Kalamazoo Engagement
When we first arrived for Natalie and Libby’s engagement session, it didn’t take long to feel like everyone had already been old friends. Asylum Lake preserve holds a lot of memories for these two, and so we hiked around to their favorite spots, probably spending no more than 30 seconds not laughing.
You two are so incredible to spend time with, and your life is only going to get more awesome with one another in it.
I can’t wait for your wedding next year!
“Do you want to bring Myrtle?” Lisa asked Randy as we sat discussing engagement photo ideas.
Much to my delight, Myrtle turned out to be Randy’s VW camper van that has been the source of many adventures over the 18 years he’s owned it. I love when a couple adds in personal details to their engagement session; It’s the little things that tell the story of who they are, and where they’re going.
Lisa and Randy are beautiful souls, with so many wonderful memories together, and so many more to come.
Congratulations on the engagement love birds! Your Arcadia Brewing Company wedding is going to be fantastic as all get out.
Very little direction was needed during this session, these two were such a breeze to shoot with. Just as soon as I look up from my camera to give a suggestion, they would have already moved closer, or be laughing genuinely together. It’s so sweet to see people find their match and fit so well, and that’s exactly what Eryn and Alexander found in each other. We adventured around Eryn’s favorite view in Kalamazoo for their engagement photos, and found some serious gold in the autumn color department.
Congratulations you beautiful people!
Hannah and Zach moved to Michigan from Colorado, and brought their adventurous nature and love of the outdoors with them. Genuinely wonderful people who enjoy craft beer, snowboarding, and the Denver Broncos (Our Sunday engagement session meant we were all keeping tabs on the score via Zach’s cell phone updates. Zach knows what’s up).
After a week straight of rain, we ended up with the most perfect, sunny golden hour just in time for them to kill their portraits like pros.
We had a fantastic time, and I am wildly thrilled to celebrate their Bell’s Brewery wedding next year!
Kelsey and Billy are the kind of people you would want to hang out with regardless of the occasion. They're fun, sweet, and up for anything (we tested that last one for sure to get some of these shots!)
Between everything they have in common such as a love of Bell's Brewery, or their differences like whether or not another dog should be added to the household, they balance each other in all the right ways. Their wedding is going to be amazing, and their life together even better!
Abby moved to our beloved, but temperamental mitten state from sunny Florida, and it wasn't long before she met and fell in love with Shane. They are both adventurous, love to travel (especially to NY) and complete each other in all the perfect ways. During their engagement session, they let me lead them all over downtown Kalamazoo shooting, and laughing along the way. It's such a thrill to know them, I can already tell that their Skydeck wedding with be the stuff dreams are made of!
Greg and Kristi are some of the coolest people you ever meet, and that is a fact.
We first met up at a microbrewery over by Detroit to go over wedding details and engagement ideas, and by the time I left I felt like I had known them for years.
They live their lives having genuine fun in one another's company, and I didn't have to encourage laughter even once during entire engagement session.
You can't tell from the photos, but it was a wintery spring day, so we started off in the comfort of Factory Coffee in Kalamazoo, and since their wedding will be taking place at the coolest brewery complex ever, it only made sense that beer would make it's appearance somewhere in the photos.
I am so pumped for their wedding this fall!
When I first met this couple I could tell they were something special. Molly has such a vibrant energy that compliments Devin's steady personality perfectly. When we were talking engagement photo ideas, they mentioned the restaurant where Devin proposed, and I couldn't have been more thrilled to include the location in their portraits (Also, Principle is flipping fantastic and easily one of my favorite spots in the city). The weather may have been bitterly cold that day but they were both troopers in the outdoors, and you would never know it to look at the photos!
Seeing how easy they were to photograph makes me extra pumped for their wedding in June!
So, I've been going through the photos captured over the past year, and realized just how many of them never got blogged.
Wedding season has me running around quite a bit, and while albums are shared on the Facebook page, and previews put on Instagram, the poor blog doesn't see nearly enough.
That's why this winter I'll be using the opportunity to share some "Throwback Thursday" photo sessions!
Starting off with these two:
Oh my gosh.
They were all smiles and laughter the whole time we were shooting their engagement session. It was like something out of a fairytale, and I smile every time I see these photos.
Hearing Brandon and Kati's plans for their wedding day next year, I am beyond excited to get to be the one to capture it! They are adding so many personal touches, and really embracing what it means to have their day. It's going to be legendary.
So glad we were able to get in a fall engagement session while the leaves were still in color!
