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Eastern Market Engagement

The most magically magnificent rainbowesque engagement session happened – and I got to photograph it. Can you guys tell I’m a little overly excited about this one? Molly and Andrew were so much fun exploring the murals in Eastern Market with me. The rainbow zebra mural is by far one of my favorites. Guys, how […]

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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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detroit wedding photographer

Alright, you can’t tell me you don’t want to buy Shelby’s dress and wear it everyday right?! But seriously guys, Shelby and Sean are so much fun I could have hung out with them all night! True story we did try to get some pretty photos celebrating with champagne in front of the James Scott […]

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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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