This is a beach wedding that took place at Jean Klock Park in Benton Harbor Michigan. Jean Klock Park has recently been completely renovated thanks to the new Harbor Shores development in Benton Harbor and one of the the benefits is this amazing pavilion right on the beach where you can get married. Now I […]
This is one of my favorite beach weddings of the summer, it was a simple beach ceremony with close family and friends. While the ceremony was intimate you could just tell how in love the couple was and we had a lot of fun taking pictures on and around tiscornia beach after the wedding. One […]
The wind was howling all day so the waves were really crashing into the lighthouse and pier head off of Tiscornia Beach in Saint Joseph Mi. tonight! I made it down there with my camera just in time for the sun to drop between the clouds and the horizon, we had this incredible sunset for […]
The Veranda at the Whitcomb is relatively new when it comes to wedding reception venues in Saint Joseph Mi but what it lacks in history it makes up for with location and ambiance. The Veranda is situated at the top of the bluff in downtown Saint Joseph overlooking the Saint Joseph River with a wonderful […]
Our friends the Zuberts were in town on vacation from Minneapolis last week to see family so we took the opportunity to go do some fun family pictures in downtown Saint Joseph Mi. It was fun to get away from the typical family beach portrait session for a change and go for something a little […]
Megan and will got married at Millcreek Barn in Southwest Michigan just over a month ago, and these are just a few of my favorite wedding pictures from their fabulous retro style barn wedding! As you can tell from looking at the wedding pictures everything about this wedding screams style and the 50’s retro theme […]
My sister in-law tied the knot this weekend at a beautiful park in Southwest Michigan. The wedding ceremony was short and sweet and it was hard to miss just how excited the happy couple was to finally be married! While the entire day was lots of fun my favorite part as usual was the photo […]
Here’s a collection of relatively random images from another fabulous summer wedding at the Blue Dress Barn in Southwest Michigan. If you’re considering the Blue Dress Barn for your wedding reception you’ve probably read all the great reviews about what a beautiful and unique venue the Blue Dress Barn is for both wedding ceremonies and […]
Here are a few pictures from a Trash the dress session at the Round Barn Winery in Southwest Michigan this past fall…. (yes I know I am WAY behind on the blog) The shoot was put together by a friend and fellow photographer Monika Caban (Monika Caban Photography) who organized a DWF gathering here in […]
I posted some of the pictures from Ken & Katys Notre Dame wedding a few weeks ago and I wanted to share the album design that we came up with. This is just a rough draft and we’re in the process of making changes to the book with the bride and groom Ken & Katys […]
I love shooting lifestyle portrait sessions with families in Southwest Michigan because they’re fun, you can do them just about anywhere, and you can almost always find something new to do with the family photos! This family photo shoot took place in the dunes in Stevensville Michigan on what turned out to be a beautiful […]
Here are just a couple of my favorite pictures from a recent lifestyle family portrait shoot in Saint Joseph by the lighthouse at Tiscornia Beach. We tried to squeeze these family photos in before it got too cold out this fall but ended up catching a rather chilly day. I think we were getting some […]
This past week I was invited by Monika Caban, another local photographer, to take part in a series of trash the dress photo shoots on the beach here in Southwest Michigan. The shoots featured beautiful locations in Southwest Michigan along with several couples looking for amazing pictures. The great thing about trash the dress portraits […]
Here are a few of my favorite lighthouse engagement photos from the engagement shoot I did in Saint Joseph Michigan. You may recall I posted a couple of pictures from Lee and Katrina’s first engagement shoot a couple of weeks ago, our quest for the perfect sunset shots by the lighthouse had been cut short […]
A few weeks ago I shot a wedding in Lawrence Michigan at the Lawrence United Methodist Church. The weather was perfect and church was beautiful, we only had one little mishap before the ceremony… the brides veil was actually blown off her head and up over the Church, it almost ended up in a tree […]
Here are just a few of my favorite wedding pictures from Dan & Sarah’s wedding reception at the Blue Dress Barn in Millburg Michigan. If you’ve never been to a wedding or wedding reception at the Blue Dress Barn you’re really missing out, the Barn is an incredibly beautiful place for a wedding and reception […]
Brandon & Kira’s wedding photos on the beach in Saint Joseph Michigan were AWESOME!! Their wedding and reception were held at the Boulevard Inn at the top of the bluff in downtown Saint Joseph which is so close to the beach they were able to walk down to Lake Michigan after the reception for some […]
Last week I shot some engagement photos on the beach in Saint Joseph Michigan just after a storm blew through. We had scheduled the engagement shoot a couple of months in advance so in spite of the sketchy weather we decided we’d see what we could come up with! I’ve got lots more photos to […]
A couple of weeks ago I had a chance to shoot some beautiful engagement photos by the beach in Southwest Michigan. The engagement session took place in Saint Joseph and only lasted a couple of hours but we had a great time and in spite of some threatening skies we didn’t get rained, YAY! One […]
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be the wedding photographer for a wedding at the Frederick Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids Michigan. It was actually my first time ever visiting Frederick Meijer Gardens and I was blown away by what a gorgeous location it was for not only the wedding ceremony but […]
So a couple of weeks ago this amazingly thoughtful guy named Stu contacted me about the possibility of taking engagement pictures of the moment he actually proposed to his girlfriend Anna. He wanted to do the proposal at sunset and he also wanted it to be a complete surprise, so we needed to make sure […]
I love taking pictures of newborn babies but this picture is extra special because this baby boy is my son! Elijah was born last night at Lakeland Hospital here in Saint Joseph Michigan. I took this picture just after a feeding at 3am, more baby pictures to follow!
Last fall I was contacted about the possibility of doing boat portraits out on Lake Michigan. The person who contacted me wanted to give her friend an action packed portrait session as a gift for Christmas so we worked out the details and came up with a gift certificate she could give him to unwrap. […]
Last Friday I met up with Whitney & Ben to do engagement photos on the beach here in Southwest Michigan. We really lucked out with the weather for this engagement shoot because as it turns out it was one of the only beautiful days of the week! Whitney and Ben love the outdoors and are […]
Yesterday I shared some of the engagement photos I did of Eric and Jessica with their horses in the country side and today I’m sharing a few of my favorites of just the two of them on the farm. We had a beautiful afternoon to work with and the location was stunning with beautiful views […]
When I met Jessica several months ago she had one very important question for me, Can you shoot some of our engagement pictures with our horses? Of course I can, was my immediate response! Now admittedly, I’ve never shot engagement photos with horses before but I love a good challenge and incorporating meaningful things into […]
Last week I had the opportunity to take portraits of this wonderful family on the beach at sunset! We met up at Weko Beach in Bridgman Michigan and took a variety of pictures as the sun set. This is one of my favorite family portraits from the entire shoot! After shooting some family pictures in […]
I must start this post by giving a friend and fellow photographer credit for coming up with this fantastic idea, Leda of LVL Photography approached me a few months ago to see if I would be interested in taking part in a Curtain Call shoot she was planning with Stella Event Design. Basically a Curtain […]