Last weekend Hollie and Bill drove in from Chicago for their engagement session…. more on the my Wedding Blog!  

Nisreen and Mike couldn’t decided between an indoor and outdoor engagement session… so they decided to do both!  We did their outdoor session a few weeks ago in the snow, and now it was time for the indoor session.  Mike was full of ideas to try… I loved it!  I love it when the client gets involved in the process of creating their portraits!  Here are some of my favorites of the day….

Nisreen and Mike have GREAT serious looks!  
And of course we had a little fun too!
I can’t wait until their wedding in August… I know it will be a beautiful day!  Thanks for a fun afternoon Mike and Nisreen!

It was a Winter Wonderland last weekend when we did Nisreen and Mike’s outdoor engagement session!   I woke up that morning hoping the snow would start, so that it would cover up all the grey gloomy dirty ground! Well, it did start snowing… hard! I had a fun time playing in the snow with them!  We did an outdoor session in downtown Grand Rapids.  The snow was beautiful!  It made for some fun unique engagment portraits!  

Thanks Mike for putting up with the cold and snow for us!  Thanks Nisreen for your adventurous spirit to do the fun outdoor snow portraits!

Joe and Tara came to The Studio for an indoor engagement session!  They are preparing a June wedding.  I love engagement sessions so I can get to know the grooms!  (And to show the grooms that it getting your portraits done isn’t so bad….!)  Thanks Joe and Tara for coming to see me at the Studio!

OK, this is overdue… I have been neglecting my blog! Last week I met Lauren and Carl Downtown for the engagement session. It was FREEZING!!! When I left my house to go to the morning session, it was -11 degrees…. yes, that is a negative sign in front of the number. By the time I got downtown, it was warmer. It is always warmer in the city… it was a whopping 10 degrees! But, despite the cold, it was a BEAUTIFUL morning, and we had a great session. I had a lot of fun with Lauren and Carl… thanks for making the trip in!

I love doing engagement sessions for people I know. I knew Jessica since she was a little girl. Then, when she became a teenager, she babysat for my children. Now, she is getting married! I did her and Brian’s engagement session before I left for Phoenix. I had a ton of fun! Thanks Jessica and Brian!

It is hard to believe we had this much snow last week!  Last Tuesday we did Katie and Nate’s engagement session downtown in the snow…. there was SO much snow!  We had a ball!  We even took a hot chocolate/coffee break at a cute little coffee shop on Ionia.  Katie and Nate were great sports, because it was FREEZING out!  Thanks for a fun morning guys!

Abe and Cinthya live in Honduras, and were married 3 weeks ago.  They are here on Christmas break, so Abe’s brother and sister in-law bought them a portrait session for a gift.  What a perfect gift!   We had a wonderful time, and grabbed a few outdoors after our indoor session.  

Thanks Abe and Cithya!

I have to admit, when we scheduled Nate and Cara’s beach session for the month of November, I was a little leery of what it would be like. Cara really wanted a beach engagement session, and November was the first thing I had open. I was envisioning cold…. wind… maybe even snow….
Who would have guessed it would have been 70 degrees? It was the most perfect November evening that you could ask for!

We even had a beautiful sunset!

Thanks Cara and Nate! I can’t wait until your June wedding!

Last week we had a perfect evening for Rachel and Nathan’s engagement session at Kirk Park. I don’t think we could have asked for a more beautiful October evening. It was actually even WARM!

I am such a sucker for silhouette images. I love them! When Rachel and Nathan wanted a picture on the overlook, I knew a silhouette would be perfect!

Nathan was full of fun ideas! This one was his and I loved it!Another silhouette!

And finally a beautiful sunset portrait!
Thanks Rachel and Nathan! I am looking forward to your Chirstmas time wedding!