I had the honor of photographing Tonya and Dan's wedding this weekend with my friend Tracy.  Tonya and Dan got married at Kruse Park in Muskegon on the beach with their reception at the Muskegon Country Club.  We were fortunate to have an amazing day in late September.  We were able to do photographs on the beach, at the Country Club and downtown Muskegon. 

Thank you Tracy for your great ideas and help all day long and thank you so much Tonya and Dan for sharing your wedding day with us.  We wish you both all the best!

Jennifer and Joe got married at the always fabulous Frog Pond Village near Traverse City.  We were so excited to work with Jennifer and Joe after getting to know then and also excited because we love photographing at Frog Pond.  We were also excited because we had plans to photograph a day after session up along the Mission Penninsula with Joe's convertible Lincoln Continental. 

We met up with Jen and Joe at the rehearsal on Friday night.  The food was excellent and it was great to get to know their friends and family a bit before the wedding.  Joe gave Jen a beautiful pair of diamond earrings that she had pointed out to him and Jen gave Joe a photograph of her holding a 5ft. Texaco sign (just like the one his grandfather had) since it was too large to bring the actual sign.  She and her mom drove to Canada to purchase the sign for Joe and had quite an adventure. 

While the wedding day was beautiful we enjoyed the day after session so much!  It's so nice having time to spend getting amazing portraits of the bride and groom without the pressure of time constraints.  We spent some time outside of the Chateau Chantel and purchased a few bottles of excellent wine.  We had some pretty funny things happen throughout the day but instead of going into detail I will just say that I got to see a tatoo that I had not seen previously...

Jennifer and Joe - we hope you know what a wonderful time we had getting to know you and working with you.  We wish you all the best and are looking forward to seeing you soon!

To see more photographs from Jennifer and Joe's wedding visit Steve's blog. 

 Can we say simply amazing!?  Linnzie and Chris are chefs from the Chicago area who decided the best place to get married would be at Chris’ family cottage in Saugatuck.  The backyard wedding was perfectly planned and beautifully executed.  Linnzie and Chris chose The Journeyman restaurant from Fennville to cater their wedding (which says a lot since these guys are chefs themselves).  When we got to the cottage at 11am they were already roasting the pigs. 

Chris and Linnzie chose not to see each other before the ceremony so when Linnzie appeared and began walking down the aisle Chris was overcome he was so excited.  After the ceremony we were able to get through the formals quickly and whisked Linnzie and Chris off to the beach for a while. 

When we came back there were wonderful bread, cheeses and meats for appetizers.  As dinner was being served the thunder began sounding in the distance.  The spread of food was amazing and delicious.  As dinner was being served Linnzie’s friends brought out the wedding cake layer by layer and assembled it.  What a work of art!  Vanilla bean cake with caramel crème brule filling.  Divine!  Plus Chris got Dirt Cake for his Groom’s Cake. 

After dinner Linnzie and Chris cut the cake and then shared their first dance on the lawn.  Everyone enjoyed the rest of the evening enjoying the cake, wine and dancing in and out of the rain.  Thanks so much Linnzie and Chris for including us in your beautiful backyard wedding. 

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