Emily + Justin // Detroit Opera House Wedding Photographer
Dave + Amy // Ann Arbor Wedding Photographer
Shelby & Marc // Detroit Wedding Photographer
Shelby and Marc were one of the couples caught up in 2020 rescheduling. They decided to get married last year in a small, family only ceremony and then have the big wedding this year and I'm so glad they did. It was such a great day!
Shelby is just the most encouraging, sweet, authentic person and Marc is her perfect for her and he just beams happiness out of his face, especially with her around. Being able to problem solve and then problem solve some more, that is what marriage is about. Watching these couples go through such disappointment of last year but just turn around and plan a whole new wedding that provided its own new challenges and roll with it is really something.
Ultimately, it's just about being together and celebrating happiness. It is not about stress and clinging to disappointment in changed plans. We had so much fun and are so glad to have been part of such a beautiful day.
Steven + Desiree // Eloise Asylum Wedding Photographer
Well well well… let’s check something off my bucket list! I have always wanted to shoot a halloween wedding in a creepy place. When I saw that this wedding was at Eloise Asylum, I was all about it. I love creepy weird stuff and don’t often get to stretch that muscle in weddings.
I had to go up 5 flights of stairs with my rolling suitcase bag and gear and I’m very out of shape after having Lucy so I died and just decided the haunt the place and shot all these photos as a ghost. I planned out a few shots the day before since I knew I didn’t have a ton of time to play around and I’m so glad I did!
We were even able to get some fall portraits as well before the ceremony which is nice for variety, you all know how much we value variety around here!
I hope I can shoot more weddings at Eloise in the future, it was just such a treat for me!
Bethany + David // Detroit Backyard Wedding Photographer
Bethany and David are our people. Laid back, fun, full of love and appreciation for everything and everyone around them. We are so happy we actually got to do this wedding with Covid threatening to take it all away.
We’ve all been hit hard in some way or another but Bethany and David had to deal with the stress of Davids parents and family being potentially banned from traveling here from India, then Bethany’s dad had to deal with some very major health issues that threatened his life. Thankfully he pulled through it and was able to fully enjoy his daughters wedding day.
While struggles like these are obviously very stressful and not what you want since planning a wedding is hard enough sometimes, but Bethany and David stayed positive and persevered. When you go through the mud like that, it makes you appreciate what you have and this wedding was so emotional and awesome. You could just feel the immense love they had for each other and their family and friends. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t tear up a couple times during this day!
Covid sucks, but it has forced us to make our world smaller and focus on those who are really important to us and appreciate what we’ve been blessed with. So I guess that’s my positive spin on it.
That all being said, this wedding was such a fun time. There was so much joy and laughter all day. I love that they could let go of all the previous struggles and just enjoy the day they’ve been looking forward to for so long!
Buckle up, this is a hefty amount of images, but it was just too good to cut things out. We take our work personally and they are our memories as well, so we want to carry this whole story with us!
Enjoy this amazing backyard wedding!
Colleen & Brandon // Packard Proving Grounds Wedding Photographer
You know what, I think crazy weather just brings out insane sunsets. I’m convinced after the last few weddings we have shot. This was a cold one but then out of nowhere the sky exploded in this amazing sunset and we just RAN! There’s a great image at the end of this blog in the outtakes of them just running down this long parking lot to get to the perfect spot. At this point it was FREEZING out but they were such troopers!
The proving grounds were so cool with all the old cars and my goodness, we eat a LOT of wedding food but the food here was INSANE. It was family style and it was just so incredible. I want to remember how good it was forever!
Colleen and Brandon were such good sports with how cold it was and I feel so lucky to have had so many awesome clients this year that just bring a good attitude to everything. Colleens laugh is just the best and I just love the photos of her when laughing. It feels like you can almost here it because she just goes straight to 100% which I think is the best.
Winter weddings are so magical and I’ve got two more coming up next! Enjoy :)
OUTTAKES
It was just cold, dusk and then Colleen was like the sunset! From where we were I didn’t think we could get a good clear shot then Ryan was like the tree row! So we went around the corner and oh my word! We knew we would only have a couple minutes where it was most awesome so we just RAN! 😂
I like to do this wide shot where the guys charge at me when I have the right group for it and normally I don’t get injured or die. This was a close call though! I about had a heart attack! 🤣
