Katie and Tobias were married at Castle Farms in Charlevoix in a lovely evening ceremony. Tobias is from Germany and his parents and groomsmen all took the big journey to be a part of the day.
I’ve had this vision of the stars and Milky Way over the Castle Queens Courtyard for a while now. That courtyard faces south, where the Milky Way can be found in early evening this time of year. As it gets darker earlier now, it’s fun to play with more of these ideas.
Beautiful Gaby and handsome Nick were in town for his brother’s wedding (coming soon) and had recently gotten engaged. So they opted to do some engagement photos while they were here. They braved the 45 degree weather and took the walk up to Pierce Stocking’s #9 vista, that gave us views of the magnificent Lake Michigan as well as Big and Little Glen Lakes. I had hoped to give them a glorious Michigan October sunset, but with all the rain we have had, we just got to enjoy the water view. They’ll be having a Civil ceremony in Florida in December and then a destination wedding in the Dominican Republic next August. Congratulations Gaby and Nick!
Erica and Tony are getting married next July at Castle Farms in beautiful Charlevoix. We used the woods, lake and surrounding area at their cabin in Alba for their engagement photos. It was a gorgeous late summer evening with a golden sun that set early. This is my favorite time of year; when late afternoon and early evening blend together with beautiful rich color and comfortable temperatures.
Fei and Hui were up for even more photo fun a few days after their wedding. We tried for sunset at Pierce Stocking drive in Leelanau county, but there was a storm coming across the water from Wisconsin. We didn’t have much color, but we did have some pretty evening clouds over the water. Despite the lack of sunset color, it was still a beautiful night at the dunes!
My gorgeous friend Michele is pregnant with her second baby. I asked her to let me take some maternity photos of her this time around, since she didn’t do it with the first baby. We used a friend’s cherry orchard, in full bloom, on Old Mission peninsula in the evening so I could test out some new equipment. I am so happy with how beautiful she looks among the evening light on the trees. I can’t wait to meet this little belly bundle in about a month!