Just a couple fun pictures from our studio session with 6mo old James. My favorite shot of the shoot might have been the “behind the scenes glimpse where James is having his hair quaffed by his mom… life is tough when you’re a baby model!
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Just a couple of our favorites from Stella’s 3mo photo session in the studio. What a beautiful little girl! The trick to catching great shots like these is timing. It’s best to pick a time of day when your baby is usually calm. For most little ones the morning is a great choice but for […]
Just a few of our favorite pictures from a winter wedding in Plymouth Michigan that we shot with Terpstra Photo. It was absolutely FREEZING… maybe 15º but the windchill made it feel even colder! Of course the bride was up for anything and we managed to shoot quickly and capture some really fun photos before […]
Here are just a few of our favorite engagement photos from our session in downtown Chicago with Brooke & Joel. We waited all winter hoping to catch a snowy day for these engagement pictures but we just never seemed to time it right so a few weeks ago we finally said lets just go for […]
This wedding at Snow Moon Ranch was one of my favorite destination weddings of the year! Andrew and Autumn were incredible to work with and up for anything inspite of the rain on their wedding day and Snow Moon Ranch just took my breath away… The ranch feels like it’s hidden away in the hills […]
New Buffalo is one of my favorite locations for family pictures on the beach. Big beaches, low dunes, and lots of sweeping horizon lines make for a beautiful setting, of course it’s hard to go wrong when you’re working with a family as easy going as this!! My favorite shot of the night has to […]
Aside from having a great location to work with this family did a great job with their wardrobe mixing and matching colors that all work with one another and using the navy blue to tie it all together. Wardrobes are hard to figure out when you’re planning family pictures and for good reason, you want […]
No one wants it to rain on their wedding day, especially if their wedding is on the beach! But if it does happen to rain I hope you’re like Marissa and Josh and don’t let it dampen your spirits, keep you from smiling, or allow it distract you from the reason you’ve gathered all your […]
I love shooting family pictures on the beach here in Saint Joseph Mi no matter what but especially when I get to work with this family! They’re fun to work with, they’re up for anything, and they know what they want which certainly makes my life easy and my job FUN!! They also manage to […]
Rocky Gap Beach is one of the best beaches for weddings in Saint Joseph Mi, it’s less than 5 minutes from town yet far enough away from most of the tourist attractions that it stays relatively quiet on a beautiful summer afternoon. This beach wedding started off at Salon Devoir with pictures of the hair […]
Another beautiful Blue Dress Barn wedding! Can’t say I’m surprised, it seems like we always end up with great weather and fun couples whenever we work here! After the ceremony the bride challenged me to find a couple of spots “away from the barn” where we could do pictures without spending a whole lot of […]
We hear and see all sorts of great ideas for weddings and when it comes to the end of the night having sparklers after the wedding is probably the most popular and let’s be serious… cost effective send off, but occasionally you’ll find a couple that really wants to go out with a bang and […]
The pavillion at Jean Klock Park has to be one of the best locations for a beach wedding anywhere in Southwest Michigan, or anywhere else along lake Michigan for that matter. If you want a beach wedding but don’t want to make your guests walk down to the waters edge this location should be at […]
Just a quick picture this time, it’s from back in February and I just came across it and thought I’d put it up. It’s one of my favorite engagement photos ever from Milennium Park near the famous Bean in downtown Chicago. I’ve never been down here when it wasn’t at least a little crowded so […]
We brought our Smilebooth to the Blue Dress Barn a couple weeks ago and were told that the only thing thats more fun than taking your own pictures in the photobooth is watching your friends and family take THEIR pictures in the photobooth. We couldn’t agree more! Of course we also loved the simple homemade […]
Just a few of my favorites from last weeks family portrait session in Coloma Michigan. While these family pictures on the beach are certainly beautiful we actually spent the entire day with the family shooting everything from the kids swimming to a bridal shower! Talk about an amazing array of fun pictures and wonderful memories!! […]
So what do you do if it rains on your wedding day? Or worse, what if it rains on your wedding day and you’re wedding happens to be on the beach at Jean Klock Park? If you’d ask Devin and Dave they’d tell you not to change a thing! We get all sorts of questions […]
I never cease to be amazed by the number of beautiful lakeshore wedding venues that are tucked into unexpected places along the beaches of Lake Michigan. Gintaras Resort is one such venue, and the fact that it isn’t more popular amazes me, it offers incredible views of lake Michigan, seclusion, beach access, and even the […]
The Blue Dress Barn is an authentic barn thats been converted into a wedding ceremony and reception site in Southwest Michigan. While there are several unique wedding reception venues in the area the Blue Dress Barn has to be at the top of a short list of truly one of a kind venues that our […]
If every family where as easy to work with as the Smiy family I’d be awfully tempted to give up shooting weddings and just do family pictures for the fun of it! I don’t think I’ve laughed this much or had that much fun during a family portrait shoot in a long time! Definitely a […]
Just a few of our favorite Chicago engagement photos from a fall shoot with Laura and Rudy. We kept things simple and hit up some of the our favorite Chicago engagement picture locations like Michigan Avenue, Millenium Park, and the Art Institute. I always love being in the city in the fall, the colors are […]
When Jake and Amanda planned their beautiful vineyard wedding at Willow Harbor Vineyards in Three Oaks Michigan I’m sure they didn’t envision a rainy wedding day and yet thats exactly how the day started. We began by dodging rain drops in New Buffalo where the bride had her hair and makeup done, then we drove […]
Just a few of our favorite pictures from a beautiful Lake Michigan engagement session this summer, we’ve shot a ton of them and can’t wait to share more! This one took place in Pallisades Park near Covert Mi which has to be one of the coolest little lakeside neighborhoods I’ve ever shot in! All in […]
What a beautiful beach wedding in South Haven Michigan. In spite of the rain Kyle & Loren couldn’t stop smiling all day and finally when the rain stopped for the reception they ended up with an incredibly beautiful evening for their wedding reception at Lake Bluff Inn & Suites. While it can be a bit […]
This family portrait session on the beach has been a long time in the making, when Jodi first contacted me MONTHS ago to schedule her family photos in St. Joe we went back and forth trying to find just the right time to do the pictures. At one point we almost even had to give […]
Gwen and Kam flew in from NY recently to wrap up some last minute wedding planning and we decided to try and squeeze in a quick engagement shoot on the beach. While most people might associate NY with NYC these two are actually some sort of environmental scientists… if it weren’t so late I’d remember […]
These pictures are from well over a month ago but I wanted to post them anyway since it’s something I don’t normally get to shoot. I was shooting at this huge business conference in Florida with an amazing team of photographers from all over the country and on the last day there was a private […]
Chicago is one of my favorite places to shoot engagement photos and Millennium Park, in spite of all of the crowds, remains one of the most versatile locations in the city to take your engagement pictures. I met up with Rachael and Rhen in Chicago on a rather crazy weather day, there were severe thunderstorms […]
You know a couple is going to be great to work with on their wedding day to work with when they manage to have this much fun at an engagement session on the beach in spite of the crazy weather! Last Sunday started out Sunny and 65º so we were going to try for some […]