Grand Rapids wedding photographer

Katherine + Patrick // Leona Rd Grand Rapids Wedding Photographer

Leona Rd! What a cool new venue!! Of course Ben and Mindy who brought you The Cheney Place brings another gem to Grand Rapids in the form of this re-imagined school house with all kinds of classy modern but retro vibes with lines in all the right places. The light is so good here and everywhere you turn there is vignettes to make all the photos look so interesting. Can't wait to return!

Kathrine and Patrick are just such fun and carefree people. They are how you hope every couple turns out to be. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with them and their family. Couples and weddings like this are what keeps me going and striving to be the best so thank you and enjoy these fantastic photos!

Whitney + Ron // The Red Shed Wedding Photographer

Crystal + Spencer // The Barn at Monterey Valley Wedding

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This was our last wedding of 2020 and what a way to end a crazy year! 

When we first met with these two, you could tell they were meant for each other. I love a good proposal story and Spencer actually made a whole Youtube video of him building this awesome tree house on their property, about how hard it was to keep it a surprise. All to use it as a spot to pop the question. It was a great insight to their appreciation for one another. 

You can probably tell that photographing them together was effortless. This is one of those portrait heavy blogs because we just couldn’t keep them out. The crazy part is that we had about an hour less than planned but still had some of the best portraits of the year! It also helped that the wedding party was a riot. Spencer and his brothers were pros when it comes to movie lines and since that is the basis of my entire sense of humor, I was having a great time being entertained by all the shenanigans. Did I mention their amazing German Shepard was a groomsman? I mean… day made just with that!

How about this venue by the way? The Barn At Monterey Valley was incredible and the whole experience there was top notch. It was such a beautiful place especially with peak fall color! Honestly it was kind of a vendor dream team. The catering (Enza’s Pizza) was probably the tastiest of the year and there was even this magical hot chocolate / coffee station from Clique coffee) that was so good. Holly still talks about it that hot chocolate. The high energy and fun that Curtis of Avison Entertainment brought was the perfect way to celebrate an amazing day. 

One more thing that made this wedding special was the slideshow Spencer made for his grandma complete with audio of unheard voicemails of his grandfather who he was really close with before he passed. Sometimes it’s hard to see all the emotions in the room and keep doing your job without crying and that was one of those times. It was just such a faith in humanity restoring moment. Honestly seeing all the relationships through the day was what we needed after such a hard year. The world is so much better in real life outside of the internet and I am so honored that we get to have a front row view of the inter-workings of people’s lifetime relationships. We have a truly awesome job.

We so appreciated everything about this wedding. We will definitely be remembering it for a long time!