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Michigan Family Photos

With all of the shutdowns around Covid I have definitely missed hanging out with my clients. I was so excited that outdoor sessions finally opened up right when Jenna reached out telling me their family would be growing! I was so excited to spend the day with her and Andrew. Of course I can’t leave […]

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Michigan Maternity Photographer

Expecting mamas might be my new favorite subject matter. I mean can we just talk about how stunning Emily is? If you didn’t know what people mean when they say, “she’s glowing,” please see below. I got to spend the most beautiful evening chatting with Emily and Mike about their soon-to-be baby girl! We even […]

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Michigan Newborn Lifestyle Session

First off, can we just agree Elliot Elizabeth is one of the cutest little girl names on the planet?! Now that we’ve cleared that up, you guys are probably thinking, “wait a second… those beautiful parents look familiar.” That would be because I’ve had the absolute honor of photographing Emily and Brandon’s engagement, wedding, day […]

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Michigan Family Photographer

I had the absolute pleasure of meeting Kymberly early 2018 at a Tuesday’s Together meeting. She’s the owner of Motor City Vintage Rentals and is an absolutely inspiration to women and entrepreneurs alike. We worked on possibly the most stunning shoot I’ve ever got to be a part of, and an equally gorgeous engagement session […]

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Michigan Family Photographer

To say this just might be the most stylish mommy-son duo is not an understatement. I feel like it was just last week that we were setting up Kash’s newborn session. It feels like yesterday that they came over for cake smash photos in our orchard for his first birthday. He was so cute in both […]

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Michigan lifestyle photographer

All photographers have their niche, their bread and butter so-to-say. When Megan asked me to photograph a newborn session of her daughter I honestly thought, “this is totally not my bread and butter.” I mentioned that I’d like to take more of a documentary approach and shoot the session with a lifestyle feel and I’m […]

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