The Wilson Family // Brynn Newborn

You guys! Remember my favorite picture EVER?! It was the cover image for their blog (View Here) and was just the most perfect moment. The background, the light, their hands, her perfectly pointed toes! Well, they went and made the most perfectly tiny, adorable baby. 

She is so tiny, she hardly seems real. It's crazy how much she has already changed since we took these photos though. Newborns grow and change so quickly! 

I love all her little wrinkles and what I think is either the beginning of a quirky little personality or she may have been pooping. Either way, those faces are hilarious and adorable hahah! 

Enjoy!

Shawn & Stephanie // NYE Wedding in Kalamazoo Michigan

Shawn & Stephanie // NYE Wedding in Kalamazoo Michigan

Their wedding was on New Years Eve at the Raddison and it was amazing. They had a 1920's theme and everyone dressed up for it which is always fun. Her dress was just incredible as well, as far as beaded dresses go, it was one of my all time favorites! What I remember most is laughing a ton and while editing their full set of images, I couldn't help but smile through most of it because of how he makes her laugh. It is my favorite thing. I say it a lot about how much I love how grooms look at their brides, but this is a whole different level. Stephanie's face lights up when he tries to make her laugh. It's not a fake laugh either, it's little moments of pure happiness and that's incredible. 

BASH 2016 // Bringing Sexy Bash

BASH 2016 // Bringing Sexy Bash

Every year our favorite power couple Ben and Mindy Peterson (owners of the Cheney Place, Fancy Fray and Studio 6.23) throw a huge party for all our favorite wedding vendors. They call it BASH! Every year is a different theme. From the great Bashby, to wedding Bashers and this year was bringing sexy Bash! We’ve been super honored to come shoot the details for them every year. With a ton of amazing vendors pitching in, this party is like a mini wedding reception and always a ton of fun. We would love to have any of these people at our weddings so spend a few minutes looking these people up who helped out… especially Kangaroo Kitchen because we’ve never had better wedding food in our career! 

Brooke & Edward // Detroit Engagement Photographer

Brooke & Edward // Detroit Engagement Photographer

Having photos taken in places that mean something to you always means something to us. Brooke and Edward love Buddy's pizza and also went there the night they got engaged. The manager there let us in an hour before they opened so we were able to take some photos in there which was really awesome! I love being in new places. They even made a little pizza for them! 
 

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Welcome to The GAUPER Cottage // Christmas

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Welcome to The GAUPER Cottage // Christmas

Then there is this Cottage. This place was just made for Christmas and Winter. Neither of us ever like winter but this place just makes winter beautiful. We have been in this home for a year now and even the rest of the year, because it's a cottage style home, it still has that cozy, peaceful feeling that Christmas always gives me. My stress in the past has been at incredibly unhealthy levels and just a year in this cottage out in the woods has been so healing for me. I feel content, my days are so simple and every time I'm away working, I can't wait to go home. It might sound nuts, but honestly every day feels like a vacation out here. 

Shawn & Stephanie // Kalamazoo Engagement Photographer

Shawn & Stephanie // Kalamazoo Engagement Photographer

Last week it was 60 degrees out and this week, ICE BLIZZARD! Welcome to Michigan. 

Stephanie and Shawn were such troopers. They live in Houston and came to Michigan just in time for all this greatness. We had to reschedule since Monday had such a big storm and then even though the internet said there wouldn't be rain or snow, there definitely was. It's in these times that choosing to have a good attitude and roll with what your given become so important and that is exactly what happened and it's just all crazy beautiful. 

10 minutes into this shoot, I was thrilled. Shawn has this great contagious laugh that just seems to bring them both to life. If you follow all my blogs, you know I'm such a sucker for couples who know how to laugh together. It's crazy obvious how much fun they have when in each others company and that is just all we need to be able to do the rest of our job well. 

Kyle & John // Kalamazoo Wedding Photographer

Kyle & John // Kalamazoo Wedding Photographer

Besides all the pretty things, let me just talk about their family. It's always such a wonderful thing to just show up at these super personal events and get to know new people in such a short time by taking photos of them. Kyle is just full of energy and life and super kind. I didn't get to chat with John too much, but from just watching him with everyone else and the way he admires Kyle, I think he's like many of our other grooms that are the more laid back type that adore energetic, joyful women. Kyle's daughter has the same big laugh as her mom and I just LOVE photographing people with big laughs. It was such a casual event but at the same time, so personal and it was amazing to be there in the room to witness this great energy amongst such a close group of people. 

Jayde & Andy // Ann Arbor Wedding Photographer

Jayde & Andy // Ann Arbor Wedding Photographer

Happy Thanksgiving! This is my final blog until we start our winter weddings. It's been a crazy amount of work, but I'm so happy to have gotten blogs out to everyone in time for visiting with family on Thanksgiving! This is a perfect end to the fall season as Jayde and Andy are wonderful human beings. Since it's Thanksgiving, here are some things about them and their wedding I'm thankful for! 

Brittney & Nick // South Bend Wedding Photographer

Brittney & Nick // South Bend Wedding Photographer

Here are 3 things I loved about this wedding: 

1. Brittney exudes joy. Seriously, there is no other way to describe this girls smile other than the word JOY. She is down to earth, so kind and happy. Those are all the things I love most about brides and humans in general. Nick is this strong, sort of silent type that I think speaks with his eyes and his eyes were on her most of the time which as we all know, its my favorite thing about grooms. 

The Bucklin Family // Brynnley // Battle Creek Newborn Photographer

The Bucklin Family // Brynnley // Battle Creek Newborn Photographer

It's been a big year for Kristen and Brandon! We shot their wedding, maternity and now newborn of little Brynnley! I love seeing things come full circle as families grow. 

We start off with the previous only children, the puppies who just like to crawl all over them. Then we have to take a tour of the incredible Lego Christmas village they have (seriously, I WANT THIS SO BAD) and some nice just at home moments. I personally love the through the window shot since it sorta feels like I may have just been walking by and witnessed parents giving their new little baby a tour of their incredible Christmas village :) 

Rob & Bri // Martha Clara Vineyard Wedding Photographer

Rob & Bri // Martha Clara Vineyard Wedding Photographer

This is a story about making it work, rain or shine! (literally and figuratively) 

We've had plenty of rainy weddings, but this was the first where it did not stop for even 15 minutes all day long. We also had all our flights delayed and canceled while trying to make it to New York during a hurricane. But Rob and Bri are amazing human beings and we were bound and determined to do great work no matter how much weird juju was being thrown our way. 

That is the thing about wedding photography...and marriage too actually! You walk into different situations with every event and have to make it work no matter what. Everyone had a good attitude towards the rain, we all had a lot of fun and I think the photos are so beautiful! Happy people trump bad weather every time! 

Phil & Rachel // Muskegon Engagement Photographer

Phil & Rachel // Muskegon Engagement Photographer

We are going to do this blog backwards since time travel is fun. If you haven't guessed it yet, Rachel and Phil love space and the sky. Their wedding is space themed and I'm pretty excited about that! 

This session ended up having an interesting amount of variety. We've got galaxy double exposures, night time light painting, shadow prison in our basement with Duma, what seems like it could be the cover of a romance novel titled "waves of sunsets", running and spinning and then we end on classic, happy fall photos. It's a buffet of photography today! 

Kara // Kalamazoo Senior Photographer

Kara // Kalamazoo Senior Photographer

We have been shooting mostly weddings and families but Kara emailed us asking if we would do her senior photos. She was actually at one of our weddings when she was little (which makes me feel VERY old, thanks a lot haha). I am so glad she knew of our work because she is simply a delight. I guess I'm out of touch with what teenagers are really like since I typically only see all the crazy stuff on the internet but thank goodness there are sweet girls like this out in the real world.