Apple Mountain Resort -- Erin and Bryan

Apple Mountain Resort
Freeland MI

Erin and Bryan met through his cousin, Allison, over pitchers of Blatz one Tuesday night. After laughing all night, Erin had to ask for Bryan's number. Their love sustained a long distance relationship while Erin was in Grand Rapids for pharmacy school. As they put it, "Distance is not for the fearful, it's for the bold. It's for those knowing a good thing when they see it, even if they don't see it nearly enough." After graduation, they started thinking about happily ever after.

These two are so funny and super, super cool people. Naturals in front of the camera, they kept me laughing through the lens. Just in case you missed their awesome engagement session, you may view it here: 
www.lookatthebiggerpicture.com/blog/erinandbryan

The wedding was gorgeous. Apple Mountain Resort has sprawling green hills and an intimate little chapel that was perfect for these two. My favorite part of the day was "the shoe game". This was new to me. Erin and Bryan sat back to back and they had one of Bryan's shoes and one of Erin's in each hand. The DJ (Scott Arnett from Rusch Entertainment) would ask a question and each raised either Erin or Bryan's shoe to answer the question. Laughter erupted throughout the venue.

Whenever I think about this couple, I just see smiles. They are all smiles!!I am honored that I had the chance to document their big day. Special thanks to the people who made this day so wonderful and go so smoothly are listed below.

Please enjoy the preview:

The amazing, talented, beautiful-inside and out- second photographer= Katie Mollon. Thank you so much for all you do. I can't possibly say enough.

I love this wedding planner!!! You will too! She will take care of things you can't even remember to worry about. LOVE. HER. = Darcie Johnson. Happily Ever After Events. www.heaevents.com. darcie.johnson@gmail.com

Event Coordinator for Apple Mountain Resort. Believe me, you want this lady in charge of your day!! Amazing. = Abbe Adair. aadair@applemountain.com

DJ with the skills= Scott Arnett, Rusch Entertainment. www.ruschentertainment.com

The best officiant I have come across yet. Period. I wish I could work with her every wedding. Ask me about "unplugged" weddings!! Wonderful!!= Gail Crachiola. gpc49@yahoo.com

These ladies were so super sweet to chat with me when I was UUBER early!! They also did a fantastic job. Check out their linens.= Special Occasions (ask for Melanie!) www.special-occasions.net

Thank you wedding friends!!

Wine Picnic Spring Grove Park- Cheryl and Marcus

Grand Rapids, MI
Spring Grove Park
Engagement Session

Congratulations to Cheryl and Marcus!! What an amazing and sweet couple! They met their last year of college through mutual friends. Many friends had graduated, so Cheryl and Marcus started spending more time together. After being chased by Marcus for almost a year, they graduated and did the long distance thing for a couple years.  Marcus lived in Ohio and Indiana to pursue his teaching career, and Cheryl stayed in Michigan and started working in Grand Rapids. After almost two years, he realized he couldn't stand being without her everyday and moved to Grand Rapids. He proposed at a friend's cottage up north last May. He asked her to come sit on the dock and started talking about how they had been together for five years... and then he pulled a ring out of his pocket.

I am honored to document their story. For this engagement session, at Spring Grove Park, in Grandville, the light was so beautiful!! You know I like the sun flare. I couldn't stop shooting, which made it very difficult to cull and edit this session! Marcus is actually a wine rep, so they had a little vino while the sun was setting. Beautiful day, beautiful people. I love my job.

I cannot wait to photograph this wedding in June!! Stay tuned.

Here is a sneak peek. Enjoy!

Lark Family

Northville, MI I love photographing this family. They are always so fun, bubbly, and they are always laughing at each other.  They're pretty hilarious.

We were welcoming Baby Charlotte in this session!! How awesome this little lady already is! She was actually born with that mow-hawk, just so you know.  Yeah, she definitely already has quite the personality! She kept following the camera, too. It was pretty amazing.

I love that mow-hawk.

Here are some samples of the lovely Larks...