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Read MoreJoe and Jackie are dear friends of ours and I had the privilege to photograph their wedding a couple years back! We met up a few weeks ago to take a few updated images so they could send out holiday cards.To keep the photos true to Joe and Jackie, they snuggled up on their couch, loved up on their beloved (and very festive) boxer, Diesel, and uncorked some homemade wine.
Read MoreWhile the greater of 2020 has presented unprecedented challenges, there’s no white light sterility in our house, but rather strands of multi-colored joy exuding from our now frosted windows.
Read MoreOn August 1st, 2020, Dustin, Ayden and I welcomed Emmett Gerard into our family!
Read MoreAs you may already know, we’re expecting Baby Lindemann… and SOON! These next couple of weeks are going to be packed with photo sessions, a few last minute house projects (oops, we tore out our flooring?!), spending extra time with Ayden, and trying to find time to simply relax as my stomach feels stretched to its max. This post shares various thoughts on this pregnancy as well as our maternity photos taken by Riutta Images!
Read MoreOriginally, Brittany and Patrick would’ve been saying I do on a rooftop in Kalamazoo this Saturday, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced a change of plans as they look ahead to the early summer of 2021 now. To honor what would’ve been their wedding week, I’m sharing their Marquette-themed engagement session to showcase what they love to do together: hang out on Lake Superior, sip brews at Ore Dock Brewing Co, climb Sugarloaf, enjoy the best food, and hang around the downtown in general!
Read MoreOnce introduced, Mike proceeded to teach Megan how to toast the perfect marshmallow. Flash forward years later and they settled in a Chicago apartment with their beloved pup, Kai. They went on 4th of July getaway to Eagle Harbor, Michigan, where Mike has spent much of his summers growing up. He proposed to Megan along the Great Sand Bay while they toasted s’mores over a bonfire on the beach at sunset. Their July wedding brought them back to Eagle Harbor yet again, where all of their family and guests prepared in quaint cottages near the conglomerate shores of Lake Superior.
Read MoreCassidy and CJ went to a Red Wings hockey game in Detroit on November 24th, 2018. Both have always been major Red Wings fans and actually met playing men’s league hockey in Iron River, Michigan! Their engagement session included their beloved pups, braving the cold, late fall weather of Northern Michigan, and of course, the ice rink.
Read MoreLena and Justin drove to the Gogebic County courthouse on snowy, late December morning. Their fat tire bikes were loaded in the back of their truck, and their two pups, Debo and Chico, waited with tails wagging in the backseat. For Lena and Justin, eloping was an easy decision for them - partly romantic, but also logistics. With Lena being a teacher, Christmas vacation was the perfect time to elope and to escape on a little getaway together.
Read MoreEntering age 26 doesn’t feel as scary as entering age 25 did. Something about turning a quarter of a century just made me feel old. I was stuck looming over the question of have I done enough so far if my life is a quarter of the way lived? But if there’s anything I’ve learned in the past year, it is that I’m still so young and feel full of life.
Read MoreMadelyn is a 2020 senior and an aspiring photographer herself! Her senior session brought us all around Baraga county, wandering through fields and brush, and stopping by the shores of Lake Superior.
Read MoreHolly is one the sweetest souls you could ever meet and of my neighbors out in the small community of Keweenaw Bay. Her session brought us down to sites along the Sturgeon River, her grandparents’ dairy farm, and fields of barley. In the end, we definitely needed to include the cows.
Read MoreIn honor of our 2020 high school seniors, I’ll be hosting a senior blogging marathon! Leeah attends Baraga Area Schools. Her session brought us through red pine stands, beneath walnut trees, around abandoned buildings, and along Lake Superior.
Read MoreOn a gorgeous September afternoon in Copper Harbor, Casey and Kim wed at Our Lady of the Pines church - the same church Casey’s parents were married years before! Their wedding day took the couple climbing on the rocky shores of Lake Superior and to the docks of Lac La Belle, then ended under string lights and the vast starry sky of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula.
Read MoreIf ya’ll need a laugh… that’s literally what this post is for. Did you know that I actually took my husband’s senior photos years ago before either of us even dreamt of dating?! This post shares a little about our love story and spoiler: I shared BOTH of our senior photos. Enjoy our baby faces and the funny story of how we came to be.
Read MoreWhile quite a few of us are currently confined our homes and have a little more idle time on our hands, this is the perfect time to document what’s around you! But due to social distancing regulations in place, you can’t hire a photographer to come into your home anytime soon. This blog post offers various tricks to help you take better photos in your home on your own, even if all you have is an iPhone camera.
Read MoreInspired by the reward of hard work that farm life provides, my dear friend, Jessica, invited me out to document a snowy winter morning with her horse companion of 10 years, Diamond, or Diams for short. Despite the challenges and uncertainty life presents, her one true constant has always been Diams. When away from the world in the pasture, time is able to slow down and stresses cease.
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