About Ren Lenhof
Most photographers lead with their love story…“I picked up a camera at 16,” “I’ve always been artistic,” “I studied visual arts in college…”
Cute. But let’s be honest, when you’re looking for a Wisconsin family photographer, none of that tells you what actually matters. Here’s what you ACTUALLY need to know about me, Ren Lenhof:
I know your one-year-old won’t look like this next Tuesday and your seven-year-old is already halfway to eight.
And you & your home deserve more than digital files sitting in the cloud.
After 18 years of photographing families across SE Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Mequon, Grafton, Cedarburg, and the surrounding areas, I'm ridiculously good at what I do! I take ridiculously gorgeous photos of your kids while bribing them with fruit snacks.
I'm not going to pretend my job is more poetic than it is. I chase toddlers around, I make weird noises to get them to look at me, I keep goldfish crackers in my camera bag, and somehow at the end of it all, you get photos that make you cry.
The "timeless heirloom" photographers and I are doing the same job... I'm just not pretending the process is at all sacred. Photo sessions are chaotic and sweaty, and someone usually has snot on their face at some point, and I love every second of it because I can see through all that chaos and guarantee that the pictures hanging on your walls afterwards will be what’s actually sacred.
If you want someone who will get the shot while your three-year-old is mid-tantrum and make it look intentional, that's me.
So if you're the kind of family who values legacy over trend… who wants portraits printed for them so they can live with them and who understands that photography is an investment --- I’d be honored to work with you.
Cute. But let’s be honest, when you’re looking for a Wisconsin family photographer, none of that tells you what actually matters. Here’s what you ACTUALLY need to know about me, Ren Lenhof:
I know your one-year-old won’t look like this next Tuesday and your seven-year-old is already halfway to eight.
And you & your home deserve more than digital files sitting in the cloud.
After 18 years of photographing families across SE Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Mequon, Grafton, Cedarburg, and the surrounding areas, I'm ridiculously good at what I do! I take ridiculously gorgeous photos of your kids while bribing them with fruit snacks.
I'm not going to pretend my job is more poetic than it is. I chase toddlers around, I make weird noises to get them to look at me, I keep goldfish crackers in my camera bag, and somehow at the end of it all, you get photos that make you cry.
The "timeless heirloom" photographers and I are doing the same job... I'm just not pretending the process is at all sacred. Photo sessions are chaotic and sweaty, and someone usually has snot on their face at some point, and I love every second of it because I can see through all that chaos and guarantee that the pictures hanging on your walls afterwards will be what’s actually sacred.
If you want someone who will get the shot while your three-year-old is mid-tantrum and make it look intentional, that's me.
So if you're the kind of family who values legacy over trend… who wants portraits printed for them so they can live with them and who understands that photography is an investment --- I’d be honored to work with you.
