Joe & Vicky {Engaged!}

We met Joe and Vicky through one of our all-time favorite family friends - Julie Lupo.  Julie has been an honorary member of our family for the past 9 years and since Julie and Vicky are cousins, it's almost as if Vicky is family too!

We had the opportunity to hang out with Joe and Vicky last weekend when we took their engagement portraits in and around downtown Farmington, MI.  We met up with them at Heritage Park and then headed into town for dinner and more portraits.  We really enjoyed spending time over dinner just chatting with Joe and Vicky and really having the opportunity to get to know them both on a deeper level.  We have no doubt that their wedding is going to be fantastic because they are both laid back, relaxed and a lot of fun!

Enjoy these teasers from their day.  There were so many more images taken, but these are a few of our favorites.  :)

~ Kevin & Heather

Michael & Sarah {Wedding}

Our wedding mentorship with Johnny Waller (of Johnny Waller Productions) was a great success last week, and the wedding of Michael and Sarah was gorgeous!  Both the ceremony and the reception were held at the new Planterra Conservatory in West Bloomfield.  To say the venue was beautiful would be an understatement - it was GORGEOUS!  I have to say that it is now rated as one of our favorite venues, both for it's architecture and tropical elegance.  The owners of Planterra have done an incredible job in transforming a greenhouse and botanical garden into something absolutely spectacular.  I would say this is one of THE prime locations for a winter wedding in the Metro Detroit area!

Congratulations again to Michael and Sarah!  May you be blessed with a lifetime of joy and happiness together.

~ Kevin & Heather

Destination Florida - Eads Wedding / Julie Story

As you may have heard, we recently had the awesome opportunity to travel down to Florida on what we are considering our first destination wedding.  We've had a few Midwest 'destination' weddings that were quite a good distance but still drivable.   Clearwater, Florida may "technically" be drivable, but we chose the easy way out and flew.  LOL

Our connection to this wedding was a fellow photographer who happened to be best friends with the groom and was thus chosen to be the Best Maid.  Her name is Julie Story and we met her through a professional photography message board we are actively a part of, called Showiteers (a networking group associated with the website design program SHOWIT).  Back in late Spring she posted that she was looking for a photographer from our group to be the photographer for Ricky and Leann's wedding when she was unable to photograph because of her wedding responsibilities.  A large number of photographers responded and Julie narrowed down the group to her top 5 favorites.  Ricky and Leann then took those 5, looked at them all independently and came back together with their favorite.  Lucky us - they both chose us first!

We had an amazing time there staying with Julie Story.  She was an absolute riot to hang out with and a branding/marketing/social media genius!  We already knew she was gifted in these areas, but after hanging out with her for a weekend, our own business outlook was inspired, adjusted and re-energized!  If you own your own business it is DEFINITELY worth getting to know her for all aspects of branding and marketing.  Just make sure you tell her that Kevin and Heather sent you!

 

Below is a short, high-speed video we shot of our trip.  We would have loved to have shot more footage while we were in Clearwater, but we got so caught up in the busyness, business and fun of it that we forgot to turn on the GoPro video camera.  Oops!  :)

(Caution - you might need to take some motion-sickness medicine before you watch this)  LOL

Check back in soon for a few teasers from Ricky and Leann's big day! 

~ Kevin & Heather

Aaron & Christiana {Wedding}

Last weekend we had the opportunity to shoot Aaron and Christiana's wedding at the gorgeous Nazareth Hall in Grand Rapids, Ohio.  Dispite it being one of the hottest and muggiest days of the entire summer (98 degrees with 152% humidity - ok, I'm not sure what the humidity was, but it was sticky for sure!), the wedding went beauifully and the details were amazing!  We loved working with both Aaron and Christiana, and it was so cool that we just happened to know about half of their bridal party even before the wedding.  Aaron's brother, Chris, works with Kevin, and I know Christiana's sister, Satya, from homeschooling and her sister-in-law, Amy, from church.  What a small world!

Enjoy this sample of images from Aaron and Christiana's big day and leave them lots of love!
And we just wanted to end this blog post with the sweetest image from the day - Aaron and Christiana did not want to see each other before the ceremony, but they did want to have a moment together.  You could just feel the love and joy radiating from both of them the moment their hands touched around the corner.

~ Kevin & Heather

Tim + Jaime Taulbee {Wedding}

This past Saturday, Kevin and I had the opportunity to photograph and celebrate the amazing wedding of Jaime Nalli and Tim Taulbee.

After a week of rain and storms, everyone was relieved when Saturday arrived warm and sunny, especially since the ceremony was to be held outdoors at the beautiful Grecian Center in Southgate, MI. We had to fight the every-changing lighting due to the harsh midday sun and spotty, dense clouds, but Jaime and her girls were cooperative, upbeat and so much fun!  We love it when we have the opportunity to work with such great people!

Everyone knew the moment the guys arrived on the scene - just look at this imposing group!  We were reminded a bit of an old 1920s mobstor gang (minus the tommy-guns) while photographing these men.  They provided us with a lot of laughs and a lot of amazing photo-ops!

Jaime and Tim's ceremony was simple, sweet and gorgeous!  The Grecian Center has a beautiful outdoor pavilion for special events and weddings, and we couldn't have thought of a more beautiful location to celebrate such an important day.

It is well known that both Tim and Jaime are fun-loving and spontaneous, as are their entire bridal party. The playground shots were must-haves for this group! 

The reception was held inside the Apollo Hall at the Grecian Center, right on the same grounds as the ceremony.  The party was rocking and the dance floor was hopping all night long!  Congratulations again to you both, Tim and Jaime!  May you be surrounded by love and cherish the memories from your wedding day always.

~ Kevin & Heather