My wife graduated from MSU a few weeks ago (really proud of her!) and my parents got us the wonderful graduation gift of a few nights on Mackinac Island. It was my first time there and it was great to spend a few days relaxing before my wedding season goes crazy. Speaking of weddings, it would be an amazing place to have one, so someone get married there and hire me to do your wedding photography!

A handful of personal photos from our little trip, check back soon for a few new engagement sessions.

We also stopped in Traverse City, and I have to recommend that anyone who enjoys art and wine go to 2 Lads winery and see artwork by my friend Jeremy Mason while enjoying Michigan’s best red wines.

A few days ago my good friend Ric and his wife Sharon came over for dinner, some good micro-brews, and a quick photo shoot. They are missionaries moving to Thailand later this year, and they wanted some nice photos of themselves to leave with family and friends. We just shot for a few minutes near my apartment building, but here are a few I wanted to share.

A little aside from the normal photography thing today; I want to bring a little attention to some artwork I love. My friend Jeremy Mason is an amazing artist doing abstract stuff with paint. Go check out his site at jeremymasonart.com, and since little web photos don’t communicate well enough the color and texture in his pieces it’s definitely worth going to one of his gallery showings.

Here’s one of his pieces hanging on my wall. I got it for Kelli for our first anniversary, which is supposed to be the paper anniversary, but I figured canvas was close enough. I’ve got my eye on “4 Grain” next, so go buy a piece, but not that one.

Kelli and I have been visiting my family in California this past week to celebrate Christmas. It’s been an awesome trip; snowboarding, catching up with friends, In N Out, and lots more fun. We also celebrated our anniversary out here and went to the California coast and took a short hike through the redwoods.

I’ve been trying to keep up with some email mostly using my phone, so sorry for any delays, but we’ll be back in Michigan this weekend and getting all caught up. Merry Christmas!

Well, after 5 weddings, 7 engagement sessions, and a whole bunch of meetings, my busiest month of the year is done! I even took next weekend off to go up north with family for the 4th of July, so this week will be a welcome relief to catch up on processing those June photos and get all the galleries online, discs in the mail, etc. Thank you and congratulations to all my June couples!

And since every post needs a photo, here’s a shot from today of my beautiful wife, her mom, sister, and our niece

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