Gaslight Village -Hahyoon and Andrew

Grand Rapids, MI
Engagement Session

Hahyoon and Andrew, the cutest couple, have been together for about four years. They met through church and school-both Purdue grads. While Hahyoon was grabbing coffee for this session, Andrew told me that SHE told him she liked him while surrounded by friends at a party.
Cute, right?

Andrew surprised her at home with the proposal. He wasn't supposed to be there that night. It was very intimate and private, with string cheese and a bottle of wine. 

These two have lived and traveled all over, and I'm grateful that they ended up in Michigan. This wedding is going to be AMAZING! A wedding at the GRAM, downtown Grand Rapids. I cannot wait! Stay tuned.

We finally had warm weather, after months of cold and gray, so we were eager to get out and about. We stumbled into "Cute Things" on the sidewalk. It was like a sign or something. (Hee hee). I absolutely love the bus stop images. It's like a peek into their loving world, with lots of laughter.

The bus stop images made me think of that song, which is super fitting because it talks about getting married in the future…

”Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say
Please share my umbrella
Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows
Under my umbrella

All that summer we enjoyed it
Wind and rain and shine
That umbrella, we employed it
By August, she was mine

Every mornin' I would see her waiting at the stop
Sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she bought
All the people stared as if we were both quite insane
Someday my name and hers are going to be the same

That's the way the whole thing started
Silly but it's true
Thinkin' of a sweet romance
Beginning in a queue

Came the sun the ice was melting
No more sheltering now
Nice to think that that umbrella
Led me to a vow

Every mornin' I would see her waiting at the stop
Sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she bought
All the people stared as if we were both quite insane
Someday my name and hers are going to be the same”
 Hollies -


Enjoy the preview of their engagement session:
 

Cozy Casual at Home - Bianka and Beth

Ann Arbor, MI

Congratulations Bianka and Beth! These ladies have been beside each other for 19 plus years! They met through work, as their professions collided, putting them on their path together.

This was a cozy casual engagement session at home with the pups, which Bianka and Beth are loving rescuers. What an adorable little family. The doggies were leery of this photographer just as much as the ladies were at first, but I believe I won all of them over. They were the type that explains to me in the beginning that they hate getting pictures taken. (I'm used to it). That is exactly the reason for a photojournalistic style. Documenting the awesomeness that they don't even know they are doing...  

It was so great to see these ladies laughing and focusing on their story.  It was empowering. Love always is, though, right? Sometimes, this job makes my heart swell. 

We had so many laughs, that I was still smiling for days afterward. Anyone that knows these two knows what I mean. Sweet, kind, funny, and so down-to-earth.

Their story stays with me and I am even more excited to photograph their wedding in June!  

Here is a little preview of our Sunday Funday:

Grand Rapids Winter Engagement- Hannah and Ryan

Grand Rapids, MI

Congratulations Hannah and Ryan! These two are so stinkin' cute together. They knew each other in high school, but never really talked back then. One summer, while they were in college, both were visiting home when they connected... And that's the beginning of their story.

Eight years later, Ryan was on one knee at Hannah's apartment waiting for her to get home. She nearly tripped over him when she opened the door.

They live in Indiana and made the trip out here to Grand Rapids for this cold engagement session. Such troopers! They didn't even want to break for warm-ups. 

I am so excited for this wedding coming up in August!
Here is a preview of our session: