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grosse pointe war memorial engagement

Give me all of the velvet dresses! Emily rocked this maroon dress for her engagement photos, and paired with Ryan’s navy suit they absolutely slayeddd. We ran around outside of the Grosse Pointe War Memorial for their winter engagement shoot, and Emily told me about her early days crushing on Ryan when they were in […]

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Downtown Detroit Engagement

Kirsten and Josh are hands down one of the sweetest couples I have ever met! I’ve known Kirsten for a little while before her and Josh were engaged, so as soon as she reached out about their 2019 Pine Knob Carriage House wedding I was basically jumping for joy!! They are absolutely those kind of […]

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Michigan Wedding Photographer

I want to start off by saying that on the day of Katie and Brian’s downtown Detroit engagement session, it was BY FAR the coldest day of the year! We hopped around city streets, caught some action in traffic, embraced the magical steam of a manhole and ended the evening with the most perfect golden […]

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Blake Farms Engagement Photos

In the fall of 2017 I had the privilege of getting to photograph Shelby and Robert’s wedding day. This winter I was so sooo excited when Shelby asked me to do a winter session with them right before the holidays! We spent the evening in the freezing cold at Blake Farms and these two were […]

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Detroit Athletic Club Engagement

Erin and Matt have such a natural, easy love for each other and these city views just topped off all the pretty. You can tell they adore each other by the sweet little grins they exchange and the way they wrap up together. Seriously guys, just try to scroll through these photos of them without […]

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Belle Isle Boat House Wedding

The first time I met Katie and Graham we chatted over Moscow Mules about their wedding dreams, their sweet rescue pup and I knew we were going to be a perfect fit. These two are some of the most genuinely fun, light hearted people I’ve ever got to work with – not to mention they […]

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Indianwood Golf and Country Club Wedding

If there was an award for the most fun bridal party, I would say Mike and Alayna’s squad takes the cake! Every second of their day was packed with such fun loving friends and family – and don’t even get my started on all the pretty. Alayna got ready at her parents house and it […]

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Whenever my couples ask if they can bring their pups to engagement sessions the answer is always yes, yes and yes! Playing college softball with Kait I was so excited when she asked me to take her engagement photos in downtown Detroit. We met up on Belle Isle to let hers and Jordon’s pups run […]

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