The Cronstrom Family

June 12, 2010



This cute little guy is Darren! He is 8 months old and the first son of two of my friends from high school, Eric and Janie. I was happy to make a trip up to my hometown this past weekend to visit my family and on Saturday, make another fun stop at the park to do photos of this cute little guy and his parents, as part of my newsletter promotion (sign up today!).

Eric and Janie were one of my very first wedding clients, way back in 2006, my very first year. They had a very small wedding and they even got married in jeans, which was a fun little twist on the whole day. Their little man, Darren, is so cute, and even though he got tired of me taking his photo by the end of the session, we got lots of great ones of him and his mom and dad. I especially love the series with the blocks, they turned out great!

I hope to have the opportunity to take more photos of the Cronstroms in the future. But for now, take a look at the brand new family.

Jake & Claire: A Wedding

June 5, 2010

Jake & Claire & I first met back in St. Joe's when I did their engagement photos. I knew from the moment I met them that they were going to have an awesome wedding. These two were nothing but crazy in love, and Claire had since told me all the fun ideas they had to make their wedding a spectacular one... Mission accomplished!

We headed down to Saugatuck on a warm Saturday, where the weather wasn't making any promises. It was a blast from the beginning... first, Claire's reaction to her beautiful bouquets from Picket Fence Floral in Holland was amazing! She loved them so much (I agree, check them out below!) and it was so fun to see her get so excited. Second, the boys of the wedding party had a Nerf gun fight to get ready for the wedding, and even though it was just Nerf, you could tell these guys knew what they were doing.

When Claire and Jake saw each other for the first time, I was quickly reminded how in love they are, and it's so refreshing to see! We did a mini photo session with just them and us photographers and we got some great shots of them being so sweet and fun and candid with each other! ALSO, the outdoor wedding was beautiful! And I have to thank God for holding that rain off for us until we were done with all the photos and everything... perfect.

It was a great reception and I was so happy of all the great shots we were able to get. Thank you SOOOO much, Jake & Claire, for such throwing such a fancy and fun wedding for all of us. I can't wait to get together again for their Trash the Dress session later on this summer. More fun to come...

^Claire's shoes are so fun!

^Ready for some action!

^She is so beautiful.

^A very dashing groom, I must say.

^Love this shot from Jess. It captures just a little subtle moment, but it's great!

^Claire was so happy, all day, and I love this shot Jess took of her expressing her emotions. She's so cute.










^Absolutely loved the "fancy" Lego cake.




^Another great one from the amazing Jess Furrow.

...and now, we debut my first wedding video feature of the year...