Family Wedding

I attended my cousin, Angela's, wedding this weekend in Jackson, Michigan. It was so nice to be with that side of the family, as I don't get to see them often.

It was a really pretty wedding, with lots of little homemade details that made it all so special. This is one of the candle centerpieces:


My gorgeous cousin with her beautiful family--husband, Sam, and their son, Collin:


A personal favorite of mine... I was really hoping to get a shot like this during the day. It's my beloved Grandpa.


The dances were all so sweet. After Sam and Angela's first dance, she danced with her brother, Tony, **tears** and then with Sam and Collin **more tears**.



Congratulations Sam and Angela! I wish you ALL the best!

Holga Time!

I've been planning on filling y'all in on my trip to Michigan, and I've just been completely swamped this week, so I haven't gotten a chance! Here's just one little tidbit for now--more to come later!

I spent some time with my friend, Corey, and her son Aedan, taking lots and lots of pics (and relaxing and enjoying girl time!). I also took some with Corey's hubby, Jeremy, which I will post later. These are some of the shots I took with my beloved Holga. I loooooove Holga shots. For those of you who don't know, Holgas are these cheap little Russian cameras, that use 120mm film and give some pretty wacky results. Focusing is seriously based on these little icons of one person, 3 people, and mountains---real accurate, eh? And for the "shutter speed," you can pick between sunny and cloudy. Oh, and the light leaks that get into the camera create the dark corners, and mine seems to make the bottom right corner really blurry... Each camera has a character of its own!

For these shots, I did do some fun post processing edits on them, but that mainly effected color and contrast. Other than that, any quirkiness you see is entirely the result of Holga-ness (as Corey would say).

This one is my fave:

Becca & Jerry

I'm back!!! I had an absolutely wonderful time in Michigan! I got to see friends and family, the weather was incredible, I saw and swam in my beloved Lake Huron, and I'm just overall feeling refreshed! I'll fill you in on more of that later--right now I want to tell you about Becca and Jerry's special day!

Jerry and Becca are really good friends of my friends, Ryan and Sarah, whose wedding was the very first I ever photographed! I had a lot of fun at their wedding (amidst the extreme nervousness!), so I knew I would enjoy this wedding. They are such a neat couple, and everything about the wedding was special, beautiful, and fun. The ceremony was candlelit and so pretty, and the reception was held under a large tent in the country. It was really nice!

Here's the happy couple: (I tried a couple of new processing techniques on these first two... what do you think??)




When it came time to cut the cake, Becca and Jerry asked the bridal party to stand close by "for pictures." I knew it wasn't for pictures! The cut the cake and then turned on their best man and maid of honor! This is Kate, the maid of honor (and Sarah's sister):


The flower girl was absolutely adorable. She did such a good job tossing petals down the aisle, and right when she got to the altar, she suddenly exclaimed, "I'm out of petals! Mom! I'm out of petals!" It was so cute!


Best wishes to you Becca and Jerry!