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Greystone Golf Club Wedding

Emily and Ryan hold a special place in my heart; not only are they my clients, but Sean and I are actually Ryan’s clients! (He’s our project manager over at the farm.) I’ve had so much fun getting to know the different sides of these two. From them getting dolled up for their engagement session, […]

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winter engagement, ice skating engagement

If you’ve been following along for a while on here, you already know I’m a huge fan of bringing fur babies to engagement sessions and Wallace totally stole the show!! At the end of Taylor and Blake’s Clarkston engagement session, I pulled out my phone to snap a quick photo to post on my Instagram […]

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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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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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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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