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Guide Engagement Photos

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Guide to Michigan Engagement Photos Engagement shoots are a super fun part of the wedding experience! They help you practice for your wedding day while also allowing you to get more comfortable with me and my camera. Easing into the photo process will relax your nerves tremendously! Getting a feel for the process and seeing […]

Engagement Photo Guide Michigan

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Detroit Golf Club Wedding

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Weddings

Welcome to Marisa and Max’s Detroit Golf Club Wedding! This one is a tear jerker, so grab your tissues. Max’s first look with Marisa is one of the sweetest things you will ever witness. So many tears were shed on this wedding day! The love was flowing. These two were so natural with one another […]

Detroit Golf Club Wedding

Wedding First Look Info

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Over the past few years, there has been a huge jump in the number of couples doing a wedding First Look. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, essentially it’s a time (usually a few hours before the ceremony) where the couple can see one another for the first time in a quiet and intimate setting. […]

The First Look

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Downtown Detroit Engagement Photos

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Engagement

Take a peek into Riley and Stephen’s Downtown Detroit Engagement Photos. Riley and Stephen both work in Downtown Detroit so the city has a special meaning to them. Naturally, that made it a wonderful choice for the backdrop of their engagement photo session. We began our photo session at the Detroit Library, one of my […]

Downtown Detroit Engagement Photos

Wedding Photo Albums Michigan

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Living in the digital age has made me realize the importance of wedding albums. If you’re like me you take photos on your phone and that’s the end of it. Maybe you remember to save them to the cloud or a hard drive, but you never really look at them again. Sure every couple of […]

The Importance of Wedding Albums

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Family Photo Wedding Guide

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Taking Family Photos at Your Wedding Part 1: Family Photos Lists Family photo lists are a very important part of your wedding day. Taking family photos at your wedding will without a doubt be one of the most frustrating parts of your day, however, they’ll also be some of your most displayed photos. Taking these […]

Family Photo Lists

Wedding at the Shinola Hotel Detroit

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Krista and Joe had an absolutely gorgeous and intimate micro wedding at Shinola Hotel Detroit Michigan. Located in the heart of the city, Shinola Hotel is a refreshing and timeless event space in Detroit. The girls got ready in a beautifully designed, spacious suite with a private balcony. The groomsmen got ready in another Shinola […]

Wedding at Shinola Hotel Detroit

Weddings

Meadow Brook Hall Wedding

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Weddings

I truly hope you enjoy this stunning Meadow Brook Hall and Gardens Wedding. Meadow Brook Hall is the absolute best place to host a wedding.  No other venue will take your guests’ breath away with its brilliant façade and dazzling gardens. There are photo opportunities everywhere you turn! If there are any issues with this […]

Meadow Brook Hall Wedding

Engagement photos Rochester MI

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Katie and Joe took their fall engagement photos in Rochester Michigan. We began along the gorgeous nature trails that surround the city of Rochester. There is no lack of beautiful trees, bridges, rivers, and wild life. We then ventured over to the Royal Park Hotel for a bit of architecture. We ended our photo tour […]

Fall Engagement Photos in Rochester Michigan

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Detroit Wedding Planner

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An unplugged wedding ceremony is where the couple requests that their guests not use cellphones, cameras, iPads, and other photographic devices. Although we love our devices, they can easily have a negative effect on your ceremony photos. While you may initially think all of those guest’s photos would be great to add to the documenting […]

Unplugged Wedding Ceremonies