About Me
My name is Charity Miltenberger. I am the momma of two beautiful children. If you can't find me behind my camera than you will find me with them. I am the youngest in a large family that has gifted me with patience and love. Photography has been a love of mine since I was 18 years old. It started out with capturing my sister for her senior session and has morphed into a true passion. I love to capture true and fun emotions. I am very playful in my sessions and am always looking for ways to make your session a blast.
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"Charity is amazing! We have three very young children that she was SO patient and loving with. Everyone had a blast. She was fun, professional and very easy to work with. I look forward to scheduling more family pictures down the road!"
—Carina Conklin
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"Our pictures came out amazing! Turn around time also amazing! And she didn’t mind hiking up the dunes with all her equipment for the perfect shot"
—Alyssa Kooiker
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"Charity was amazing!
Our family pictures turned out better than we could have expected. She was very kind, patient and fun. The experience wasn’t awkward because she made it interesting and asked us questions to get to know us. She also got us on her schedule fairly quickly. Thank you so much for making our dreams come true 🤩"
—Kashmir Heim
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"They couldn't give me enough characters to rave about Charity and Rustling Leaf Photography. Talk about happy accidents. My original wedding photographer bailed on me 75 days before my wedding. Everybody was booked. I was recommended to Charity by a facebook friend. Right off the rip.. she's like "I got you girl!" Not only did she "have me", she cared. Our wedding photos are above and beyond what I could have ever dreamed of! Not only did she wrangle our rowdy crowd, 6 kids, and HORRIBLE procrastination, ou"
—Antonia Nolff
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"Charity was amazing! She did our engagement shoot and made it so fun that my fiancé’s and my personalities came through in the pictures. She is very talented, helpful, and genuinely cares about her clients.
She will be shooting our wedding in September and we are excited to have her capture it. 10/10 would highly recommend!"
—The Brys
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"Sooo happy I found Charity! We planned a last minute camping trip photo session with our (VERY HYPER) pups and I can easily say all of my expectations were exceeded! She made all of my inspiration pictures come to life, and they turned out even better than I hoped! She's incredibly easy going and made our session so fun, it felt more like being with a friend than it did 'posing for pictures'. HIGHLY recommend!"
—Tonya Vernier
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"She is absolutely amazing! I’m horrible with knowing how to stand and where to be, but charity always gets the perfect picture. She’s very comfortable with being goofy and those serious pictures. Love her!"
—Jess Bogner
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"Charity is fantastic! She has done a few of our couples sessions now and does not disappoint. I would highly recommend using her for any event!"
—Jake Berends
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"Charity was really patient with me and made me very comfortable with my first shoot. She did amazing and had a lot of good ideas and i cant wait to see the finished photos. Thank you so much.
5 stars"
—Sarah Rhode
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"Charity was so easy to work with and we had a lot of fun!! Absolutely love how our family photos turned out!"
—Kelsie Aue
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"I am in LOVE with my maternity photos and felt so comfortable with her during our session. She brought extra dresses for us to use and even a tiara. Her directions were super helpful and she got the most magical shots. I highly recommend her for your photography needs!"
—Alyssa DeVries
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"Charity is absolutely amazing! The pictures are beautiful and when things got crazy she was there to help get us through the whole ceremony which for us was absolutely amazing because we were clueless 😅 she was able to do the brides hair which turned out beautiful and when we had a dress emergency.. you guessed it! she saved us again! She was sweet and calm and I will never have to look for a photographer again"
—The Skaggs
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"Charity was amazing! She did our engagement shoot and made it so fun that my fiancé’s and my personalities came through in the pictures. She is very talented, helpful, and genuinely cares about her clients.
She will be shooting our wedding in September and we are excited to have her capture it. 10/10 would highly recommend!"
—Danielle Reed
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"charity is a joy to work with...super fun and knows how to get you laughing for some true in the moment photos.. 😁 will definitely be getting more pictures done with her in the future ☺️"
—Makayla
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"Charity does such beautiful work!! She has captured so many special moments for our family. For each occasion she has been patient, energetic and prepared to go with the flow with our two, fast moving children! She is incredibly passionate about her art as a photographer. Charity is reliable and reaponsive. She will continue to be our family's 'Go to gal'. Thank you for all you have done for us Charity!"
—Corina