Hey all! Have you entered the engagement session giveaway? DO IT! Head right over here to enter and ALL entrants receive 10% off any wedding package when booking before July 27th! Good luck! #engagementphotographer #weddingphotographer #alternativeweddingphotographer #detroitweddingphotographer #elopementphotographer #michiganweddingvenues #detroitweddingvenue #detroithotels #shinolahotelwedding

Check out these gorgeous photos at Shinola Hotel and downtown Detroit, the perfect venue for your modern Detroit wedding!

Check out this new wedding venue in Addison, Michigan - Highpoint farms!

Hey fam! I am so excited to announce that 2019 is pretty much full, and I have start booking 2020 weddings and elopements! Next summer is already booking up - so if you want us there to capture your wedding, get at me asap! Upcoming openings for photos with Little Blue Bird: April 13 - one Daring Session spot open. Join the private Facebook group, Daring Session Divas for more information. May 11 - one Daring Session spot open. June - October 12: Completely booked. Limited on

Last weekend, I went away with an awesome group of local women entrepreneurs. We brainstormed and vented and gave suggestions and talked marketing and business and health and goals and dreams. While I went thinking "I don't really have much to work on," I left with so much inspiration and lots of new ideas and realizations. 1. Surrender - last year, I went into the year discouraged and wanting to book more weddings and specifically destination elopements. I wanted it so bad

If you are looking for an alternative to the big traditional wedding and would rather elope, read this post about tying the knot in nature -

It is no secret that the Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor is probably my favorite place for sessions. This one was no exception. After rescheduling because of rain for the third time, Shelby and Ross were finally able to have there engagement session. Here are a few favorites! Can't wait for their wedding in 2019! #woodlandengagement #engagementinthewoods #engagementphotoideas #engagement #engagementoutfitideas #engagementphotographer #photoinspiration #weddingphotogra

It's no secret that I photograph sessions frequently at Parker Mill in Ann Arbor, but this is the first time a couple has brought along their dogs for photos too! Emily and Matt, I had a great time with you and your pups - can't wait for your wedding next summer! #parkermill #annarborengagement #annarbor #michiganphotographer #detroitweddingphotographer #alternativeweddingphotographer #elopementphotographer #howtoplanawedding #theknot #theknotmichigan #engagementbyariver #eng

For Kendal and Dylan's engagement session, we ventured to downtown Detroit where the rain clouds parted just in time for golden hour, and this session did not disappoint! Can't wait for their wedding next summer! Newly engaged? Drop us a line! We'd love to document it! #detroitweddingphotographer #detroitengagementphotos #detroitengagement #engaged #howtoplanawedding #michiganweddingvenues #detroitweddingvenues #bestmichiganweddingvenues #bestplacetogetmarriedinmichigan #down

There is almost nothing I love more than intimate at home elopements. Seriously. Something about them just sets my heart on fire. They bring out what I love most about photographing weddings - the real, intimate, raw emotion and connection between a couple and their closest people. Ashleigh and Jeff's elopement was no exception. Ashleigh and Jeff were married at Jeff's mom's house on a lake in West Bloomfield, Michigan, and there was not a dry eye in sight. A common misconcep