November - 2018

Professional Headshots Traverse City | Dennis Gartland Niergarth | Karen Taylor

Hello friends! Up next on our blog are headshots from two different businesses. We stopped by Dennis Gartland & Niergarth in Traverse City to do our 3rd or 4th round of headshots for their newest employees. Not only are they a wonderful client of ours, but I'm also a client of theirs. The team of CPAs at Dennis Gartland & Niergarth are highly skilled and if you're looking for someone to help you with your accounting & tax services, I would highly recommend speaking with them.

Northern Michigan Vineyard Engagement Photographer | Amanda & Eric ft. Fletcher

We meet again, lovely blog readers! I recently photographed Amanda & Eric on Old Mission Peninsula. We started at Bowers Harbor Vineyard & moved out to the Old Mission Peninsula Lighthouse closer to sunset. This soon-to-be wedded couple will be getting married on November 2, 2019 at Blue Bridge Events Center & we couldn't be more excited to photograph their big day! When I asked Amanda how Eric proposed, she said "We went out to Elk Rapids for Harbor Days. Both our families w

Family Photographer Traverse City | The Hammonds visit Maple Bay Natural Area

Kids are completely unpredictable. They can be so adorable and easy going and laughing uncontrollably one minute, and the next minute, turn that charm off completely. They will typically smile for you all day long until you put them in front of a camera, then they freeze up like a deer in headlights. We want to avoid the gritted teeth and bug-eyed forced smiles during our session. Here are some things you can do: Make a list of things that your child thinks are funny and send

Traverse City Engagement Photographer | Cory & Jordan Fall Engagement Photos

You don’t have to ask me twice to head to The Sleeping Bear Dunes – my happy place – for an engagement shoot! That’s where we photographed Cory & Jordan, and it was an absolute dream session in every way. Cory is my boyfriend Don's cousin, he's known Jordan since they were in middle school! We started their engagement session at Brian and Debbie's house in Lake Ann (Cory's Aunt & Uncle, my boyfriend Don's parents) then headed to the shore at around 6pm just when the sun was s

Lake Leelanau Wedding Photographer | Northern Michigan Dream Wedding | Meet The Pettigrews

I'm soooooo excited, friends! Today, I have the privilege to share images from a recent wedding we did that took place on Lake Leelanau with a family barn wedding reception in Northport. It was obviously the PERFECT location since the newlyweds had a romantic, rustic-inspired wedding! Byron & Sarah thought this thing through from beginning to end, and there wasn’t a shortage of dreamy, Pinterest-worthy moments. I mean, check this out: I especially loved the all the AWESOME li

Northern Michigan Senior Portraits | Sleeping Bear Dunes Photographer | Charlie Class of 2019

It was a little windy when we met Charlie & his parents at one of our favorite beaches on the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Senior pictures are some of the best sessions we have, because the seniors who find us are so fun, quirky, & creative - we can usually find lots in common. Charlie hadn't been to the particular beach we chose, so it was fun to show him all our favorite photo spots and watch the sun set over Lake Michigan. Charlie will be graduating from Travers

Senior Photos Traverse City | Traverse City Central High School | Paige Class of 2019

Paige's fall photo session took place on a beautiful October evening at Lake Dubonnet in Interlochen. When we asked "what's your style" Paige wanted to head to the woods for her senior photo session with the changing leaves. Northern Michigan provides such an incredible backdrop for senior pictures, and we're so happy to have had the opportunity to meet Paige & her family! Click on any of the photos in this blog post to be directed to Paige's full gallery of senior photos. Sc

Traverse City Wedding Photographer | Cobblestone Farms ft. Joe & Emily Lewis

There are mixed feelings amongst brides about rain on their wedding day. Through years of experience in wedding photography, Ethan and I have met brides who want to dance in the rain in their wedding dress and brides who won't step foot outside if it's misting. There have been times that we've had to use plan B wedding locations for weather related reasons and we've been happily surprised to shoot some of our favorite photos during dicey Northern Michigan weather. When the Le