A met a to be bride in Royal Oak to discuss her wedding and some plans. She mentioned that she booked her wedding at the Henry Ford Museum. They did that because it was where they had their first date.

I told her i shot a wedding over the summer and i totally forgot to put these up.

Mito and jelina. This wedding a second shot for Mary Potts

elly & Matt Burch got married this past October 3rd. They had one of the most rad weddings i’ve been to in awhile. The crowd was totally so unique and was so much fun!

The weather was beautiful for an October. The first thing they did was walk on the dock immediately after getting married. it was quite fun!

This is the first photo i shot that day. Amazingly it was one of my favorites. I should have just went home after that.

Meet Kelly. Shes so nice and rad. Shes got excellent taste as well. Look at that dress. :o)

We started with some photos at her house in Warren. She has a really nice backyard and many excellant places to shoot.

She has these beautiful and very friendly bridesmaids as well.

This is ginos surf where all the festivities occured: Ceremony, Reception, etc.

The guys really loved the jump portraits. They really got into it. I reallly mean that. They’re pretty good as well

Heres matt. Hes the groom.

Here we did the jump shot again but with a better background and more suitable for heights.

First dance is my favorite time of the wedding.

Matt had a friend bring a bike around and we shot some photos before sun down. We shot quickly because the light was getting less and less.

I might be working backwards but heres shots of Matt dancing. I think at this part hes a little inebriated.

The wedding reception was at ginos surf.

For anyone thats going to book at ginos surf i’d definately recommend it. They have such an excellant view. Well besides the roostertail.

I second shot with abby rose photo. Last wedding that’ll I’ll shoot for her this 2007 year. Boy it’s been fun. She let me tag along. It was a great wedding. The reception was held at the yacht club down in by belle isle. It got dark quickly but the yacht club is a very beautiful place to have a reception. The catholic ceremony took place at Grosse Pointe Academy’s Chapel. The chapel was very beautiful. The alter was ornately done and it looks like the chapel has aged well.

The tricky part of this chapel is finding it. It’s right next to St. Anthony’s Church.

I have some favorite photos from this Detroit Yacht Club Wedding to share:

This is the chapel I’m talking about. The high catholic church ceilings are seen. It’s style and ornate hand-made finishes that you wouldn’t see in architecture today.

This is the couple Jennifer and Rob’s best man Michael.

This is the Father Paul Ballien, from cancun signing their marriage license. At the left edge of the frame is the Matron of Honor, Maria and to the left i think is Rob.

This is the couple cutting the cake. Their cake was tasty. It was a chocolate raspberry and some layers was this lemon tasting flavor. I liked the chocolate better.

I’m a big fan of swing and big band music. So I was pretty excited to photograph the band while the guests were eating. I’ve never been to the Detroit Yacht Club but this is the first time attending. It’s a beautiful large venue. It makes for a perfect wedding venue. The views of the Detroit Skyline are fantastic and Wonderful

I usually don’t do black and whites that often. But heres one that I loved that works out very well. It’s pretty classic looking i’d say.

This is the Jennifer and her father dancing. They drew quite a crowd. It was pretty silly at one point they stopped moving and just sang the song together.

This is the band during the dance.

This is Rob and his mother dancing. With luck and my cat reflexes i was able to capture his mothers expression.

Turns out after the dance is that Rob’s Grandmother used to be a singer. Rob had never heard her sing until this point. It was quite a beautiful moment. Shes a great singer. You wouldn’t expect it from her. Rob’s grandmother is probably one of the reasons why they got the big band to play. She used to work with them.

This is one of my favorite non-bride/groom shots. I caught a candid of these guys dancing and having a great time.

Last Photo is of the singer of the band. He sang very well to Bobby Darin’s tunes. His voice sort of sounds similar to Bobby Darin.

Scott and Stephanie are a wonderful couple. I had the opportunity to shoot their wedding while second shooting for Abby Rose Photo of Ann Arbor, Michigan. They’re very energetic and just fun and inventive. I’ll explain examples later. This wedding was quite a long one. I shot for 10 hours or so to the very very end. But wow it was an amazing wedding.

This was shot during the ceremony. This is Stephanie and Scott.  Never thought of it until now but I guess most catholic church ceremonies have the bride and groom seated. This makes for better pictures. That way I don’t just get the side of their face and the back of their head.

Abby was getting her cards at this moment and I just snapped this right then and there.  I was lucky the light was perfect.

This is Scott. Grabbed this shot  while they were photographing  formals in front of marygove college in Detroit.

This is the bus that took them around town. It was huge.Of the nicest bus’ I’ve rode. They even got the magnet to stick to the side.

This was shot during Formals inside the church. Right after the ceremony.

This is Mary Grove College’s Chapel. This shot was directed by Abby. It was a duh moment and took me a while to think about her instructions. I’m glad I’ve upgraded cameras. I get to shoot these crazy wide angle views.

I caught this moment while waiting for the Maiden of Honor to come off the bus. It was dreadfully hot that day and they all were cooling off in the bus.  I like this shot because of her expression of malaise and the flowing of her dress and probably also because I’m a fan of very geometric and simple photos. It bothers me to death when photos are crooked. I had to straighten this one a little. Probably because she took me by surprise and I jumped a little.

This is probably one of my favorite photo of the day. Scott did this dance kissed her bride then took her garter off. Most inventive and creative garter pulling ever. I applaud Scott.  I love the moment and the light.

I wish I could show more photos but I think i’ll cap it at nine. The reception was ridiculously fun to photograph. I think thats my favorite part of the day and what I’m best at.

Hopefully I can crash now. I have insomnia. Tomorrow is a big day. 14 hours of photography coverage with Jonathan Thrasher Photography.

This was from a couple weekends back with Abby Rose Photo.

This is Stephanie the bride. She looked gorgeous that day.

I caught this one outside while the guys were smoking. It was quite a beautiful August day.

The wedding ceremony was at Hope Lutheran Church of Farmington Hills. It’s a beautiful church. I’ve always passed it on my way to work but now I’ve been inside of it finally.

This is Darren at the alter. I kept forgetting his name until I just associated it with McCarty the Redwings Grind Line hockey player of the late nineties and early 2000s. Wow, those were great hockey years. I used to watch lots of games and know everyones numbers oh man.

This is Stephanie with her father.

Darren was smart. He waited like a tiger for his bride to plunge the cake into his mouth and in return — a nice cake all over the face! Oh man that never gets old for me.

I caught this shot during hors’dourve (sp?) hour at Wabeek Country Club. I was anticipating and waiting for a shot like this all evening with the beautiful orange sun casting long silhouettes on the walls everywhere it just seemed like it had to happen. This was inspired by a recent Reuters blog post about how silhouettes can add content and depth to your picture.

What was uncanny about this wedding was that Mike was the best man. Mike and I worked at target back in the day. One of the bridesmaids I worked with as well; Erica. Thats because Mike and Erica are married. I worked for target for 4 years while toward the end of high school all the way into my sophomore year of college. Those were fun days! Oh and mike gave an excellent speech about how Stephanie and Darren are alike. They like football.