Last weekend Lauren and Carl were married in Grand Rapids!  It was a beautiful wedding, despite the rain!  If you want to see more, check out the wedding blog! 

Last weekend I was able to photograph Jessica’s wedding!  Jessica is a special friend to us, she used to babysit our children!  We were very blessed that Brian’s life was spared a few weeks before the wedding.  To read more, check out the Grand Rapids Wedding Photography Blog!

Friday Nate and Cara were married!  Check out my wedding blog for more!

Joe and Tara were married in Byron Center last weekend.  Check out the wedding blog for more info!

Well, last Saturday was a PERFECT day for an April wedding!  You could not have asked for a better day!  David and Becky were married at Thornapple Evangelical Covenant Church, in Cascade Michigan.  The sun was shining, it was warm, and love was in the air!  

On the way to the reception, we stopped at the covered bridge in Ada, MI, to take a few more wedding images.  The location made the photography beautiful!  

Then, the reception was at Egypt Valley Country Club.  My last wedding was there, and it was beautiful!  That is a beautiful Venue.  The DJ’s for the evening were from Complete Music, and they kept the Dance floor hopping!  In fact, the Village People even showed up for the event!  (Ok, it wasn’t really the village people, just Becky’s relatives!)

If you want to see a few more images, watch their slide show HERE!

Joel and Rachel were married last Saturday at La Grave CRC in Grand Rapids.  It was a perfect January day!  Joel gave Rachel this beautiful necklace as a wedding present!
The handsome groom!
The steeple on the church was so cool… and the sky was so blue…. my assistant Jayne took this shot of the blue sky and steeple!

I love the architecture on the old buildings!  



A fun shot of the sisters!

We had an early start on a foggy morning for Nathan and Rachel’s wedding last Saturday!  We met at Synergy Salon at 6:30 am.  

Then we headed to the Fellowship Reformed Church to finish getting ready, so we could start pictures at 8:00 am.
Rachel is a piano player, so she wanted some pictures with the piano in it!

Because it was raining… all day…. we didn’t get too much of a chance to take outside pictures.  We did snap these two under the awning in the front of the church!

The morning  ceremony….

After the lunch reception at Alpenrose Restaurant in Holland, we had planned to go around to some places in downtown Holland.  But, the rain led us to plan B, which was awesome!  Nathan works for Hope College, so were able to spend a few minutes at the Chapel on campus, which nicely rounded out our day!

If you want to see a few more images from the day, be sure to watch the slide show here!

Mike and Jessie were married in South Dakota this summer. And…. they had every bride’s worst nightmare. (…and photographer’s worst nightmare for that matter….) Their wedding photographer’s computer crashed, and she didn’t have the images backed up. Most of their wedding images were gone. Yup… gone. (FYI, I ALWAYS back up my images in two places before I even erase my cards.) So, Jessie decided they better get some new pictures taken. She got her hair done, put her dress back on, and Mike rented a tux again.

Well, I had a BALL! No time constraints, no pressure of a wedding, and Grand Rapids as our playground! It was the LAST nice day of the year… last Friday. Here are some favorites from the session!

Mike LOVES his Jeep, so of course we had to do a couple with the jeep!

Thanks Mike and Jessie!

Rob and Sheri were married last Saturday at Beckwith Hills CRC in Grand Rapids. Again, it was a beautiful day! We truly have been blessed with beautiful days on the weekend, and this one was no different. I think I always say this, but I love to photograph people I know. Rob is a teacher at my kids school, so I have known him for almost 5 years. I was honored to be part of their special day!

Sheri made a beautiful bride! Rob didn’t look too bad either!

The guys always look cool in their tuxes!

I love this one of the flower girls helping sheri with her dress!
Here comes those cool guys again!

This car was awesome! Combine that with a good looking bride and groom, and a cool old house, and this is what you get!
First Dance….The dance floor was hopping all night long! I don’t think I have been to a party where SO MANY people danced for so long!

Thank you Rob and Sheri for letting me share in this special day with you! To see more, check out the slide show here!

Melissa and Jason were married last Saturday at Hudsonville Reformed Church. It was a beautiful day! With the rain we had the week before, I was glad the weather was nice this week! Here are a few of my favorites!

Playing with the off camera lighting again… you guys are probably sick of seeing the same image every time, but it is fun and new for me!

I did some macro shots of the rings outside… I really like how the color of the leaves work in this image.
The ceremony…
We went to the beach after the ceremony for a few quick images!
We actually tried a little off camera lighting at the beach too… I LOVE how this one turned out!

The reception was at Grand Haven Golf Club. We quick grabbed a few shots on the golf course. I love the green, and the lighting here!

The first dance….
OK, my second shooter Matt caught this amazing image. I just LOVE it. At first I was thinking it was just a little bit of luck that everything worked out the way it did… but then I started analyzing it more, and realized this was truly skillful. He was in the right position for the external flash, and had the perfect camera angle. It is hard to wait for that perfect expression, but he waited and got that expression he was looking for. But, to make that all come together in one image is amazing! Way to go Matt!
Fun, Fun, Fun! The dollar dance was a competition of Michigan vs. Michigan State. Melissa and Jason’s house is divided on their loyalty to their favorite team, so they had a little contest for the dollar dance!
Here is Jason and his groomsman celebrating their victory on the winner of the dollar dance… but I hat to admit I can’t remember who won… was it Michigan? You better ask them!
If you want to see more, check out the slideshow here!