Preserving warm, joyful moments that feel like —

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 I’m Nicole Caliva.

 

A Milwaukee based Intimate wedding and elopement photographer that travels anywhere and everywhere for your love story.

Visual story-telling has been a continuous joy throughout my life, and my favorite stories to tell are your love stories. I have a heart for adventure and the not-so-traditional—and I want to capture what makes you crazy for each other. At your wildest, at your warmest, and most importantly at your truest.

ABOUT NICOLE CALIVA PHOTO —

 

My Work —

 

Your Love Stories.

GALLERIES OF

LOVE

WEDDINGS

Elopements

and more

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My Work —

 
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Those Moments

 

We’ve all had them —

the ones where you realize you’ve been sitting with your partner in complete silence, you glance up at them and smile—no words need to be said, because you know that without a doubt, you are both completely content.

You spend days dreaming out loud together + to each other. The times you both laugh so hard, and the ugly cry face you used to worry about doesn’t even cross your mind anymore because you’re experiencing complete joy with your person.

Have you ever wondered what those moments look like? Those moments are what make your love unique, and I want to preserve them for you.

LEARN MORE ABOUT MY INTIMATE WEDDING AND ELOPEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY PROCESS —

 
 

Dusty roads, glowing skies, warm embraces, scrunchy smiles

 
 
 

CLIENT EXPERIENCES

Kind Words —

 

WHAT COUPLES HAVE TO SAY
ABOUT WORKING WITH Nicole Caliva Photo.

Testimonials

“Having Nicole's art to cherish for a lifetime is the greatest wedding gift my husband and I could have given each other.

Nicole is professional but entirely personable. She immediately felt like a friend. She was prompt and timely with all communication, helped me work through location decision making for our elopement and worked seamlessly with our videographer. We were Nicole's last wedding before her maternity leave with her daughter. She delivered a large gallery of sneak peeks while we were on our honeymoon and took our breath away with the both the quantity and quality of what she delivered so quickly. Start to finish, the process of hiring Nicole as a vendor was easy, stress-free and beyond our wildest expectations.

Nicole was my dream wedding photographer and my husband and I both feel so grateful to have been able to work with her for our elopement. We will absolutely hire Nicole again as we continue on this wild ride of life together. Moments captured by Nicole are moments that can't be forgotten.”

— Hailey + Andrew

“Cannot recommend Nicole enough! She did an absolutely incredible job photographing our small, 12 person wedding in California. She was easy to communicate with before the wedding, showed up early day-of, was a great asset at the actual wedding (as she's been through it all before), and got all the photos we requested and more. She even managed to get good photos of my husband who hates having his picture taken! 

Nicole made us feel comfortable when we took photos of just us and got a lot of great candids of our families. The pictures perfectly captured the vibe of the entire event and we will cherish them forever. On top of all that, bringing Nicole out to California was more affordable than similar photographers available based in the area. I loved every minute of working with Nicole. Her photos speak for themselves.”

— Kasey + Jake

“I can't recommend Nicole enough. My biggest concern was finding a great wedding photographer with clear crisp photos that really captured the day. Nicole did that and so much more! We had to change all our plans due to COVID and she was willing to work with us to make sure we could still have the dream small wedding we first envisioned. This included her traveling to NY for us rather than us meeting her in AZ! Communication with her was wonderful and honestly stress free. We were super nervous about being awkward when photographed, especially my now husband who hates getting his photo taken, and she made it all so easy and comfortable. Our photos are absolutely breathtaking. She captured the day so perfectly, down to every detail. She was so timely with getting photos back to us too! All my family and friends have given such high compliments on our photos. I loved every moment working with her and I highly recommend her.”

— Mallory + Mark

“Wedding photos were probably the most important ticket item for my partner and I in our wedding budget. We wanted to find a way to capture the day in both staged and unstaged photos. When you get married everything flies by and we wanted to be a part of it all. It did not take me long to know that Nicole would provide that for us. We actually refused to change our wedding date to a different weekend because we knew Nicole wasn't available then ;) Priorities, right!? Not only is she talented - she is fun to work with. Nicole takes the time to get to know you and your needs and knows how to make you comfortable in capturing your big day. I highly recommend Nicole.”

— Diane + Peter