography.
We absolutely loved working with McKenna! She felt like a friend from the moment she walked in the room — warm, calm, and so genuine. She even saved the day with a Tide pen when I ...
got lipstick on my dress right before walking down the aisle!
She was professional, punctual, and an absolute dream to work with from start to finish. We couldn’t recommend her more!
McKenna is an extremely friendly, charismatic, and kind-hearted person. Anyone would be absolutely lucky to have her as their photographer. She captures the most special moments ef...
fortlessly, very organized, and handled our chaotic day with grace. I couldn’t be happier with our results from our engagement shoot and wedding day.
McKenna was amazing. My husband and I are not people that generally are comfortable in front of the camera, she made everything so seamless and comfortable the entire time. McKenna...
is so talented, we absolutely love how our photos turned out. During our reception we never felt like we were being watched or photographed the whole time, she captured everything we could have ever asked for.
McKenna was fantastic to work with. She was incredibly organized and thoughtful throughout the entire planning process, the day of the wedding and then the follow-up post wedding. ...
I had expressed to McKenna that we were looking for authentic and in the moment shots and she did just that for us. McKenna made everyone feel at ease and the actual process of taking pictures was seamless and organized. All of our expectations were exceeded and I would highly recommend McKenna.
McKenna was exactly what we were looking in a photographer for our wedding! She was so professional with her work but also has the most funny and energetic demeanor that just makes...
you comfortable around her. She was so helpful in all questions photography wise and any other topic as well! She captured our day beautifully and cannot wait to book our future milestone photo shoots with her!
McKenna was so incredible to work with! She made the photography aspect of our wedding day feel so stress-free and enjoyable, and she was a pleasure to work with. She has a great b...
alance between capturing candid moments and giving instruction on how to create a pose that feels very natural, and she was able to highlight the beauty of our venue in the process as well. Neither me nor my wife are very natural in front of a camera, and she found a way to make the experience easy and fun. We couldn’t be happier with her work, and we would not have wanted anyone else to help capture our big day!
McKenna was absolutely amazing! She captured our love for each other and truly who we are as a couple. We could not be more pleased with our photos and we will definitely be reachi...
ng out to her in the future for any photos we need.
McKenna shot our wedding and did a mini engagement shoot with us. She is super nice and professional and made us feel comfortable at all times. She was patient with family members ...
that wanted to use their phones to take their own pictures. Some of the ideas she had for shots were unique and turned out incredible.
Choosing McKenna for our wedding photos was hands down one of the best decisions we made. We're not great in front of a camera and McKenna's very easy going personality made it mor...
e fun than we thought it could be. She was so organized and communicative throughout the entire process and the photos we ended up with are awesome. Could not have asked for a better photographer!
McKenna was our photographer for both our destination engagement and wedding day photos. She captured both days so perfectly and was the sweetest to work with. Hands down the best ...
photographer - we can't recommend McKenna enough!!
We loved working with McKenna for both our engagement photos and wedding photos! She really took the time to learn about our relationship and what was important to us on our big da...
y. The photos she captured felt authentic and she truly captured how happy we were on our wedding day. We cannot stop looking at them! :)
McKenna was absolutely a dream to work with! From our initial conversations to all the planning prior to the wedding she was very responsive, organized, and beyond easy to work wit...
h! On our wedding day McKenna traveled about 3 hours away to our wedding venue. She was such a joy to work with and we are so happy she was apart of our wedding day. She listened to our wishes and requests and made sure the day went smooth. All of our pictures turned out AMAZING and we have received so many compliments on how beautiful they all are. We loved working with McKenna and look forward to using her for future life events!
McKenna was so much fun to work with while still being extremely organized and professional! Her prior experience with my wedding venue and calming presence made taking photos so m...
uch fun. We are not big posed photo people so having her give us ideas was a huge help!
Wow!! McKenna truly took our vision and brought it to life. She was sweet, professional, and an excellent communicator throughout the entire process. In addition to her professiona...
lism, her photos blew us away. We get complimented on our wedding photos on the daily. She just got it, ya know? I would recommend McKenna to ANYBODY for any event, especially your wedding. We had the best experience.
McKenna was a great photographer for our out of town wedding! We she did an amazing job taking so many photos and remembering things we discussed for photos prior to the wedding. S...
he was reassuring in everything throughout the day!
Choosing McKenna as our photographer was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding. She asked great questions and had amazing follow-through leading up to the event, and o...
n the day of made everything run smoothly. She not only put us in an amazing light as the bride and groom, but also made it a priority to capture family photos that we will cherish forever.
I would (and already have!) recommend McKenna to anyone and everyone.
McKenna was a pleasure to work with! She was super thorough and communicative leading up to the day, and on the wedding day itself she made sure to capture every moment of our day!...
Super sweet and talented!
McKenna was very easy to work with and offered good advice when I wasn't even sure what to ask a wedding photographer. She was very personable and yet professional. I had no worrie...
s about her fulfilling her commitment to capturing our moments and she did it in a very relaxed way. I choose her after reading her reviews and they were 100% correct; she puts people at ease and brings out the best picture moments.
McKenna was amazing to work with. Our wedding day was go go go and McKenna was so easy going about things not going 100% as planned. She took BEAUTIFUL pictures and captured the da...
y perfectly. Our wedding party and family felt comfortable with her and she captured everything perfectly! We had certain pictures we really wanted and she made sure to remind us when it was time to step away and take them. I cannot recommend her enough and we will use her for family pictures as long as we continue to live in the area!
If you are looking for an incredible wedding photographer, McKenna is your person! She is unbelievable and gives 110% - she had attention to detail, wonderful ideas for poses and w...
as ready for a good time. We received so many compliments after our wedding on what an outstanding photographer she was.
Within a few days we received the sneak peek to our wedding photos and we were blown away! They are gorgeous and we cannot wait for the entire album!
Thank you so much McKenna, you are wonderful and we cannot wait to set up future family shoots!
McKenna was unbelievable to work with!! She is so calm, and you can tell she has fun with what she does. I’m someone who doesn’t love my picture taken especially by myself, but she...
knew exactly how to make me feel so comfortable I with posing and made all my bridal party feel amazing, and laugh while taking photos . She checked in with us throughout the night, reminded us about specific pictures we wanted, and was so quick to get us a sneak peek of photos. I can’t stop looking through them they are AMAZING!! The weather was iffy and on and off raining but she had tons of other ideas for locations and I’m so happy she was there to help me feel beautiful, calm and enjoy my day.
We got married the 27th of August this year and McKenna helped us to make this day even more special. She has amazing photography skills, but added to that she is AMAZING with peop...
le, she knew exactly how to tell people how to pose for pictures and to make the atmosphere relaxed and uncomplicated. We are so thankful that we had her take our pictures and they turned out so beautiful. She gave us beautiful memories of our day with her pictures!!!!My husband and I highly recommend her to every couple that needs engagement or wedding pictures.
McKenna was great! She is so sweet and laid back and didn't even get flustered when my husband's 3 year old niece was acting up for pics! Just got a sneak peek and I am loving what...
she was able to do so far. Can't wait for the rest!
McKenna was simply amazing to work with! We met with her twice before our wedding day and did an engagement session. For someone who is not used to being the center of attention, s...
he made me feel very comfortable and was very creative with different poses. McKenna was made the picture process easy and fun. We had a large bridal party (6 bridesmaids and 6 groomsmen) and she knew how to incorporate everyone into the pictures. She was also able to direct everyone's attention so we were able to get the pictures done that we wanted. McKenna understood that we loved Milwaukee and was able to capture the urban feel of the city in our pictures. She gave us a sneak peak of our wedding pictures the next day and we love all of them! Our family was also blown away by the couple pictures she showed us. McKenna is a great value for the work that she produces. You cannot go wrong choosing her as a photographer! You will not be disappointed
I cannot begin to describe how awesome working with McKenna was. I was looking for a smaller business or newer to the industry option for my wedding. I wanted this for both philoso...
phical reasons and financial reasons. A college friend recommended McKenna and loved what I saw on her website.
She has extremely affordable prices (in my opinion) for the quality of work she puts out! We met 2 times before the wedding and she was right on time the day of. I was very excited that she brought a 2nd shooter the day of the wedding (I'm not sure if this is standard for her?) at no extra charge.
She is also extremely timely with getting the photos back! We got a sneak peek of our photos just a day after the wedding and received all of our photos less then 2 months later. I honestly can say that there was not one photo I disliked. My husband was very happy with all the photos of well :)
I feel like I could write so much more about my experience but overall McKenna was very easy, fun, and produced the type of pictures I was looking for. I felt so beautiful the day of my wedding and I feel that McKenna did a perfect job of capturing this!
I can't recommend her enough! I'm just lucky I got to work with her before she blows up on the wedding scene ;)
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