The Wedding Photos…Prem and Cheridy…8 years later!

Many of you might be surprised to know that Cheridy and I never got great wedding photos! When we got married, it was before we were in the industry and we didn’t know what was available or what was possible. It’s been really difficult for us to see all the amazing things that we get to make for our clients because we didn’t have any of those things for ourselves.
A couple weeks ago, Cheridy and I had a once in a lifetime opportunity that we are greatful for. We were able to finally get those wedding photos done…8 years later.
A group of photographers were getting together on the west side of the state to hang out and take pics for a week. They needed people to photograph and we needed photographs so it was a great match.
The first day we did wedding photos and the second day we did family pics. The photographers out there were gracious enough to provide me with high res files that I could edit the way that I like. Thanks to the amazing photographers for the pics, this is a treasure that will last a lifetime! Their names are above each image (John Wiley, Ben Pancoast, Monika Caban, Denise Demarchis, Jenni Voorderman)
Thanks to Bryon Botorwicz for letting me borrow his suit! I’m not as suave as Bryon but I loved the suit and it was a perfect fit! Thanks to Craigslist for Cheridy’s “wedding” dress!
There are a lot more photos than this but too many to post here so I’ll be making a slideshow with them shortly.

Ben Pancoast:

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John Wiley:

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Denise Demarchis:

Monika Caban:

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Day 2 we got to hang out with Mayz and get some family photos taken which was also an amazing blessing for us! The weather in the morning wasn’t great so we did some fun photos indoors:

John Wiley:

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Denise Demarchis:

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Engagement Photos for Adam and Sara

This afternoon we had a fun photo shoot with Adam and Sara. I felt like we all just laughed for about an hour. Adam and Sara definitely have no problem having fun and being goofy together.
What an enjoyable day!!
Here’s a few photos from today’s shoot:

NACE – Best Team Event 2009

On Wednesday we went to the annual NACE (National Association of Catering Executives) awards banquet. Cheridy is a member of NACE and goes to all their meetings. This year my name was put in the nomination for “Industry Trendsetter” which was interesting because I’m not a NACE member. The competition I was up against were some amazing people who I can call friends. The winner ended up being our good friend Todd Lloyd who is the owner of Chair Covers and Linens (www.linenhero.com).

We were honored with a trophy for “Best Team Event” which was from an amazing wedding that we worked last year at the Royal Park Hotel in Rochester, MI. Click here to read the blog post from that event.

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High School Senior Portraits for Mary Allison at Cranbrook

Our second shoot of the day, also at Cranbrook, was with Mary Allison. There was nice weather, great light, and a beautiful subject made for a wonderful photo shoot.
Here’s a few highlights:
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High School Senior Photos at Cranbrook with John

Our first shoot of the day was with John. We photographed John’s older sister Sarah three years ago and were really excited to get to shoot pics of John as well. Their Dad is on staff at Cranbrook which made it the perfect venue to shoot the photos there. In fact, they now live on campus so we were even able to do some of the photos at their place which was really cool.
Here’s a couple pics of John:
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This is a photo that John’s mom really wanted. It was kind of a difficult photo to get but it’s pretty cool because John is actually up in his bedroom.
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