WEDDING: JEN & MIKE @ MISTY FARMS - Ann Arbor, Michigan

Jen and Mike are busy professionals. Jen is an advertising executive at MLive Media Group (hey, that's where I work!) and Mike recently finishined a business degree from the prestigious U-M Ross School of Business. With that new degree, Mike started a new job that has him racking up skymiles like sprinkles on a cupcake! They work a lot and they travel a lot and sometimes even for fun! ;)

When Jen and I started corresponding about her wedding she revealed that she and her fiancé Mike considered having the wedding pretty much everywhere else but Ann Arbor. They talked about Napa, the Keys and even Mexico. In the end they decided to have it here at home in Ann Arbor, where they met and fell in love. Their wedding day, May 11, 2013, was a lovely day and Misty Farms set a beautiful backdrop even when the skies sent us a few raindrops. 

Here's a peek into their awesome day:

Jen had amazing accessories! 

And a beautiful bouquet from Pot & Box here in Ann Arbor. 

A wedding under the big top!

I love how touched Jen was as her dad spoke during dinner. 

Ain't no rain gunna slow this down!

This fella had himself a grand time on the dance floor!

In fact, everyone did! Get down!

Jen & Mike, I can't wait to see what the future holds for you. Much love, laughter and happiness! <3

SENIORS: Johanna

Johanna's a swimmer, lifeguard and all around busy gal. When we first scheduled her senior session we picked a day a few weeks out hoping we'd snag some nice weather. Turned out our shoot had to be rescheduled due to a little rain. And then we hit bad weather on our second date and then again (for real) on the third and then finally, the FOURTH time was the charm! Our scheduling patience paid off and the weather fairy granted us a gold mine of amazing weather and light.  Because we scored so big with awesome light, I decided to showcase only color photos in this post!

We hit up Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor for an evening of shooting.

We chased some seriously gorgeous light and it paid us back big time!

This girl has style! I love these blue pants, so cute. And the photo on the left, my favorite. Check out those swimmer arms, so buff!

Wishing you an awesome senior year, Johanna!

Lightning - Arlington, VA

I just got home from a quick (as always) trip to Washington, D.C. I always love a chance to visit my friends Emily and Adam and this time I got to photograph a lovely wedding (more on that in a later post) too! The weather over the weekend was brutal and as many of you know a damaging storm blasted through the region knocking power out to many, many people, including us! Just after the power went out at Emily and Adam's and while it was momentarily fun to not have power, I ran window to window trying to capture a lightning shot (without a tripod!)

Here are a couple of spooky weather photos from the evening.

For the record, I did not turn these next two frames black and white! Crazy town!