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Meet Michelle! She is a super sweet, very kind, gorgeous inside and out lady! Ever since we met about a year ago I have adored her! Not only is she all of these wonderful things, but she also happens to be an amazing wedding planner! Check her out here! It had been a few years […]
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Sitting here thinking about all of the wedding photography that will be taking place this year makes me so excited! All of the gorgeous brides with their fabulous shoes and dresses! The lovely flowers and yummy wedding cakes! And especially all of the gorgeous new locations that I will be shooting at! Yay! Fancy ballrooms, […]
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Boudoir photography is so much fun and so special for many reasons and is becoming more and more popular, especially in Grand Rapids. Although I don’t advertise too much for this type of photography, I do love it and would love to do more! I like to keep some of the mystery and some of […]
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Names: Shaun & Jennell Wedding Date: August 11, 2012 Wedding Location: Manistee Michigan Shaun & Jennell’s intimate picnic wedding was absolutely perfect! It was so sweet, small and intimate. The weather was gorgeous and the details so delicate and meaningful! I truly enjoyed their wedding day! Check out their blog post here!! Also, […]
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Helena is gorgeous…not just the way that she looks, but she’s so sweet! I have enjoyed getting to know her over the past couple of years. I was lucky enough to be able to photograph two of her sister’s weddings and work with her several more times! She is an amazing stylist…she’s the lady who […]
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You know that feeling when you are just about sick of winter, then you go outside and make a snowman with your kids and feel completely thankful for it? That was how my Saturday morning was spent! The back and forth battle of having a love/hate relationship with the snow. So thankful for sweet moments […]
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Oh my goodness! What an amazing trip! Arizona is so beautiful is so many ways! It was weird for Joe and I to spend so much time alone together….but we had so much fun and soaked up every minute we could! Addy stayed behind with her grandma and grandpa, so we missed her so much, […]
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So…..I am so excited to start a new series on the blog! Every couple of weeks we will check back in with some of our past brides and grooms and see what they are up to, how things have changed for them and how they felt about their wedding day! There will be lots of […]
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I don’t know what makes me like these two more….the fact that they drove four hours to see me, the fact that Kate rented a Badgley Mischka ball gown or the fact that she actually wore it in 12 + inches of snow! I knew I would love them the first time Kate and I […]
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