CityFlatsHotel-Sarah and Greg

CityFlatsHotel
Grand Rapids MI

Congratulations to Greg and Sarah!! What a beautiful celebration for these two!

The couple met, back in the day, working at TGI Fridays. Sarah was wooed by Greg's tacky excuses to keep talking to her and hanging around her hostess stand. They have been together for five and a half years. Greg proposed on a bitterly cold December night. After strolling through downtown, checking out the new fudge shop that just opened, he brought Sarah to the top of the hill by the skating rink and Christmas trees at Rosa Parks Circle. He bent down on one knee and had a speech prepared just for her.

In case you missed their engagement session, you may view it here: http://lookatthebiggerpicture.com/engagement-session-sarah-and-greg/

The entire wedding day was absolutely stunning. The shots of Greg waiting for Sarah down the aisle are priceless. They were only possible because City Flats allowed me to go anywhere I wished during the ceremony! So nice!! I was so happy that the rain held off for us and we could stroll through downtown and go back to the place where Greg proposed to get some beautiful shots around Rosa Parks Circle. I love the images around the GRAM. We ran into my new friend playing the sax! It was perfect! I met him when I was scouting weeks earlier for Sarah and Greg's big day. Nothing like taking a stroll downtown with sax music playing on your wedding day... Back at the venue, the lighting was really fun to play with all through the dancing. Again, so many favorites and I couldn't post them all. I tried. There is a limit on this thing...

Please enjoy the preview:

Special thanks to all the vendors who were sooooo amazing to work with for this wedding!! Thank you to the wonderful and talented make-up artist, Allison Bowers- www.allisonbower.com,  for being patient and letting me interrupt her a wee bit, Matt from Moments In Time Disc Jockeys- www.mitdj.com, and Morgan and Katrina from City Flats Hotel!! The day went smoothly because of all of these awesome people behind it. I love vendors who are fun to work with and care about the overall day-- Brides, I highly recommend these guys.

Maternity - Grand Rapids - Baby Shivaraju

Congratulations to my friends, Kate and Peelu, on their new addition!! We are excited to meet 'lil miss Leela Davey next month! I couldn't be happier for you guys! In case you missed some of their story... engagement session- http://lookatthebiggerpicture.com/kate-and-peelu-engagement-session/

mehndi party-- http://lookatthebiggerpicture.com/kate-and-peelu-engagement-session/

Love these guys. Enjoy the pregger preview! Stay tuned for newbie pics...

Kozlowicz Family Session

Grand Rapids, MI Monday evening, hanging out with the Kozlowicz  Family, was a wonderful start to the week! Documenting these four (six, if you include the two doggies, who were very curious about this photographer), had me chuckling most of the time. Liz is our librarian over in Caledonia, so, naturally, we had to get in our reading time! I am in    Kiwanis Club (a charity organization for kids) with this funny lady, and I was so excited to meet the family that I've heard so much about!

I entered as Sam, four years old, was eating, and was very proud of himself for eating that much. Ellie, nine months, was just staring me down and pondering about life.  I followed them around the house, documenting Kozlowicz  life. They were just doing what they do, and then- we heard a raucous back in the kitchen... The dogs had gotten up and ate the rest of the sausage that was on the table. Both dogs were short and squat, so you can imagine the ordeal they had to go through to do this. It was great.

The laughter carried over into the family room, where this family spends most of their time. The couch had become the setting for all music playing, dancing, reading, funny voices, and laughter. It was nice to peek into the life of this adorable family. Thanks for letting me capture your story!

Enjoy the preview!