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I’ve known Grace since she was pretty young. We met through our love of horses. Grace started taking lesson at the barn I boarded my horse at. I would do barn chores a couple times a week and every evening she was there riding, her dad was typically with her. He struggled to just sit […]

Engagement

Grace + Calvin | Michigan Forest Engagement Session

Michigan Forest Engagement Session
The Barn at Monterey Valley summer wedding

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Sarah and Jason are high school sweethearts who turned a chance encounter in the school hallways into a love story that lasted a whole decade. Fast forward to their big day – a bash filled with love, laughter, and a lot of history. It was a gorgeous fall day. The weather literally could not be […]

Wedding

Sarah + Jason | The Barn at Monterey Valley Wedding

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I’ve met a lot of great people through horses. I’ve been riding since I was 8 so the last 30 years have been put me on many paths to find some of the best people in my life. Many I would call life long friends. Meet Chloe! I met Chloe and her family when I […]

Dog, Pets, Senior

Chloe | High School Senior Graduation

Girl with her dog
Mari Vineyard Wedding

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Paige and Nick’s wedding took place on a beautiful summer day in Northern Michigan. We started our day meeting with the bride and her girls at the condo above the beautiful Kirkbride Hall venue! It was such a convenient location for the bride and her family to stay and have a place to get ready […]

Wedding

Paige + Nick | Kirkbride Hall Wedding Traverse City Mi

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Cami and Riley were married on the most beautiful June evening at sunset at Apple Blossom Chapel and Gardens. I adore this venue. Kathy and her team are always the most welcoming and professional. Her experience cannot be matched.  With Apple Blossom’s breathtaking landscapes, vibrant floral displays, and a tranquil ambiance, this enchanting garden setting […]

Wedding

Cami + Riley | Michigan Garden Wedding

Michigan Garden Wedding
Bride and Bride Fredrick Meijer Gardens Wedding

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Cindy and Shanna are back on the blog for their big day! Just a short couple weeks after their engagement session, we celebrated their union in a beautiful wedding at Fredrick Meijer Gardens. The day was unseasonably hot for early June. Cindy and Shanna originally chose this date because it’s typically a pleasant time of […]

Wedding

Cindy + Shanna | Fredrick Meijer Gardens Wedding

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On my contact form, I always have a box where I ask potential clients to leave some fun info about their relationship, how they met, their engagement, etc. I don’t typically get a ton of detailed responses, but then there was Jenna. She left the entire story of how she had met Ethan, why they […]

Engagement

Jenna + Ethan | Downtown Market Engagement

Engaged couple downtown Grand Rapids
Happy engaged couple standing in tall pines forest at Townsend Park

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I met with Cindy and Shanna on a gorgeous spring evening in May. The weather was absolutely perfect for an engagement session and I was thrilled it would work out that way! Cindy and I had been going back and forth for months trying to figure out a date. Between the brutal winter weather, sickness […]

Engagement

Cindy + Shanna | Pickerel Lake Engagement

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We all know how tough 2020 was for a lot of people. The unknown, the uncertainty, the fear. 2020 was particularly scary for me because I was carrying my first child. The cancelled appointments, the social distance – it was A LOT. Plus working with all my wonderful 2020 couples on rescheduling and rearranging, I […]

Wedding

Brianna + Jake | An Enchanting Forest Wedding

LP Gypsy Vanner Stud

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I have been so lucky to photograph a lot of beautiful people and places but photographing horses has always been something near and dear to my heart. I’ve been a lover of horses for most of my life. I own two beautiful rescue horses, one of which I ride and show on a regular basis. […]

Equine

Old Oaks Gypsy Vanners | Winter Equine Session