What an amazingly awesome wedding.

I was pretty excited to shoot this wedding because I knew that the day was going to be filled with great people. I shot Dan’s sisters wedding last year and I knew going into this wedding how great of a family his side is. What I didn’t know it how great of a family the bride has. Both sides were incredibly sweet and welcoming through the whole day. This was truly a wedding made for this couple.

Dan and Becky were inseparable throughout the reception. If one was on the dance floor, the other was by their side.  It was a wedding that truly defined love.

Enjoy the preview! It’s long – couldn’t decide!!

The first faces I saw that day!!

Getting ready shots of both the girls and boys!!

Becky looked AMAZING!

I LOVE the various faces here!

There’s no getting away, Dan

The mamas.

Ceremony time!!

Here comes the bride!

You may now kiss the bride

Married!!

Seriously LOVE this! So happy!

Family <3

Wedding Party Love.

Getting ready for some bride and groom time!

Focus on the Bride and Groom!

Love.

Reception time!!

Always together <3

Daddy/Daughter

Mother/Son

I’ll have to end on Dan’s mad dance skills!

Thank you to Dan and Becky! You’ll be coming home from vacation to see your preview! Hope you’re having a blast on your honeymoon!

Ann and I met our Freshmen year of college. I roomed my Freshmen year (along with all the other years) with my best friend from High School, Michelle. Michelle happens to be Ann’s cousin and low and behold, we all went to Michigan State University. After our Freshmen year we decided to do the dorms again but this time we had Ann as our suite mate. The year after that we, along with another best friend (Erin), got an apartment at Delta Arms. We stayed there until we all eventually graduated from MSU (aside from our super senior).

After we all graduated Ann ended up moving to Chicago. We were able to stay connected through Facebook (I’m literally the Facebook queen) and when she contacted me last year about doing her engagement photos I was BEYOND excited. I was excited to get the opportunity to catch up with my old roomie.

This past weekend Ann and Radi got married. It was a simple, elegant, classy affair with just Ann’s closest family and friends. The guest total was 37 and it was perfect. The whole day was just perfect. Ann looked absolutely radiant in her dress and Radi couldn’t wipe the smile off his face – the bananas foster surely helped .

I am so happy to see my old friend as happy as she is. I wish her nothing but the best in her marriage and hope that we can hang out again soon since she will be moving back to the mitten!!

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It’s all about the little things

Bride and Maid of Honor

I had the BEST year. Nothing can live up to 2011 in my mind. I got married, gained a new family, my brother got married, we  got a puppy and we got our own place. It honestly was a jammed back year and I couldn’t have asked for anything more.

Besides all my personal happenings I got to photograph the most wonderful couples.  I was truly blessed with such wonderful couples this year that I don’t know how this year could get better!

Thank you to everyone for all your support! Here are some of my favorite wedding memories

Thank you to all my brides and grooms!!

People come along once and awhile and you know you just ‘click’. This was definitely the case with Carrie and Brian. I went to high school with Carrie and was able to meet Brian a couple months ago at their engagement session.

She has the type of personality that everyone wants to be around. She’s sweet, caring, funny and FUN! Brian fits her perfectly. He has such a charmingly sweet demeanor about him and in every photo you can see how much he is in LOVE with this girl.

I loved everything about this wedding. From it being in the winter to the snow on the ground  - everything was perfect. From getting ready to Sparty showing up at the end – the night was, simply put, perfect.

Honestly – there were too many amazing events to put into this blog! Here is just a preview!

My favorite dress shot!!

<3 this.

How beautiful is Carrie? Love these next couple.

About to see each other for the first time! The next four is why I love first looks!

Some bride and groom time

The beautiful bride.

The handsome groom.

Love it! SO cute!

Love that we had snow on the ground

LOVE.

The Men!

The Woman!

The whole party!!

<3

How funny is this?! Going after the beer

Dad giving away his daughter. 

This little guy has a future in photography!

I know it’s completely crazy but I just LOVE this!

Pure Bliss

We have to end on Sparty!! Go MSU!!

Congrats to Carrie and Brian!! Your day was perfect! Hope to see you guys again soon!

I had been looking forward to this wedding since Jes booked with me months and months ago. I knew Jes and her husband, Tim, from various things – one being that we all went to the same high school together (side note – Go Novi High!).

Everything from the day turned out perfectly – the bride, the groom, the bridal party and their sweet little girl – Molly. Now Molly could not have been more of a doll. She was incredibly patient, super sweet and out of this world cute. Her dress was TO DIE FOR along with her mommy’s. The two of them just looked SO beautiful!

We were able to secure a Fire Truck from Tim’s old stomping grounds and boy am I glad we did! It was so fun and added uniqueness to the day.  Speaking of uniqueness wait till you see a photo of their entrance! The whole day was perfect and I couldn’t be more thankful that I was able to be a part of it. You’ll also see some familiar faces in some of the photos as well!

Enjoy the preview!

Love it!

Some details <3

The stare down between the cousins!

The beautiful bride being a beautiful mommy

The boys making their way to the chapel. 

Ceremony Photos.

The beautiful family.

Some of the bride’s side

And some of the Groom’s side. 

The daughter and the niece

And, of course, the bride and groom

The GORGEOUS bride…

And her beautiful daughter and handsome husband <3

This is love.

The awesomely adorable ladies of the party!

One of my favorite guys pictures ever taken.

Siblings!!

Fire Truck time!!

A favorite.

Love this.

Yea, how awesome is their entrance?!

Some formal dances