Kiana and Tyler - Chicago engagement photos

Kiana and Tyler reached out to schedule their engagement session months in advance, and with a great plan of the perfect locations to tell their love story.
We started out at Vol. 39 bar at the Kimpton Gray Hotel, which is a place that actual dreams are made of. They somehow managed to secure the entire closed bar for their photos, and I’ve never been the same since.

We then switched to a more casual vibe and headed over to Wormhole Coffee, which also happens to be where Kiana and Tyler first met. Their puppy Oliver tagged along (because what family photo is complete without the fur baby) and we finished up recreating part of the walk from their first date.

Congrats you two, I’m so excited for the big day!

Brittnay and Brandon - Downtown Kalamazoo engagement photos

These two have some of the brightest smiles you’ll ever see in your life, and attitudes to match. They’re just the type of people who make you have a better day just by being a part of it. Brittnay requested an urban photo setting (which I am super about) so we adventured around downtown Kalamazoo and the surrounding area, stopping at Fido Motors Cafe for a warm up chai and some rare winter sunshine. My goal for any engagement session is to capture people being who they are together, and they made these photos a complete breeze.

I can’t wait for your 2020 wedding Brittnay and Brandon, you’re made for each other!

Kristi and Greg - Kalamazoo engagement session

Greg and Kristi are some of the coolest people you ever meet, and that is a fact. 
We first met up at a microbrewery over by Detroit to go over wedding details and engagement ideas, and by the time I left I felt like I had known them for years. 
They live their lives having genuine fun in one another's company, and I didn't have to encourage laughter even once during entire engagement session. 

You can't tell from the photos, but it was a wintery spring  day, so we started off in the comfort of Factory Coffee in Kalamazoo, and since their wedding will be taking place at the coolest brewery complex ever, it only made sense that beer would make it's appearance somewhere in the photos.

I am so pumped for their wedding this fall!