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Wedding: Michelle + Brandon

11 | 23 | 2008

Last month I had the privilege of photographing three weddings with two of my friends, which is always lots of fun and uber inspiring due to how awesome both ladies are! Jackie and Nicole, if you’re reading this, that previous statement was totally sincere and I thank you for thinking of me to come along and rock out with the two of you…you are awesome! On the 10th of October, I was with Jackie of Jackie Blair Photography to photograph Michelle and Brandon’s wedding at the Glen Oaks Country Club in Farmington Hills. It was truly some of the best light I have ever seen and it was so nice to be shooting. Michelle and Brandon were so laid back and genuine and it made the day all that much better. I changed my second shooter approach starting with this wedding.

I used to photograph a wedding like I was the primary even if I was second shooting and I would always feel like I was missing something, because I wasn’t able to get all the shots I would normally like to. DUH! I don’t know why I was doing that. Second shooting is to support and more importantly, compliment the other photographer. So with Michelle and Brandon’s awesome wedding, I did just that and I’m now happy to say, there were tons of shots I didn’t get…Jackie got them! I love seconding even more now and I love even more to be able to truly help out and compliment the other photographer and their style and vision. With Jackie, I mostly kept a long lens on, as she was shooting with and wider lens…it was so much fun! She did her thing and I captured different angles and slightly different moments of roughly the same thing. I really dig this, because they are still her shots, I just took them for her. Anyway, I had to mention my little epiphany, because it really gave me a little kick in the pants inspiration-wise and since I love to help people out, it filled that void as well.

Before we get on with the pics, I want to thank Michelle and Brandon for letting me be there to held document their day and I wish the two of you all the best…you are SO cute together! I hope you enjoy my contribution to telling the story of your day!

The fellas and I took a little stroll down the street to relax a bit…

The beautiful Michelle…

Not sure about this one, but it’s definitely cute!

Love these moments…

A little inside moodiness…

This light was so creamy and delicious…

Love em all!

Some real moments…

Love it!

11 | 20 | 2008

This image makes me laugh! I was editing Melina and Jonathan’s wedding pics and I came across this one and I just started laughing! They made their exit and had some coins tossed at them. Jonathan bent down and picked up a penny and made one of his ‘Jonathan faces’ and Melina started cracking up…I love it! Thanks for the amusement your two.

Just Us: Melina + Jonathan

11 | 18 | 2008

Last Sunday on a super chilly day, I drove to the Kalamazoo area onto Western Michigan University’s campus to photograph Melina and Jonathan. They got hitched last month and decided to go back to a place they spent many, many, many hours at together and apart. We shot mostly at the College of Engineering where both Melina and Jonathan had many classes as well as worked. The building was impressive to say the least and I think if you did a lap around it, it would be a couple miles. Melina and Jonathan’s interaction is so cute and it was nice to photograph a couple after being married. Jonathan has some of the greatest and most amusing faces and though Melina might give him crap for it sometimes, you know she loves him. On with the pics!

Just Us: Kendall + Ryan

11 | 6 | 2008

In the great words of Mugatu, “Kendall and Ryan, so HOTT right now.” That they are fashion genius, that they are! I met up with Kendall and Ryan in Northville at the much photographed Mill Race. It was my first time there and I can see why many people use it for all types of photos. We had great weather…it was nice and fall like with overcast sky’s, which most of the time I love because it shows the truest color and just looks awesome. Kendall and Ryan have to be some of the most photogenic people I have photographed and not only that, but they are so much fun and did I mention smokin’ HOTT. This is one of the three e-sessions I’m doing with them and I can’t wait for the winter session. I will warn you, there is a bunch of kissing…a bunch. Maybe this should be called just that, a kissing session. You can tell they adore one another and it was so cute to see their interaction from afar as well as up close. Thank you two so much for being so warm and fun to photograph, I feel so fortunate to be the one to tell the story of your wedding day. Enjoy the pics!