Michigan wedding and portrait photography
Tonight Jeff and Erin were married. They were very natural and comfortable together which made them really easy to photograph. Combining that with nice weather and great light, it made our jobs easy! They were married at St. Anastasia which is the church where they both grew up. We went for photos at the Troy Historical Museum and then there reception was at Petruzzellos in Troy, MI.
Last week we had the chance to get together with our good friends from mod4 to do family photos. They have a really cool studio setup in an industrial loft in Detroit where there is plenty of space to play and have fun! Thanks Jes and Nate!!
This afternoon, we visited with the Stark family. Seth is a friend of mine from church. A few months ago their world turned upside down when they found out their 5 year old daughter Eve has leukemia. For the last three months, they’ve been in and out of the hospital for treatments that most of us will hopefully never know anything about. However, during these trials and tribulations, they’ve been able to stay positive and watch God work in their lives. Their strength comes only from Him and it was a real pleasure to spend some time with their family and watch them play with each other and just love each other.
You can read about Eve’s story and progress on the blog they made for her at EveStark.com
To keep things interesting, we like to wear a multiple hats. Yesterdays hat was to be commercial photographers. Last night we had a unique photo shoot. We were hired by a company called Digital Praise to photograph a product of theirs called Dance Praise which combines high energy contemporary Christian music with a dance arcade style game. Rather than setting up a commercial type atmosphere with a controlled environment, they were specifically looking for photos of an actual setup at a church. Grace Christian Church which has a brand new huge building at 14 Mile and VanDyke in Sterling Heights, MI has an AMAZING facility for kids. They have a wing called KidNation which was specifically designed and built for young kids where they have their own space to kick back, have fun, and learn about God. It’s a really great setup. We got to work with Pastor Josh and his wife Kate who were very helpful and accommodating. To learn more about KidNation, you can check out their website at: http://www.kidnation.org
Or to learn more about Dance Praise, you can go to the Digital Praise website: http://www.digitalpraise.com/
Here’s a few pics of the Digital Praise setup at KidNation:
We just recently got ourselves a point and shoot camera. It’s the first time we’ve ever had a point and shoot that doesn’t suck. It’s a Canon SD870 IS and I almost like it equally for video and photo. We so rarely have pictures of ourselves because we just didn’t like having to carry around our large professional cameras. Now we can stick this little camera in our pocket and bring it everywhere so hopefully you guys don’t all get sick of me posting more personal stuff on our blog.
We had a great meeting with a potential new clients this morning and then took the rest of the day off to enjoy the beautiful day. We took Mayz back to Metro Beach and went for a nice walk and then found a place to sit down and hang out for a while.
We played around with Mayz until he was all tuckered out and ready to crash!
