Justin & Emily {Engagement}

September 21, 2011

I can honestly say that I don't think we have ever worked with a happier, more fun-loving couple than Justin and Emily! The two of them had us cracking up all evening long and we just loved the fact that it felt like we were hanging out with old friends while capturing some true-life images and just having a blast together. The spontaneous portraits that we caught of them laughing and hamming it up in front of the camera feel just as important in depicting who they are and their relationship, as do the sexier, romantic ones.

We really appreciated Justin and Emily's excitement over their engagement session and the fact that they didn't mind traipsing all over Ann Arbor to get just the right shots. We discovered a few new nooks and crannies around town too that we absolutely LOVE. We're so glad we had Emily there to help us figure out where we wanted to be!

Here is just a little sneak peak of their engaement session with us. Check out the images and let Justin and Emily know what you think.~ Kevin & Heather

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Compose and wait

September 17, 2011

This is a great interview with Sam Abell! He talks about his year long journey to getting the perfect image to complete his story on Charles Russell.

We, as photographers, need to make sure that we are patient to get the right images and not just snap away grabbing random pictures that have a subject in them. Sometimes it is just a matter of allowing life to happen and being ready.

Just when I think I'm beginning to 'arrive' (it'll never happen), I see an interview such as this one and am in awe of the passion that great photographers of our time have. And I realize that the journey of professional photography is not one where we will ever arrive at a final destination, but is on going like the rest of life's lessons.

I realize now that I am very near to the beginning of that journey.

Check out the interview here.

(Tried and tried and just couldn't embed the video. FAIL!)

~Kevin

Courtesy of Chase Jarvis

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Aaron & Christiana {Wedding}

September 10, 2011

Last weekend we had the opportunity to shoot Aaron and Christiana's wedding at the gorgeous Nazareth Hall in Grand Rapids, Ohio. Dispite it being one of the hottest and muggiest days of the entire summer (98 degrees with 152% humidity - ok, I'm not sure what the humidity was, but it was sticky for sure!), the wedding went beauifully and the details were amazing! We loved working with both Aaron and Christiana, and it was so cool that we just happened to know about half of their bridal party even before the wedding. Aaron's brother, Chris, works with Kevin, and I know Christiana's sister, Satya, from homeschooling and her sister-in-law, Amy, from church. What a small world!

Enjoy this sample of images from Aaron and Christiana's big day and leave them lots of love!
And we just wanted to end this blog post with the sweetest image from the day - Aaron and Christiana did not want to see each other before the ceremony, but they did want to have a moment together. You could just feel the love and joy radiating from both of them the moment their hands touched around the corner.

~ Kevin & Heather

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Elizabeth Hunt {2012 Senior}

August 19, 2011

Elizabeth is our third and final 2012 Senior Model, and we were very excited to photograph her to round out our Senior Model Program. Tuesday night was quite hot, but we were glad for sunshine and no storms, since it seems that has been the norm for our senior sessions recently. The evening was gorgeous as the sun slipped behind the horizon and we were even able to capture a beautiful field full of mist as the evening cool rolled in.

Elizabeth was so much fun to work with and we loved traveling trough the back roads of Howell with her mom and sister to capture some amazing images. Can you see how absolutely gorgeous the color of her hair is and that her eyes are an amazing color combination of green and amber? So beautiful to capture in camera! We are excited to share these few teasers with you and will be publishing the rest of the images to our storefront soon.

Enjoy!