Associate Katie--Stephen and Ruth Ann are married!

Stephen and Ruth Ann were married in October, on one of those days it kept threatening to rain, but never did--thank goodness! This wedding was an extra special one for me. Not only did I have the privilege of hanging out with one of the sweetest couples I've ever met (seriously, you'll see in the photos), but Ruth Ann is my former pastor's daughter and the wedding was at the church I grew up in. Ruth Ann and Stephen's energy was infectious and, by the end of the day, we were all singing along with Stephen's show tunes (Sound of Music, right? =]). All in all, it was a beautiful wedding full of fall color, friends and family, and a wonderful couple.


































I honestly believe that they would have danced all day if I hadn't stopped them--so cute!

Jessica and Dean, Grand Rapids Wedding

Jessica and Dean were married on a beautiful spring day in downtown Grand Rapids. I had such a great time getting to know these two, we spent an extraordinary day shooting their engagement session in Fremont, over the winter. You can see a few photos from their winter wonderland engagement session here. It was a freezing day but these two made the day feel warm and fun, we even took a lunch break and dined at one of their favorite local pizza joints, Spanky's :) if you find yourself in Fremont stop in for pizza, so yummy. I've probably said this a million times but I can't stress enough the importance of doing an engagement session, not only do you get to hang out with you best friend and soul mate, but I get to bond with my couples. We shared so much about our families, our relationships, funny stories, I felt like not only their photographer but their friend. When it came to the wedding day there was so much trust, they really could enjoy their day to it's fullest laughing and tears, with me camera and all snapping away.

Such a beautiful and emotional first moment

This image is true testimony to the myth of the "first sight". Many couples are choosing to see each other before the ceremony because it allows a more flexible schedule for photos without keeping your guests waiting at the reception for a long time. A common myth is that your groom won't be as emotional when you walk down the aisle if you see each other before the ceremony. To all those "manly men" out there, coming from a women there is no shame in crying as you see your beautiful bride walking down that aisle, and Dean got really choked up, not only in there first moment but as she walked down the aisle. This is one of my favorite parts of a wedding!!

Shout out to Gail Vanderlaan who always does exquisite florals

Dathan and Liza are married!

I just have to tell all of you how truly sorry I am. Every year I vow to blog more, and I swear every year I get worse at it....yikes :(. So if you are still with me and still reading all I can say is THANK YOU! Please stick with me because I am going to really really try to do better. Thank you to my new addition Allison (you'll learn more about here later). Because of her I finally have some blog posts to publish. You would be very surprised to know how time consuming putting together a blog post can be, I couldn't do it without my girls so shout out to Katie and Allison.

So without further ado, here is my first wedding of the season...yes I just said first wedding of the season. I am fully aware that the 2011 wedding season is now over and I am just now blogging my first wedding so everyone get a good chuckle at how behind my blog is and then enjoy some beautiful moments from Liza and Dathans' beautiful May wedding. You may remember Liza and Dathan from there superbly awesome engagement session in a theater. These two are incredibly talented musicians, music was definitely a wonderful highlight of the day. They had an elegant cereomony at the Mayflower Congregational Church in East Grand Rapids and a equally elegant reception at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel. Going through these photos again...since it been almost 6 months, brings back so many wonderful memories. I hope they find the same sentiment that I do!