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If your horses feel like family, I encourage you to try and include them for your engagement session (and family shoots, too)! This post covers work from an engagement shoot, but I’ll definitely be making one that displays a family shoot I’ve done with one! These two lovebirds brought their two gorgeous horses along, which […]

Jun 24, 2025

COUPLE riding horses during golden hour for engagement session

I’ve been shooting in West Michigan for over a decade, so I’m sharing some of my favorite locations for engagement photoshoots in my neck of the woods. I do quite a bit of traveling now but these spots in my hometown will always have a place in my heart. These are public areas and parks […]

Jun 3, 2025

I got to work with Jade and Kuro for their engagement photos in Chicago recently. Let me tell you: it was everything I dreamt it would be. Not only are these two incredible humans, but they are blast to be around. From the moment we met at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, where Jade works, […]

Jan 16, 2025

queer couple kissing on pier at north ave beach in chicago, illinois

If you ask me, the best Engagement Sessions are the ones that embrace creativity and showcase a couple’s unique relationship. You don’t need to dress formally or pose perfectly, you just need to be yourself and cut loose with your partner! In Anna and Nate’s recent Engagement Session, they did just that, and the photos […]

Aug 17, 2023

Creative Couple Portrait Photographer Grand Haven, Michigan

Allyson & Kennedy are a playful & very photogenic couple. A & K decided on Millennium Park in Grand Rapids, MI as the location for their engagement photo shoot during golden hour. They wore neutral shades with hints of blue hues, which perfectly complemented the location. They made my job SO FREAKING EASY for their […]

Dec 17, 2022

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