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Sarah and Jared

Brett Maxwell — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:36:13 +0000

I met up with Sarah and Jared a few days ago for their engagement photos and in the hour leading up to it I kept watching the weather radar on my phone as a massive storm was fast approaching. We started by hanging out and having a drink, which was especially nice because I hadn’t met Jared before, and during that time the storm fizzled to a light shower. Good news, right? Well, it left behind about 1000% humidity on the already 90 degree day. Somehow they stayed looking great in the heat, I know I didn’t, and we made some great photos.

Kat and Gavin

Brett Maxwell — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:14:41 +0000

Two quick (and very different) favorites from an engagement session earlier this week with Kat and Gavin. They’re having a Steampunk themed wedding in October. That should be pretty amazing.

Tricia and Joel – Engagement

Brett Maxwell — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:49:40 +0000

Tricia and Joel are getting married in just a few weeks (at The English Inn, I love that place), so we did a quick engagement session last week in Tricia’s parent’s neighbor’s yard (apostrophe frenzy!). Yeah, that’s a nice yard. The river was flooded and we couldn’t get to their hammock, which is too bad, I’m sure we would have had some fun with that.

Anna and Jack – Engagement

Brett Maxwell — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:24:31 +0000

We started out at the dorm they both lived for 4 years, and had a great time wandering around MSU’s campus.

Nicole and Jacob

Brett Maxwell — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:19:55 +0000

Nicole and Jacob are getting married in a few months and they brought their daughter Eva (did I spell that right?) along for their engagement photos. I’ve become so used to just shooting couples for engagement photos, but having Eva along made it even more fun. Towards the end I wanted to get some of just Nicole and Jacob, so I gave Eva one of my cameras and let her shoot along side me. If she becomes a famous photographer, just remember where it started!

Sara and Ryan get engaged

Brett Maxwell — Sat, 29 May 2010 04:55:20 +0000

Recently my friend’s Sara and Ryan got engaged, and I got to capture the proposal. Ryan did a great job of preparing the whole day and recruiting some friends to set the stage. There were flowers with notes and photos placed along the path in a State park next to Lake Michigan, culminating with Ryan singing and playing her a song, the proposal on his knee, and crème brûlée dessert prepared for the celebration.

Kylee and Adam – Engagement

Brett Maxwell — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:24:27 +0000

Usually people try to schedule their engagement session during the Spring or Fall, but Kylee and Adam are different; the first time we met it was decided a snowboarding engagement session would be a lot of fun and really fit their personalities, even though there was plenty of time for a Summer or Fall shoot with great weather. Sure enough, it was fun! They were all about just hanging out and enjoying ourselves, which makes my job easy. I got some fun candids and we only stopped to really shoot for a few minutes all day.

Their wedding is coming up next month and I’m really excited. Seriously, not just saying that, I’m really excited.

In high school I used to snowboard 100 days a year. I feel really old thinking how long ago that was. Now I get in a few days when I go visit my parents, and this was actually my first time snowboarding in Michigan. We went to Nub’s Nob and I was happy to find a nicely cut 20 foot super pipe! It’s been a few years since I’ve rode a half pipe, and clearly I’m no Shaun White, but I let Kylee use my camera and she did get some proof that I can still get at least a few feet above the lip:

snowboarding + engagement session

Brett Maxwell — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:09:01 +0000

Fun from yesterday, more to come.

Melanie and Matt – Engagement Photos at The English Inn

Brett Maxwell — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:32:34 +0000

Melanie and Matt are getting married this summer but they live in New York City, so scheduling an engagement session was a little tricky. They were visiting Michigan for the holidays so we connected last week, and since it was about 15 degrees we shot mostly inside at The English Inn, which was a perfect fit since that’s where they’re getting married in June (and it’s perhaps my favorite venue around Lansing).

Lyndsey and David

Brett Maxwell — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:59:59 +0000

A little more blog catch up; this is Lyndsey and David. They had the great idea of going to Uncle John’s Cider Mill for their engagement photos.